Topic: EU - on July 23, 2012 at 9:54:00 AM CEST
Eurozone crisis live: Spanish bond yields hit new record highs
• Spanish 10-year bond yield climbs over 7.51% • Second Spanish region seeks help • Stock markets fall; FTSE 100 down 75 points • The Agenda
The euro has fallen to a fresh set of lows against other currencies this morning, as fears swirl that Spain will be locked out of the financial markets.
Against the yen, the euro fell over 1% to just 94.27 yen, its lowest level since November 2000.
The euro has also continued its slide against the US dollar, hitting $1.2085, and it's down at a a new nine and a half-year low against the Norwegian crown.
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Topic: DRUGS - on July 23, 2012 at 9:51:00 AM CEST
Global banks are the financial services wing of the drug cartels
As HSBC executives apologise to the US Senate for laundering drugs money, the fact is that nothing changes
"Steal a little," wrote Bob Dylan, "they throw you in jail; steal a lot and they make you a king." These days, he might recraft the line to read: deal a little dope, they throw you in jail; launder the narco billions, they'll make you apologise to the US Senate.
Two months ago in Washington DC, a poor black man called Edward Dorsey Sr was convicted of peddling 5.5 grams of crack cocaine. Because he was charged before a recent relative amelioration in sentencing, he was given a mandatory 10 years in jail.
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Topic: POLITIK - on July 23, 2012 at 9:49:00 AM CEST
Aktenvernichtung beim Verfassungsschutz CSU-Experte schreibt NPD-Verbot ab
Ein Verbot der rechtsextremen NPD ist durch die Affäre um die Vernichtung von Akten beim Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz fast unmöglich geworden. Davon geht CSU-Innenexperte Hans-Peter Uhl laut einem Zeitungsbericht aus. Das Material des Geheimdienstes könne nun leicht in Zweifel gezogen werden.
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Topic: FUN - on July 23, 2012 at 9:47:00 AM CEST
Cat milk
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