The World Bank has declared itself to be more concerned with the needs of oil companies than the impoverished people it officially serves, by ignoring most of the recommendations of a pathbreaking report that the lender itself commissioned over three years ago...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0816/p09s01-coop.html


From Information Clearing House

The looming economic collapse of the USA is becoming closer each day. These alarming statistics of the ever growing trade deficits, in sharp contrast to Germany and Japan which are recording records surpluses, bring America that much closer to a total collapse of its currency.

Rather than a weakening dollar help correct the trade deficit, it has only made it worse. The time is rapidly approaching when America will now longer be able to raise credit from the rest of the world, and like Argentina but worse, suffer total economic collapse.

Bruce P.

http://channels.netscape.com/ns/pf/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-robtz&idq=/ff/story/0002%2F20040813%2F1953141823.htm&sc=robtz