Peace returns to Bangkok, but will democracy survive in Thailand?

Peace was returning to Bangkok, the battered Thai capital on Friday. But as many as 40 buildings were damaged, 15 people dead and 100 injured, and the losses due to the carnage estimated to be around $1.5 billion, as the troops ended cleaning up the mess...

The ultimate – The UN hops onto the New Multilateralism bandwagon

Raúl de Sagastizabal International Consultant, Montevideo: The international financial agencies reform bids have now been supplemented by an United Nations overhauling initiative. Additional resources, tougher powers for the Organization, are the scheme’s...

G-20 get together to tackle global crisis

Finance ministers and central bankers from the 20 countries making up the G-20 have completed a two-day gathering in Britain to discuss the global financial crisis. Share

Brown holds talks with Barack Obama

British Prime Minister will hold talks today with U.S. President Barach Obama Share

Obama on the global crisis

The Guardian reports that Obama has named his economic crisis team. Only a few days after being elected as the first Black President of the USA, Barack Obama announces his team of 17 members that will help him tackle the problem of the economic crisis. The...