EZ Wealth and Money

No Liberian leader enjoyed lavish international admiration and brought home bundles of accolades than President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf. Even while wrestling her way for a second term, some foreign bodies defied the rules and awarded her high honors on the eve of election. But while the first quarter of the first year following elections is [...]

When many Indians realized that the boom was not significantly benefiting them, their sense of well-being and optimism about the future seemed to collapse. “It is very dangerous to create expectations and not meet them,” said Rajesh Srinivasan, Gallup’s regional research director for Asia and the Middle East. The number of Indians who rated their [...]

Apr 30, 2012 — Workers added a steel column this afternoon, making the skyscrapere 21 feet taller than the observation deck at the Empire State Building. That’s a symbolic return to the sky for a site destroyed in the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. (The milestone was reached at 2:14 p.m. ET.) With the addition [...]

2012-04-30 13:06 Vienna – An Iranian envoy voiced hope on Monday that talks with the UN nuclear watchdog in mid-May would help resolve “outstanding issues”, but he again ruled out any halt to Tehran’s controversial uranium enrichment programme. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said on Saturday it would resume discussions with Iran on 14-15 [...]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Likud primary, January 31, 2012. Article source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/the-top-7-headlines-you-may-have-missed-haaretz-newsline-april-29-1.427119

“28 days… 6 hours… 42 minutes… 12 seconds. That… is when the world… will end.”  This is the mood setting line stated by the ghostly rabbit Frank as Donnie Darko sleepily took in every word.  This is the exact type of movie that I crave.  It gave my brain something to chew on while my [...]

A fluent English speaker who was educated in the United States and worked abroad for years, Mr. Ghanem was one of the main reforming influences inside the Libyan administration for the past decade. First as prime minister and later as de facto oil minister, he played a central role — often alongside the Libyan leader’s [...]

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Likud primary, January 31, 2012. Article source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/the-top-7-headlines-you-may-have-missed-haaretz-newsline-april-29-1.427119

As the daring escape from house arrest of Chinese rights activist Chen Guangcheng makes world headlines, locals in his village expressed disbelief that “the blind man” could flee the intense security surrounding him. Plainclothes security monitor the entrance to Dongshigu village in Shandong province, home to blind activist Chen Guangcheng, who escaped from there last [...]