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Forget U.S. Sovereignty? U.N.’s World Health Organization Eyeing Global Tax on Banking, Internet Activity

Forget U.S. Sovereignty? U.N.’s World Health Organization Eyeing Global Tax on Banking, Internet Activity

By George Russell
The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering a plan to ask governments to impose a global consumer tax on such things as Internet activity or everyday financial transactions like paying bills online.
Such a scheme could raise “tens of billions of dollars” on behalf of the United Nations’ public health arm from a broad [...]

January 16 2010 | Posted in Latest Stuff, World News & Reports | Read More »

Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges

Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges

By Andrew Gilligan | Published: 10:55PM GMT 05 Dec 2009

On a normal day, Majken Friss Jorgensen, managing director of Copenhagen’s biggest limousine company, says her firm has twelve vehicles on the road. During the “summit to save the world”, which opens here tomorrow, she will have [...]

December 7 2009 | Posted in Latest Stuff, World News & Reports | Read More »