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Please consider the Guardian report "The Disappeared": Chicago Police Detain Americans at Abuse-Laden ‘Black Site’ The Chicago police department operates an off-the-books interrogation compound, rendering Americans unable to be found by family or attorneys while locked inside what lawyers say is the domestic equivalent of a CIA black site.
Hryvnia exchange rate on the interbank foreign exchange market trading results on Tuesday, February 24, fell to 33.5 UAH / USD from 32,00 UAH / USD a day earlier. The top value today reached 33.80 UAH / USD
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Florida -30.3% since April 2006 Arizona -29.5% since May 2006 Illinois -22.5% since July 2006 Connecticut -20.9% since July 2006 California -20.2% since May 2006 Michigan -20.1% since July 2005 Maryland -19.9% since June 2007 New Jersey -19.5% since June 2006 Performance Analysis Florida, Arizona, and Illinois are the three worst of the largest 20 states in terms of recovery. Recovery has to do with several factors including magnitude of previous bubble, jobs, and tax policy
Google Chrome Approaching World Domination? A few moments ago a reader was having difficulty with an ad on my blog. I occasionally get complaints, and most of the recent ones involve non-US ads.
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Follow this link: Guardian’s Lies Spread Noxious Cloud of Disinformation over Ukraine
Today Reuters reports Japan January Inflation Seen Easing, Factory Output Up . Japan’s core inflation is seen slowing for a sixth month in January while factory output is expected to rise, underlining the policy challenge facing the Bank of Japan as it strives to speed up economic growth and achieve its 2 percent price target
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Yahoo!News reports Debaltseve Under Rebel Control, Cossack Fighters Celebrate . My inline comments are in braces . Rebel fighters, many of them Cossacks roamed the streets of Debaltseve on Thursday, a day after Ukrainian forces began withdrawing from the besieged town.