Bibliography for World Events: 13-Dec-08 - 13-Mar-09
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Date Published-Visited	Date Published-Visited	Date Posted	Venue	Country	Author	Article/URL*	Media	Listed Sources	Contributors
13-Dec-08	13-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Saijel Kishan	Access International Says Funds Invested With Madoff (Update1)	Bloomberg
15-Dec-08	15-Dec-08				Lindsay Renick Mayer	Madoff and Company Spent Nearly $1 Million on Washington Influence	OpenSecrets.org
16-Dec-08	16-Dec-08		Rome	Italy		WFP Calls for Rescue Package for the World's Hungry	United Nations World Food Programme	News Release
	16-Dec-08		Durham, NC	U.S.		New Research Sheds Light Into The Dark Corner of Credit Card Pricing	Center for Responsible Lending	News Release
	16-Dec-08		Durham, NC	U.S.	Joshua M. Frank	Priceless or Just Expensive? The Use of Penalty Rates in the Credit Card Industry	Center for Responsible Lending
	16-Dec-08		Durham, NC	U.S.	Joshua M. Frank	What's Draining Your Wallet? The Real Cost of Credit Card Cash Advances	Center for Responsible Lending
17-Dec-08	17-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Michael J. de la Merced	A Wall Street Soirée, Amid the Storm	NYT
	17-Dec-08					Madoff's Clients	NYT
	17-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Morgan Stanley Reports Full-Year and Fourth Quarter Results	Morgan Stanley	News Release
	17-Dec-08				Louise Story	With Little Optimism for 2009, Morgan Stanley Posts $2 Billion Loss	NYT
	17-Dec-08		Detroit, MI	U.S.	Nick Bunkley	Chrysler to Shut Factories for a Month	NYT
	17-Dec-08				Alex Berenson	Authorities Ease Madoff’s Bail Terms	NYT		Eric Lipton; William K. Rashbaum
	17-Dec-08		Oran	Algeria		151st (Extraordinary) Meeting of the OPEC Conference	OPEC	News Release
	17-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Statement of UJA-Federation of New York Regarding Recent Reports Related to Madoff Securities	UJA-Federation	News Release
	17-Dec-08				Mark Glenn	US Media Ignores Call by Mainstream Jewish Newspaper To Murder Innocent Muslims	American Free Press
18-Dec-08	18-Dec-08				Edward L. Yingling (president and CEO)	ABA STATEMENT ON FINAL CREDIT CARD REGULATIONS	American Bankers Association	News Release
	18-Dec-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Federal Reserve approves rules that will better protect credit card users	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	18-Dec-08				Edward L. Yingling (president and CEO)	ABA Statement on Final Credit Card Regulations	MarketWatch	PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX
	18-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Polya Lesova	Oil futures tumble 10% to end below $37 a barrel: J.P. Morgan analysts cut their 2009 oil price forecast to $43 a barrel from $69	MarketWatch
	18-Dec-08		San Francisco, CA	U.S.	Alistair Barr	Madoff's rise fueled by leverage, controversial fees: Scandal shows how hedge fund business relied on trust, relationships	MarketWatch
	18-Dec-08				Jack Healy	Wall Street Slides as Oil Falls Below $40 a Barrel	NYT
	18-Dec-08		Athens	Greece	Anthee Carassava; Meg Bortin	Protesters Riot Again in Athens	NYT
22-Dec-08	22-Dec-08		Paris	France		The Paris Club delivers the 3rd phase of debt reduction for Iraq	Paris Club	News Release
	22-Dec-08		Peoria,IL	U.S.		Caterpillar Announces Cost Cutting Measures in Response to Economic Uncertainty	Caterpillar	News Release
23-Dec-08	23-Dec-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Existing-Home Sales Decline in Economic Uncertainty	National Association of Realtors	News Release
	23-Dec-08				Robin Pogrebin	In Madoff Scandal, Jews Feel an Acute Betrayal	NYT
	23-Dec-08		Toronto, ON	Canada		Tacitus, Histories	Macroknow
	23-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Saijel Kishan; Jason Kelly	Cerberus Caps Withdrawals From Hedge Fund After Loss (Update2)	Bloomberg
	23-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		American Express, CIT Get Approval For TARP Funds	NYT	Reuters
	23-Dec-08				Zachery Kouwe; Michael Wilson; Michael J. de la Merced	Head of Fund Invested in Madoff Is Found Dead	NYT	DealBook	Andrew Ross Sorkin (ed.)
	23-Dec-08					Exclusif - Scandale Madoff : le fondateur d'Access International se suicide	La Tribune
	23-Dec-08					UN Security Council Extends Protection for Iraqi Assets	VOA News
	23-Dec-08				Glenn Kessler	Plunge in Exports Reverberates Across Asia	Washington Post		Sholnn Freeman
	23-Dec-08				Matthew Levitt; Michael Jacobson (both of the Washington Institute for Near East Policy)	Follow the money: The Obama administration should continue to track how terrorists get their money (Opinion)	Los Angeles Times
24-Dec-08	24-Dec-08		Chicago, IL	U.S.	Amy Hoak	Fixed-rate mortgages continue to fall; Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgage at lowest since 1971: Freddie Mac	MarketWatch
	24-Dec-08		McLean, VA	U.S.		Long-Term Rates Fall for Eighth Consecutive week Setting Another New Low: Shorter-Term Rates Are Mixed	Freddie Mac	News Release
	24-Dec-08		San Francisco, CA	U.S.	Michael Moss; Geraldine Fabrikant	Once Trusted Mortgage Pioneers, Now Pariahs	NYT		Renee Feltz
	24-Dec-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Approval of proposal by GMAC and IB Finance to become bank holding companies	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	24-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		GMAC Financial Services Bank Holding Company Application Approved by Federal Reserve	GMAC Financial Services	News Release
	24-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		AIG Announces Purchase of Additional Multi-Sector Collateralized Debt Obligations by Maiden Lane III and Termination of Credit Default Swaps	American International Group	News Release
	24-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Moming Zhou	Oil tumbles 9.3% as Cushing inventories hit record	MarketWatch
	24-Dec-08				Kim Christensen	More in middle class using payday lenders	Los Angeles Times
	24-Dec-08				Duke Helfand	Madoff's alleged misdeeds spark feelings of betrayal, outrage in L.A.'s Jewish community	Los Angeles Times
	24-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Ban hails move by creditor nations to cancel nearly $8 billion in Iraqi debt	UN News Service
25-Dec-08	25-Dec-08				Binyamin Appelbaum	Fed Clears GMAC Plan To Become A Bank: Move Will Benefit General Motors	Washington Post
	25-Dec-08				Hugh Son	With Fed's Help, AIG Unloads $16 Billion in Credit Default Swaps	Washington Post	Bloomberg News
	25-Dec-08				Ronald D. White	Crude oil falls 9% to $35.35 a barrel, its lowest close in more than four years	Los Angeles Times
	25-Dec-08		Tokyo	Japan		Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on November 20 and 21, 2008	Bank of Japan	News Release
	25-Dec-08				Gabriel Sherman	The Greatest Love Story Ever Sold	The New Republic
	25-Dec-08				Jennifer Peltz	Some Jews fear Madoff case stokes anti-Semitism	AP
26-Dec-08	26-Dec-08					Curbing Credit Card Predators (Editorial)	NYT
	26-Dec-08				Eduardo Porter	Ponzi Schemes: The Haul Gets Bigger, but the Fraud Never Changes	NYT
	26-Dec-08		Islamabad	Pakistan	Richard A. Oppel Jr.; Salman Masood	Pakistan Moves Troops Amid Tension With India	NYT		Somini Sengupta; Steven Lee Myers; Thom Shanker
	26-Dec-08		Islamabad	Pakistan	Ayaz Gul	Pakistan Moves Thousands of Troops Toward Border with India	VOA News
	26-Dec-08				Mary Rourke	Harold Pinter, influential playwright and Nobel winner, dies at 78	Los Angeles Times		Don Shirley
	26-Dec-08					Herb Sandler	Wikipedia
	26-Dec-08		San Francisco, CA	U.S.	Shawn Langlois	GM shares rally after financing division gets bank status	MarketWatch
	26-Dec-08		Geneva	Switzerland		Cholera in Zimbabwe - update	WHO
27-Dec-08	27-Dec-08		Baghdad	Iraq		Baghdad bombs reportedly kill 28 people	Reuters UK		Angus MacSwan (ed.)
	27-Dec-08				Kathy M. Kristof	Student loans turn into crushing burden for unwary borrowers	Los Angeles Times
	27-Dec-08		Baghdad	Iraq	Kimi Yoshino	Iraq prison riot leaves 13 dead	Los Angeles Times		Correspondent (in Ramadi); Times staff writers
	27-Dec-08		Karachi	Pakistan	Laura King	Pakistan moves some troops away from Afghanistan and toward India	Los Angeles Times		Zulfiqar Ali
	27-Dec-08		Gaza		Taghreed El-Khodary; Ethan Bronner	Israelis Say Strikes Against Hamas Will Continue	NYT		Isabel Kershner; Robert Pear
	27-Dec-08		Jerusalem	Israel	Robert Berger	Israeli Airstrikes Kill More Than 200 in Gaza	VOA News
	27-Dec-08					US Urges Calm as Tensions Rise Between India and Pakistan	VOA News
	27-Dec-08		Cairo	Egypt	Edward Yeranian	Car Bomb Targets Predominantly Shi'ite District of Baghdad	VOA News
28-Dec-08	28-Dec-08					Harold Pinter	Wikipedia
	28-Dec-08					Israel resumes Gaza bombardment	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	28-Dec-08		Gaza City; Jerusalem	Palestine; Israel		Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza, 271 dead	Los Angeles Times
	28-Dec-08		Beirut	Lebanon	Borzou Daragahi	Arabs throughout Middle East protest Israel airstrikes on Gaza	Los Angeles Times		Raed Rafei; Ramin Mostaghim; Maher Abukhater
	28-Dec-08					At Least 280 Palestinians Killed as Israeli Airstrikes on Gaza Continue	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
	28-Dec-08		Islamabad	Pakistan	Ayaz Gul	Car Bomb Kills at Least 30 in Pakistan	VOA News
	28-Dec-08					Suicide Attack Near Afghan School Kills 7, Wounds 36	VOA News	AP-AFP-Reuters
	28-Dec-08		Geneva	Switzerland	Lisa Schlein	WFP: 100 Million People Worldwide Going Hungry	VOA News
	28-Dec-08		Durham, NC	U.S.		Center for Responsible Lending (CRL): A Resource for Predatory Lending Opponents	Center for Responsible Lending
	28-Dec-08		Gaza	Palesrtine	Taghreed El-Khodary; Isabel Kershner	Israeli Troops Mass Along Border; Arab Anger Rises	NYT
	28-Dec-08				Motoko Rich; Joseph Berger	False Memoir of Holocaust Is Canceled	NYT
29-Dec-08	29-Dec-08		Tehran	Iran		Iran to file appeal against Israeli war criminals in int’l courts	ISNA	News Release
	29-Dec-08		Tehran	Iran		Iran asks ICC to issue arrest warrants for Israeli leaders	IRNA	News Release
	29-Dec-08				The Editors	How TNR Exposed A New Oprah-Endorsed Memoir As A Hoax	The New Republic
	29-Dec-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Treasury Announces TARP Investment in GMAC	U.S. Department of the Treasury	News Release
	29-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		GMAC Receives $5.0 Billion Investment from the U.S. Treasury	GMAC Financial Services	News Release
	29-Dec-08		Washington, DC	U.S.		Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 83-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	29-Dec-08				Anahad O'Connor	Five Banks Are Robbed in Single Day in the City	NYT		Jason Grant; Mathew R. Warren; Michael Wilson
30-Dec-08	30-Dec-08					Hamas vows to hit Israel harder	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	30-Dec-08		Dhaka	Bangladesh	Steve Herman	Bangladesh's Sheikh Hasina Wins Landslide Election	VOA News
	30-Dec-08					Congo groups: 400 massacred on Christmas day	CNN		Ben Brumfield
	30-Dec-08				Antony Sguazzin	Lord’s Resistance Army Kills 400 People in Congo, Caritas Says	Bloomberg
	30-Dec-08					Ban denounces ‘appalling atrocities’ by Ugandan rebels in DR Congo	UN News Service
	30-Dec-08		Washington, DC	U.S.	Ruth Mantell	Home prices off record 18% in past year, Case-Shiller says	MarketWatch
	30-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		Home Price Declines Worsen As We Enter the Fourth Quarter of 2008 According to the S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices	Standard & Poor's	News Release
	30-Dec-08				Jack Healy	Home Prices Fell at Their Sharpest Pace in October	NYT
	30-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.		The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Falls to a New All-Time Low in December	The Conference Board	News Release
	30-Dec-08					Record Drop for US Home Prices, Consumer Confidence	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
	30-Dec-08		New York, NY	U.S.	Janet Frankston Lorin	Yeshiva’s Madoff Losses Based on ‘Fictitious’ Profits (Update2)	Bloomberg
31-Dec-08	31-Dec-08		Tel Aviv	Israel	Joshua Mitnick	Gazan civilians increasingly at risk in assault on Hamas	Christian Science Monitor
	31-Dec-08		Dhaka	Bangladesh		Bangladesh BNP rejects parliamentary election results	China View	Xinhua	Yan (ed.)
1-Jan-09	1-Jan-09				Rosa Brooks	Israel can't bomb its way to peace (Opinion)	Los Angeles Times
	1-Jan-09				Mohammed Ali	Gaza diary: Psychological harm	Al Jazeera
	1-Jan-09					Israel kills senior Hamas figure	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	1-Jan-09		Jerusalem		Sonja Pace	2009 Begins With Bombs, Rockets in Gaza, Over 400 Palestinians Killed	VOA News
	1-Jan-09					Taliban Kill 20 Afghan Bodyguards	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
	1-Jan-09		Bangkok	Thailand	Heda Bayron	Tragedy in Thailand Mars New Year Celebrations in Asia	VOA News
	1-Jan-09		Bangkok	Thailand	Tim Johnston	Bangkok Fire Kills at Least 59 New Year Revelers	Washington Post
	1-Jan-09		Moscow	Russia	Philip P. Pan	Russia Halts Delivery of Natural Gas to Ukraine; Shipments Increased to Other European States	Washington Post
3-Jan-09	3-Jan-09					Angry protests at Israeli embassy	BBC News
4-Jan-09	4-Jan-09					Israeli ground troops enter Gaza	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
7-Jan-09	7-Jan-09		Charlotte, NC	U.S.	David Mildenberg; Linda Shen	PennyMac, Led by Ex-Countrywide Head, Buys FDIC Loans (Update3)	Bloomberg
	7-Jan-09		Calabasas, CA	U.S.		PennyMac Announces Purchase of Residential Mortgage Loan Portfolio From FDIC as Receiver . . .	Reuters	PRNewswire
12-Jan-09	12-Jan-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Federal Reserve will offer $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility today	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
15-Jan-09	15-Jan-09		New York, NY	U.S.	Peter S. Green; Janet Frankston Lorin	Madoff ‘Klole’ Dwarfs Palestinians’ Rockets for American Jews	Bloomberg
	15-Jan-09		New York, NY	U.S.		About Us	Taglit-Birthright Israel
	15-Jan-09		Boston, MA	U.S.	Amaad Rivera; Jeannette Huezo; Christina Kasica (D2D Fund); Dedrick Muhammad (Institute for Policy Studies)	State of the Dream 2009: The Silent Depression	United for a Fair Economy
	15-Jan-09		Frankfurt am Main	Germany		Monetary policy decisions	European Central Bank	News Release
	15-Jan-09		London	U.K.	William L. Watts	ECB cuts key rate to 2%; Trichet signals pause, warns about 'liquidity trap'	MarketWatch
16-Jan-09	16-Jan-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Treasury, Federal Reserve, and the FDIC Provide Assistance to Bank of America	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
26-Jan-09	26-Jan-09		Peoria,IL	U.S.		4Q 2008 Earnings Release: Caterpillar Reports Record Sales and Revenues and Profit Per Share for 2008; Company is Taking Assertive Action to Respond to the Global Recession and a Lower Outlook for 2009	Caterpillar	News Release
	26-Jan-09		San Francisco, CA	U.S.	Shawn Langlois	Caterpillar to slash 20,000 jobs: Profit falls 32% in fourth quarter; 2009 sales expected to plunge 25%	MarketWatch
	26-Jan-09		New York, NY; Madison, NJ	U.S.		Pfizer to Acquire Wyeth, Creating the World's Premier Biopharmaceutical Company	Pfizer	News Release
	26-Jan-09		New York, NY; Madison, NJ	U.S.		Pfizer to Acquire Wyeth, Creating the World's Premier Biopharmaceutical Company	Pfizer; Wyeth	News Release
27-Jan-09	27-Jan-09		Tokyo	Japan		Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on December 18 and 19, 2008	Bank of Japan	News Release
	27-Jan-09		Tokyo	Japan		Minutes of the Monetary Policy Meeting on December 2, 2008	Bank of Japan	News Release
28-Jan-09	28-Jan-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		FOMC statement	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	28-Jan-09				Paul Kane ; Michael Shear	House Passes $819 Billion Economic Stimulus; Republicans Wary of Package's Price Tag, Spending Priorities	Washington Post
	28-Jan-09		Washington, DC	U.S.	Jackie Calmes	House Passes Obama’s Stimulus Package	NYT
	28-Jan-09		Washington, DC	U.S.	Rex Nutting	House OKs $819 billion economic stimulus plan	MarketWatch
	28-Jan-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Major provisions of stimulus package	MarketWatch
	28-Jan-09		Chicago, IL	U.S.	Christopher Hinton	Boeing Posts Quarterly Loss on Strike Impact and Charges	Boeing	News Release
29-Jan-09	29-Jan-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Shameful -- Remarks by the President after Meeting with the Vice President and the Secretary of the Treasury	White House	Blog
	29-Jan-09		San Francisco		Wallace Witkowski	Illinois Senate removes Gov Blagojevich from office: reports	MarketWatch
	29-Jan-09		Springfield, IL	U.S.	Malcolm Gay; Suzan Saulny	Blagojevich Ousted by Illinois State Senate	NYT		Monica Davey
1-Feb-09	1-Feb-09			Singapore		The Eurekahedge Report	Eurekahedge
3-Feb-09	3-Feb-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Federal Reserve announces extension through October 30, 2009, of its existing liquidity programs that were scheduled to expire on April 30, 2009 (Federal Reserve).	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
4-Feb-09	4-Feb-09		New York, NY	U.S.	Al Yoon	US credit card delinquencies at record highs -Fitch	Reuters		Chizu Nomiyama (ed.)
	4-Feb-09		New York, NY	U.S.		Fitch: U.S. Credit Card Late Payments Hit Record Highs, Chargeoffs Spike	MarketWatch	Fitch Ratings (Business Wire)
5-Feb-09	5-Feb-09		London	U.K.		Bank of England Reduces Bank Rate by 0.5 Percentage Points to 1.0%	Bank of England	News Release
8-Feb-09	8-Feb-09					Australian fires toll passes 100	BBC News
	8-Feb-09		Sydney	Australia	Meraiah Foley	Death Toll in Australian Fires Climbs to 108	NYT
	8-Feb-09					Brazil Plane Crash Kills 24	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
	8-Feb-09		Lynchburg, VA	U.S.		Peanut Corporation of America Provides Additional Information about Expanded Nationwide Recall of Peanut Products	Peanut Corporation of America	News Release
9-Feb-09	9-Feb-09			Australia	Jewel Topsfield; Daniella Miletic	Day fire fell from the sky - 96 killed in Australian inferno	The Guardian	The Age
	9-Feb-09		Sydney	Australia	Meraiah Foley	Death Toll Climbs in Australia Fires	NYT		Andrew C. Revkin
	9-Feb-09		New York, NY		Moming Zhou; Polya Lesova	Oil falls below $40 on economic worries: OPEC postpones projects as falling oil prices curb investment	MarketWatch
	9-Feb-09		Hong Kong	China	Bettina Wassener	Nissan to Cut 20,000 Jobs	NYT
	9-Feb-09		Tokyo	Japan		Nissan Takes Further Action Amid Global Crisis	Nissan	News Release
	9-Feb-09				Raymond Thibodeaux	Female Suicide Bomber Strikes Sri Lanka, 28 Killed	VOA News
	9-Feb-09		Sydney	Australia	Phil Mercer	Arsonists Blamed for 'Mass Murder' in Australia	VOA News
	9-Feb-09		Beijing	China	Stephanie Ho	Fire Hits New High Rise in Central Beijing	VOA News
	9-Feb-09					South African Platinum Giant Cuts 10,000 Jobs	VOA News	AFP
	9-Feb-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Federal Reserve offers $150 billion in 28-day credit through its Term Auction Facility	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	9-Feb-09				Tara Siegel Bernard	Losses Mount on Credit Cards for Retailers	NYT
10-Feb-09	10-Feb-09					'Suicide blast' hits Sri Lanka camp	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	10-Feb-09		Sydney	Australia	Ellen Connolly; Jenny Percival	Net closing on arsonists as 200 feared dead in Australian fires	The Guardian
	10-Feb-09		London	U.K.	Simon Kennedy	UBS to slash more jobs after $7 billion loss	MarketWatch
	10-Feb-09		Zurich; Basel	Switzerland		UBS reports a fourth quarter loss of CHF 8.1 billion; excluding certain substantial items, adjusted net operating results (pre-tax) were negative CHF 2.8 billion	UBS	News Release
	10-Feb-09		London	U.K.	Julia Werdigier	UBS Posts $6.9 Billion Quarterly Loss	NYT
	10-Feb-09		Detroit, MI	U.S.		GM Statement on Layoffs of Salaried Workers, Pay Cuts: GM to Reduce Salaried Employment Levels	WSJ
	10-Feb-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Federal Reserve is prepared to expand Term Asset-Backed Securities Loan Facility (TALF)	Federal Reserve Board	News Release
	10-Feb-09		Washington, DC	U.S.	Ronald D. Orol	Treasury, Fed unveil $1.5 trillion rescue plan: Bad bank program should provide as much as $1 trillion in financing	MarketWatch
	10-Feb-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Secretary Geithner Introduces Financial Stability Plan: Remarks by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner Introducing the Financial Stability Plan	U.S. Department of the Treasury
	10-Feb-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		Fact Sheet: The Financial Stability Plan: Deploying our Full Arsenal to Attack the Credit Crisis on All Fronts	U.S. Department of the Treasury
	10-Feb-09		Washington, DC	U.S.		#VALUE!	Library of Congress	THOMAS
	10-Feb-09		Lisbon	Spain		ILO European Regional Meeting opens amid calls for an urgent and coordinated response to the economic crisis	International Labour Organization	News Release
11-Feb-09	11-Feb-09		Houston, TX	U.S.		KBR CEO Comments on DOJ and SEC Settlement Agreements in Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigation	KBR	News Release
	11-Feb-09		Houston, TX	U.S.		Halliberton Announces Settlement of Department of Justice and Securities and Exchange Commission Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Investigations	Halliberton	News Release
12-Feb-09	12-Feb-09		Canberra	Australia		International Alliance of Research Universities Website	International Alliance of Research Universities
13-Feb-09	13-Feb-09					Iraq suicide bomb kills pilgrims	BBC News
	13-Feb-09		Lisbon	Spain		ILO European Regional Meeting calls for coordinated response to economic crisis	International Labour Organization	News Release
	13-Feb-09				Eduardo Porter	What Newspapers Do, Have Done and Will Do (Editorial)	NYT
14-Feb-09	14-Feb-09		Baghdad	Iraq	Robert H. Reid	Female suicide bomber kills 40 in Iraq	AP		Hamid Ahmed; AP correspondent
	14-Feb-09					Scores killed in Iraq suicide blast	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	14-Feb-09		Wana	Pakistan	Hafiz Wazir	U.S. missile strike kills 25 militants in Pakistan	Reuters India		Alamgir Bitani
	14-Feb-09				David Colker	Headed for foreclosure? Here's what to expect; The timing varies but the process follows a predetermined script	Los Angeles Times
	14-Feb-09					Surviving recession: A consumer guide	Los Angeles Times
	14-Feb-09					More Annals of Global Greed Inc. (Editorial)	NYT
15-Feb-09	15-Feb-09					US drone' in fatal Pakistan raid	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	15-Feb-09		Caracas	Venezuela	Brian Wagner	Venezuelan Officials: Chavez Wins Referendum	VOA News
	15-Feb-09					The Rise And Fall of A Peanut Empire	Washington Post		Julie Tate; Madonna Lebling
	15-Feb-09		Tokyo	Japan	Hiroko Tabuchi	Japan’s Economy Plunges at Fastest Pace Since ’74	NYT
16-Feb-09	16-Feb-09		Caracas	Venezuela	Brian Wagner	Chavez Celebrates End to Venezuela Term Limits	VOA News
	16-Feb-09					Israel Takes More Land in West Bank, Expands Settlements	VOA News	AP
	16-Feb-09					Suspected US Drone Strikes Taliban Target in Pakistan	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
	16-Feb-09			Russia		Russia's Industrial Output Drops Nearly 20%	VOA News	AFP
	16-Feb-09					Chavez wins Venezuela referendum	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	16-Feb-09					Israel seizes West Bank land	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	16-Feb-09					Baghdad hit by two blasts	Al Jazeera	Agencies
	16-Feb-09					At Least 8 Killed in Baghdad Minibus Bombings	VOA News	AFP-AP-Reuters
	16-Feb-09		Caracas	Venezuela	Juan Forero	Chávez Wins Removal of Term Limits	Washington Post
	16-Feb-09		New York ; Clarence Center	U.S.	P.J. Huffstutter; Erika Hayasaki	Stunned N.Y. town mourns amid questions about Flight 3407 procedures	Los Angeles Times
	16-Feb-09		Peshawar	Pakistan	Pamela Constable	Islamic Law Instituted In Pakistan's Swat Valley	Washington Post
	16-Feb-09		Taipei	Taiwan	Don Lee	Japanese downturn is worst in 35 years	Los Angeles Times
	16-Feb-09					Israel seizes West Bank land	Al Jazeera	Al Jazeera-Agencies
	16-Feb-09		Houston, TX	U.S.		In the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Dallas Division: Securities and Exchange Commission v. Stanford International Bank, Ltd., et al: Order Appointing Receiver	Stanford Financial Group
17-Feb-09	17-Feb-09		Bentonville, AR	U.S.		Wal-Mart Reports Financial Results for Fiscal Year and Fourth Quarter (FYE09)	Wal-Mart	News Release
	17-Feb-09		Istanbul; Peshawar	Turkey; Pakistan	Zulfiqar Ali; Laura King	Pakistan officials allow Sharia in volatile region	Los Angeles Times
	17-Feb-09		Islamabad	Pakistan	Jane Perlez	Pakistan Makes a Taliban Truce, Creating a Haven	NYT		Ismail Khan; Pir Zubair Shah; Salman Masood; Helene Cooper
	17-Feb-09					Trump Entertainment Files for Chapter 11	NYT	Reuters
	17-Feb-09		Atlantic City, NJ	U.S.