Allan Nairn: As U.S. Loses Its Global Economic Edge, Its “One Clear Comparative Advantage is in Killing, and It’s Using It”
Today’s Headlines
* U.S. Drone Strikes Kill at Least 33 in Pakistan
* Ivory Coast President Rejects Demands from African Leaders
* Palestinians to Ask U.N. to Recognize State
* 106 Journalists Killed Worldwide in 2010
* U.S. Companies Created More Jobs Overseas in 2010
* 157 Banks Failed in 2010, Most Since 1992
* U.S. Refuses to Help Polish Probe of Secret CIA Prisons
* WikiLeaks: U.S. Rejected Request to Help Probe of Assassination in Dubai
* Eight Squatters Die in New Orleans Fire
* GOP Lawmaker Threatens to Derail EPA Plan to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions