An Ex-President, a Mining Deal and a Big Donor

A Canadian financier who traveled to Kazakhstan with Bill Clinton and won a big mining deal later donated millions to Mr. Clinton’s charitable foundation.

A spokesman for Mr. Clinton said the former president knew that Mr. Giustra had mining interests in Kazakhstan but was unaware of “any particular efforts” and did nothing to help. Mr. Giustra said he was there as an “observer only” and there was “no discussion” of the deal with Mr. Nazarbayev or Mr. Clinton.

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The Economist: The End Of Cheap Food

Rising food prices are a threat to many; they also present the world with an enormous opportunity

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Insurance Prices to Fall in ‘08

Insurance Prices Seen Lower in 2008 on Competition, Sagging EconomyPrices for most types of property and casualty insurance are expected to fall in 2008 for the first time since World War II, as a weakening economy and heightened competition hold prices down everywhere except along coastal areas that are exposed to hurricanes.

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Campaign 2008: John Edwards, We Hardly Knew Ye

Coming in third in South Carolina may be the real end for the campaign of former Sen. John Edwards, whether he keeps running or not. Sure, Edwards can keep siphoning off delegates so he can bargain for something at the convention. Attorney General, maybe? This essay looks at the larger picture: how Edwards' failure is the end of the Democrats.

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Edwards Goes To Plan B: Hang Tough

His four state strategy to jump start his national campaign has "failed," according to Christensen. But Edwards has raised $3 million in January.

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3 investigated over false Obama email

Hatch Act violation with email accusing Obama of being a 'radical Muslim.' Just one of the many Republican election fraud tactics.

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For sale: West’s deadly nuclear secrets

A WHISTLEBLOWER has made a series of extraordinary claims about how corrupt government officials allowed Pakistan and other states to steal nuclear weapons secrets. Sibel Edmonds, a 37-year-old former Turkish language translator for the FBI, listened into hundreds of sensitive intercepted conversations while based at the agency

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