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Toyota to launch new brake system

added on 2010-02-17 11:00:44 (BBC News - News Front Page)
Carmaker Toyota says it will add a brake-override system to all new vehicles as it seeks to recover from a global car recall. ...more.

Phil Jones Backs Out Of Global Warming Fuss

added on 2010-02-16 14:41:04 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
The scientist behind the so-called "climate-gate" e-mail scandal now admits there has been no statistically significant global warming since 1995. ...more.

U.S. presses E.U. for access to bank transfer data in counterterrorism efforts

added on 2010-02-12 06:01:15 (Washington Post - Politics)
The outcome of the Obama administration's intense lobbying to continue a global terrorist finance tracking program begun under George W. Bush probably will be decided by a hotly contested vote of the European Parliament on Thursday. ...more.

U.S. presses E.U. to allow access to bank data in counterterror efforts

added on 2010-02-12 06:01:17 (Washington Post - Politics)
The outcome of the Obama administration's intense lobbying to continue a global terrorist finance tracking program begun under the George W. Bush administration probably will be decided by a hotly contested vote of the European Parliament on Thursday. ...more.

added on 2010-02-10 13:02:18 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
Experts are expecting a recession in China along with a new wave of the economic crisis. They say that the next two years may become critical for both China and the global economy. The growth of the Chinese GPD is caused by financial bubbles that can burst and bring the country into a recession followed by a global economic crisis ...more.

Greece braced for crisis meeting

added on 2010-02-10 23:00:42 (BBC News - News Front Page)
A European summit will discuss whether to bail out Greece - whose crippling debts and lack of probity threaten to tip it out of the eurozone and wreck global stability. ...more.

Iran to Enrich Uranium Despite Global Opposition

added on 2010-02-09 14:02:13 (Pravda.Ru: Russian news and analysis)
Iranian state television quoted officials who said the process of enriching uranium to a higher level started Tuesday at Iran's Natanz facility in the presence of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors. ...more.

Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner: Global bank reform still needed

added on 2010-02-07 05:01:11 (Washington Post - Politics)
Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Saturday that the recovery in the global economy has not caused major economies to ease up on their commitment to stiffen the rules for banks. ...more.

Tax staff expose IT failures

added on 2010-02-06 09:30:43 (BBC News - News Front Page)
More problems with the HMRC computer system; the 'low risk' investment strategy that turned sour; volatile global markets; changes to the basic state pension. ...more.