Global Affairs and Finance for October 27, 2009

Gordon Brown has assigned senior U.K. officials to assist former PM Tony Blair to secure the EU presidency.

U.K. Chief constables will be asked to justify the legality of recording thousands of British law-abiding protesters, kept in a secret nationwide database.

Sugar producers have made millions of Euros in illegally adding to the cost of sugar. This is one example of the widespread fraud regarding sugar subsidies in Europe.

The German Army is now heavily invested and engaged in fighting in Afghanistan on a scale not seen in 50 years.

Defendant, former Bosnian-Serb leader, Radovan Karadžić, was a no-show for his war crime tribunal. Therefore, the Genocide Trial at the UN Tribunal was adjourned by a day.

Today, the UN General Assembly will elect 22 countries to serve on the Economic and Social Council.

Senator Harry Reid stated on Monday that the healthcare bill would include a government-run insurance plan in the Senate’s legislation, but that states could opt out.

An Iraqi al Qaeda umbrella group claimed responsibility for the double suicide bombing in Baghdad on Sunday that killed two dozen children

Pakistan leaders suggested that the Obama administration's pressuring of Pakistan to crack down on Taliban and al-Qaeda militants is creating tension between the two countries.

One million people are displaced in Central and Eastern Africa due to continued violence in the area.

The smart t energy grid for the U.S.A. is moving forward with a 3.4 billion grant from the Obama administration.

17 Czech senators are now challenging the legality of the recently signed Lisbon treaty.

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Unfortunately 8 U.S. Troops were killed in bombings in Afghanistan

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) says he will join a Republican filibuster against the Senate Democrats' health care reform bill unless the public option is removed.