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	<title>Heleen Mees &#187; International</title>
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		<title>China is at it again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:40:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following earlier statements by Zhou Xiaochuan of the People’s Bank of China in March, China renewed its criticism of the dominant role of the US dollar as a global reserve currency at the meeting of the G-8, The Financial Times reports today. In front of President Obama, the Chinese state councilor Mr Dai unequivocally called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Financial Warfare: And the Winner is&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heleen Mees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The CIA has established a special unit to investigate economic and financial threats to the United States&#8217; security. The unit sends President Obama daily briefings with an assessment of the economic risks. In March the Department of Defense already organized an economic war simulation. The Pentagon invited hedgefund managers, bankers and economic scholars to assess different [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Gentler Islam?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:21:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heleen Mees</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would a successful Iranian revolution turn the Islam in a gentler, less orthodox, religion? All prerequisites for a revolution to succeed (critical mass, some independent media, money, a rigged election, a divided ruling elite and a sense of revolutionary momentum et cetera) are now present in Iran, according to Gideon Rachman, the chief foreign affairs commentator of The Financial Times .
Since the revolution of [...]]]></description>
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