Bank of America Expected to Settle Huge Mortgage Case for $16.65 Billion
The Justice Department is poised to announce a $16.65 billion settlement with Bank of America over accusations that it duped investors into buying toxic mortgage securities, say people briefed on the matter — the single largest government settlement by a company in American history. Yet even as... read more »
Clashes Erupt as Liberia Sets an Ebola Quarantine
MONROVIA, Liberia — Soldiers and police officers in riot gear blocked the roads. Even the waterfront was cordoned off, with the coast guard stopping residents from setting out in canoes. The entire neighborhood, a sprawling slum with tens of thousands of people, awoke Wednesday morning to find... read more »
Palestine Must be Firmed as a Sovereign State by UN
The Gaza Strip is the “weeping shore” of our times. It is just a 45-km-long and 5-12 km-wide piece of land crammed with people from the lower income group, living as permanent refugees in perpetual fear of war in their own motherland. West Asia, for all political purposes, was a no man’s land... read more »
The Real “Dirty Wars” in the Horn of Africa
When award winning journalist Jeremy Scahill landed at Mogadishu’s International Airport in the summer of 2011 Somalia was in the midst of its worst drought and famine in 60 years. Yet when Mr. Scahill reported on his visit he seemed blissfully unaware of the hundreds of Somalis that were... read more »
