Sunday, April 12, 2009

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German finance minister warns of inflation (AFP via Yahoo! News)

Sat, 11 Apr 2009 05:34:01 -0700
Costly international stimulus plans to fight the economic crisis ultimately risk fanning inflation, German Finance Minister Peer Steinbrueck was quoted Saturday as warning.

Priyanka Gandhi not averse to joining politics (Hindustan Times)

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 08:25:08 -0700
COMMENT ON THIS ! Your Views! Priyanka Gandhi, daughter of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, Sunday said she was not averse to plunging into politics, but in the same breath added that this was not something she wants to do.

UK Labour’s dirty politics

Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:52:08 -0700
Most readers will be up with the latest in UK politics, but for those who are not, let me tell the story from the beginning. The centre-right (like in many countries) has had stronger voices in the UK blogosphere. The two most popular blogs are run by Iain Dale and Guido Fawkes (Paul Staines). Dale is a former Consevative candidate and staffer. Also a sucessful politics niche publisher who through his blog has become a very influential commentator - both online, and in the traditional me