International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde called on the U.S. government to reduce the mortgage debt owed by homeowners as a way help to revive the nation’s economy and stimulate growth in the wider industrialized world. Read full article > >

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IMF chief Lagarde calls for U.S. mortgage relief

Compelling in person and on the page, the president has yet to find a way to make himself accessible to the wider electorate online.

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Political Times: For Obama, Getting Message Out Online Is a Challenge

Burma has been cut off by a huge data attack that swamped the nation’s link to the wider internet, days before its first elections in 20 years.

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Burma hit by massive net attack

The planners of Park51 revealed sketches of the center, to be built near ground zero, to the wider public for the first time.

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First Look Inside the Proposed Islamic Center