Archive for February, 2010

United States: Obama forgets Black community

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Green Left Weekly

Malik Miah, San Francisco

What I found most striking about President Barack Obama’s first “State of the Union” address before Congress on January 27 was what he didn’t say.

As Obama is the first US president of African heritage, I expected his 70-minute speech on the economy to highlight the special impact of the recession [...]

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Millionaire gives away fortune which made him miserable

Friday, February 12th, 2010

Telegraph.co.uk

Austrian millionaire Karl Rabeder is giving away every penny of his £3 million fortune after realising his riches were making him unhappy.

By Henry Samuel in Paris

Mr Rabeder, 47, a businessman from Telfs is in the process of selling his luxury 3,455 sq ft villa with lake, sauna and spectacular mountain views over the Alps, valued [...]

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