Social Security to start cashing Uncle Sam’s IOUs
Associated Press, 15 march 2010 The retirement nest egg of an entire generation is stashed away in this small town along the Ohio River: $2.5 trillion in IOUs from the federal government, payable to the Social Security Administration. It's time to start cashing them in. For more than two decades, Social Security collected more...
Thai PM rejects protest ultimatum
BBC News, 15 March 2010 Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has appeared on national television to reject a demand from demonstrators that he resign by midday and call elections. As he spoke, tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside the army barracks where he was holed up. The rally, led by red-shirt supporters of...
Thousands of protesters gather in Bangkok, seek elections
Reuters, 14 March 2010 Thousands of protesters gathered in Bangkok today and planned to give Thailand’s military-backed government an ultimatum: either call elections or face more pro-democracy demonstrations over the coming week. About 80,000 red-shirted supporters of former premier Thaksin Shinawatra, ousted in a military...
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