Armed protests targeting Libya’s ministries and media in the capital this week have alarmed international observers who say deteriorating security conditions are becoming a matter of serious concern.
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Senate staff are reviewing a draft of banking legislation that would raise equity funding requirements for financial institutions, pull the United States out of the Basel III accord, and further restrict the Federal Reserve’s ability to bail out the shadow banking sector.
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Additional information in this article. South African troops tried to fight of the rebels but failed and US special forces were involved in this nation in the hunt for Kony (2012!)
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“I think all banks will have too much capital in two and a half years. And they are not going to know what to do with it.â
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More propaganda from Agence France Press (AFP). The media in the west is gearing up for the time after Chavez’ death. The control over the world’s largest oil reserves must be regained!
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Belgium and France have subscribed to a 5.5 billion euro injection of capital to bail out the Dexia bank, in line with a restructuring plan approved by the European Commission last week, a statement said Monday.
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And the French troops do nothing. This is illustrative of the diminishing role of France in Africa. For decades France was embroiled in dozens of clandestine African conflicts, but now Paris is leaving that dirty job to the US.
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Anti-government protesters in Mahalla, Egypt’s largest industrial city, have reportedly taken over the local city council and announced their autonomy from the state ruled by the Muslim Brotherhood.
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The diplomat is an official at the embassy’s military section in Yemen. The Sunni Saudi military is very active in the north of Yemen which is predominantly Shiite.
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U.S. regulators on Friday delayed the effective date of a global agreement on greater bank capital buffers reached in response to the financial crisis of 2008.
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