Yesterday ~ Wednesday, May 25th Post ~ What we're looking for? Thursday, May 26th through Wednesday, June 1st ... Thursday, May 26th additions ...
Arab Spring is a term that was used beginning in March 2005 by numerous media commentators to suggest that a spin-off benefit of the invasion of Iraq would be the flowering of Western-friendly Middle East democracies ... if Iraq is considered to be the role model for other Middle East countries ... They better get moving ... Feb. 2010 Maliki ~ Iraq will be the Model for Democracy ...
The term took on a new meaning in 2011, as democratic uprisings independently arose and spread across the Arab world read it all @ http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Arab_Spring
May 19th Arab Spring ~ Review ~ President Obama's Full Speech on Mideast Policy ...
_Recent News Arab Spring_
Secretary Geithner and Secretary Clinton Send Letter to G-8 Colleagues
*** Exciting ~ Friday May 27th ~ G-8 leaders to meet with Egypt, Tunisia leaders
_U.S. News_
Patriot Act ~ Telling ~ Midnight deadline ~ Senate moves Patriot Act toward extension ...
and ...BofA, Chase And Wells Fargo Unveil New P2P Payments Network ...3 banks working together ~ The project, dubbed clearXchange, is a joint venture between Charlotte, N.C.-based Bank of America, San Francisco-based Wells Fargo and New York-Based JPMorgan Chase. It enables the three banks' customers to make payments from their checking account to anyone with an account at one of those three banks. Chase, Wells Fargo and BofA said clearXchange will roll out nationally, and that the plan is to ultimately bring other financial institutions into the network. Link ~ BofA, Chase And Wells Fargo Unveil New P2P Payments Network ...
Kuwait, Iraq express satisfaction over joint committee meeting ..and *** Vedi Good ~ Iraq and Kuwait ~ Kuwait: We are ready to sign a treaty to reassure Iraq's port on the Mubarak Al-Kabeer ...
Recommended Changes/Reform were made to Iraq~ Iraq's Investment Law will be beneficial to all ~ Link ~ Iraq's Economy ~ WTO ~ Concluded today, the Conference of the economic future of Iraq And .. important steps towards accession to the WTO ...
Another Meeting on Monday ~ Iraqi Political Meeting Monday, May 30th ~ Iraqi List Reveal a Meeting of the Political Blocs Under the Auspices of Shaways ...
Iraq ~ Deputy PM, Shaways ~ Send provisions of the agreements made between the political blocs to the presidencies of councils of ministers ... Link ~ Deputy Prime Minister Nuri al-Rose Shaways send provisions of the agreements made between the political blocs to the presidencies of councils of ministers, MPs and the judiciary
_Asia - U.S. news_
U.S. Deputy Treasury Wolin visits Southeast Asia and Australia. During a tour of the Pacific Rim last week, Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin met with dozens of government officials, economists and business leaders throughout Southeast Asia and Australia, an increasingly important region for the global economy, to deliver an important message: the United States is committed to an open investment policy.
Link ~ Deputy Secretary Neal Wolin visits Southeast Asia and Australia
