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Let’s look at history. The CCP has launched many political campaigns and promoted numerous class struggles in the past several decades. The level of violence was shocking. Since the 1980s, the CCP started to focus on economic development. Many people thought that the CCP had abandoned class struggle. But if we pay attention we will notice that the CCP still said, “the class struggle will still exist for a long time.” They still believe that “class enemies” are a reality. for more click here

Easy credit is great. Except when it’s too easy.

Millions of people are now in danger of losing their homes as a result of the meltdown in the sub-prime mortgage market. But millions more face the prospect of financial ruin because of an even more ubiquitous problem: the danger of making only minimum payments on monthly credit card bills. for more click here

Police are to be given back the power to stop and search suspects without giving a reason.

Gordon Brown is to allow officers to carry out random checks in the streets in an attempt to tackle gun and knife crime. for more click here

Rabbi David Druckman, the Chief Rabbi of the northern city of Kiryat Motzkin and an outspoken opponent of Land of Israel withdrawals, says Jews must take the lead in condemning China for its murder of prisoners of conscience in order to harvest their organs. for more click here

It’s been a great start to the year for gold - and its fellow precious metals - so far.

In fact, I’m beginning to wonder if my target of a high in gold of $1150 an ounce this year was a little conservative. Perhaps I’m feeling too exuberant and that’s a warning signal, but there are certain signs that suggest an intermediate-term top is coming - I’ll tell you what they are in a moment - and I don’t see many of them.

In fact, if the Federal Reserve cuts interest rates later today by half a point, we might even see my target before the end of February…
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With one year to go in George W. Bush’s presidency, the national Democrats are on the verge of the same miscalculation that they made about his father after his defeat in Election 1992. Instead of doing the hard work to hold the Bushes accountable, the Democrats are “leaving it to the historians.” for more click here

Shop workers in Edinburgh have been undergoing training to spot potential terrorists and suspicious packages.
More than 60 delegates from the retail, finance and security sectors took part in the Project Griffin training seminar on Tuesday. for more click here

ONE of Britain’s most senior counter-terrorism officers last night warned it was only a matter of time before Edinburgh was subjected to a devastating attack.

Superintendent Brett Lovegrove said Scotland’s capital would be an “extremely attractive” objective for terrorists – and said the Edinburgh International Festival, which last year attracted 380,000 visitors, was a prime target. for more click here

Banks may need to raise as much as $143bn (£77bn) to weather the credit crisis, Barclays Capital reports.
They say the banks will need extra money if bond insurers, who insure the products at the centre of the sub-prime crisis, lose their top credit ratings. for more click here

The FBI is investigating 14 companies embroiled in the sub-prime mortgage crisis as part of a crackdown on improper lending.
It did not identify the companies but said the investigation encompassed developers, sub-prime lenders and investment banks. for more click here