McCain, U.S. Candidate, ‘I hate the gooks! I will hate them as long as I live’ On February 17, 2000, John McCain the current expected Republican nominee for the office of President of the U.S.A. is quoted as saying, “I hate the gooks, I will hate them as long as I live.” “Gook” is a [...]
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McCain, U.S. Candidate, ‘I hate the gooks! I will hate them as long as I live’
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Inflation on the March in Thailand
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Inflation on the March in Thailand Commerce Ministry permanent secretary Siripol Yodmuangcharoen said yeasteday, “High inflation will hurt the entire economy, but we cannot control external factors such as oil prices,” April’s inflation rate which was the highest in two years and is expected to be 8.1% for the year. Oil prices were pushing up [...]
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Biofuel in Burma Brings More Bad Times
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Biofuel in Burma Brings More Bad Times An arrangement by Myanmar’s ruling junta for large-scale growing of a promising but little-tested biofuel crop has turned into an agricultural disaster, activists linked with the exile-based resistance claimed in a report issued Thursday. The sternly critical statement said the policy hurts an already ailing agriculture quarter. It [...]
