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Deepening economic crisis closes out 2008
Credit crunch, job uncertainty troubling America
(FinalCall.com) - America recognizes the last part of the year as a holiday, reserved for parties and gift giving, but many are wondering what’s to celebrate when they are suffering the worst economic crisis in decades?
Study: $1.6B of bailout funds given to bank execs
WASHINGTON - Banks that are getting taxpayer bailouts awarded their top executives nearly $1.6 billion in salaries, bonuses, and other benefits last year, an Associated Press analysis reveals.
Sharpton: Feds need to tackle police misconduct
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - Three New York City police officers were indicted in early December for the alleged sodomy of a 24-year-old tattoo artist, after the man was arrested for allegedly smoking marijuana outside of a Brooklyn subway station.
Farrakhan to spiritual leaders: ‘God has never done His greatest work in politics’
CHICAGO (FinalCall.com) - With high levels of political corruption and increased lawlessness in American society, the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan reminded a group of spiritual leaders of their God-given responsibility to act as shepherds calling society and its leaders back to the straight path.
Who Will Get the 2.5 Million New Jobs?
President-elect Barack Obama has been formulating plans for the Stimulus Package that will be enacted shortly after he takes office.  It is reputed to be in the area of $800 billion to $1.2 trillion and he originally proposed to create 2.5 million jobs.
Western democracies losing freedoms?
LONDON (IPS/GIN) - The older the democracy, the less there seems to be now of freedom of expression and right to information, according to a new study by the London-based group Article 19.
Politics still reign over principles at UN, critics say
UNITED NATIONS (IPS) - The United Nations on Dec. 10 commemorated the 60th anniversary of the landmark Universal Declaration of Human Rights against what critics see as a backdrop of widespread political repression.
Taliban raids choke NATO convoys
KARACHI, Pakistan (IPS/GIN) - While NATO and U.S. forces have downplayed raids in Peshawar by pro-Taliban militants, analysts here think the damage is significant.
U.S. weapons deployed in conflicts around globe
WASHINGTON (IPS/GIN) - The United States “is the world’s largest arms supplier,” according to a new report from the New America Foundation. That declaration was made in a climate of warnings of a Middle East arms race if Iran brings its alleged nuclear weapons program to fruition, while others fear that missile defense in Eastern Europe could spark escalation involving Russia.
Post Racial Racism in Washington Post
As we come closer to the “post-racial age” of a Barack Obama presidency, I am intrigued to find that post-racial racism is already being propagated in the pages of the Washington Post.
Grand jury indicts White men in dragging death
(FinalCall.com) - A grand jury in Paris, Texas, has returned first-degree murder indictments against two White men accused in the September dragging death of a Black man. The prosecutor is still looking at whether to pursue hate crime charges in the case that has stirred racial tension.
Flee a flood, lose a job?
(FinalCall.com) - A Louisiana Civil District Court issued a judgment that put 8,500 former employees of the Orleans Parish School Board a step closer to possible compensation for being fired by their pre-storm employers over three years ago.
Kwanzaa’s founder talks about Pan-African holiday
Dr. Maulana Karenga is the creator of Kwanzaa, a professor in the Department of Black Studies at California State University-Long Beach and chair of the African American Cultural Center and organization Us. Dr. Karenga recently sat down for an interview with Final Call Western Region Correspondent Charlene Muhammad about the creation and impact of Kwanzaa.
Israeli rampage leaves hundreds dead in Gaza
RAMALLAH, Dec 28 (IPS) - At least 300 Palestinians have been killed and more than 900 wounded as Israel continues to carry out its severest military attack on Gaza since the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak rejected calls by the UN and the EU for a ceasefire, and told the international media that Israel would not rule out widening the offensive to include a ground operation.
Police union to pay legal bills for accused torturer
CHICAGO - The union representing Chicago’s police officers will help pay the legal bills of a former detective commander who faces federal charges of lying about the torture of prisoners, a decision called outrageous and racist by an attorney who has represented some of the alleged victims.
Southern states lead in illegal gun trafficking
According to a new report, 10 states are responsible for the majority of the illegal guns shipped across state lines for use in crimes. Nearly 1 in every 3 guns traced by federal agents in 2006 and 2007 during crime investigations was purchased in a state other than where the crime was committed, said the report.
Mid-South Black males in state of emergency
(FinalCall.com) - For decades, data about the condition of Black men and boys in America has shown that they fared far worse than their White counterparts in areas such as economics, education, and health. With the rise of the country’s first Black President-Elect, many have said such research is no longer needed and the conversation should cease to take place entering into the year 2009 and beyond.
Farewell Mr. Bush
The Bush Farewell Tour is well underway. The 43rd president of the United States will leave office in a few days considered as one of the worst presidents in history. George W. Bush’s approval ratings are pitiful, the economy is in shambles, the country is at war and even members of his own party rebelled against him.
Slavery was music to the Beatles’ hometown
LIVERPOOL, England - The Beatles are credited with putting this city on the map. But long before Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and George Harrison conquered the music world in the mid-1960s, the city of their birth was prominent on another map as one of the largest slave trading centers in the world.
Equal Opportunity in economic recovery
With news that the economy is hemorrhaging jobs, President-elect Obama has stepped up to do the right thing. On the heels of the worst unemployment report that we’ve seen in more than a decade, the President-elect has announced that he will implement a massive road-building plan, with more than five thousand projects being implemented among the 50 states, to the tune of more than $64 billion.
Impact of sanctions downplayed in Zimbabwe crisis
NEW YORK (FinalCall.com) - John Holmes, the United Nations under secretary-general for humanitarian affairs, recently said sanctions imposed by the governments of the United States, the United Kingdom and the European Union on Zimbabwe are a “side issue” and have nothing to do with the spreading cholera epidemic engulfing the small southern African nation.
Stock exchanges in East Africa consider integration
NAIROBI, Kenya (IPS/GIN) - Plans are going ahead to integrate the three major exchanges within the East Africa region, namely the Dar es Salaam stock exchange, the Nairobi stock exchange and the Uganda securities exchange, plus the stock exchange in Burundi.
New Inquiry urged into CIA ‘extraordinary renditions’
LISBON, Portugal (IPS/GIN) - A European Parliament member will ask EU legislators to restart the debate on stopovers in EU territory by secret IA flights carrying prisoners captured in Afghanistan.
Cuba open to normal relations with Obama-led U.S.
HAVANA - Cuba’s foreign minister urged U.S. President-elect Barack Obama to keep his promise to ease restrictions on family travel and remittances to the island, saying it would be a positive step toward normalizing diplomatic relations.
 


  
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