The year is nearing its end, which means it’s time for an early taste of “Tax Tips.” NBR’s tax guru, Kevin McCormally of Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, has more pointers that could help you lighten your tax load come April. In one report, he shows you how to make the most of market losses. Watch.
* Job losses and sagging economies worldwide
* Citigroup sinks further, Saudi prince increases stake
* Catholic Mexico City divided over abortion
* A find of biblical proportions in the West Bank
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Charlie Rose discusses the auto industry with Richard Shelby, the top Republican on the Senate Banking Committee and Barney Frank, Chairman of the House Service Financial Committee. Watch now.
Can Lebanon, a country of 18 different ethnic groups that fought a 15-year civil war, achieve independence from foreign interference and overcome renewed division within? The film “Future for Lebanon” takes viewers to the oldest democracy in the Middle East as voters go to the polls in a new era. Watch. (Originally aired: 7/19/2005).
* Al-Qaeda attacks Barack Obama with racist slur
* Windpipe transplant breakthrough uses stem cells
* Whose Europe?: illegal immigration in Italy
* The impact of threatened polar bears on native peoples
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There was a time when a labor strike against the Catholic Church in Scranton, Pennsylvania, would have been difficult to imagine. The Church, after all, has always been the champion of workers rights. But now there is an uproar in Scranton’s Catholic community, where a teacher’s union was suddenly shut out of the Scranton Diocese. [...]
In the Charlie Rose green room, the interviewees are now put in the limelight in short, behind-the-scenes interviews. Since Charlie Rose conducts interviews with anyone and everyone, from actors to world leaders, you never know who you going to get sharing the green room. We’d love to see former Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright [...]
When is it right to kill? In the midst of war, is it right to refuse? Eight U.S. soldiers, some whom have killed and some who have said no, reveal their inner moral dilemmas. You can watch the film online on P.O.V. until November 30th.
* Pirate attacks off Somalia’s shores
* An auto bailout and the impact overseas
* Whose Europe?: the riots in France
* Australia unveils a new cancer vaccine
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This year, a fire in the German town of Ludwigshafen killed nine Turks and led to accusations of racially motivated violence. But Germany’s Muslims — mostly Turkish immigrants — are becoming more vocal. Martin Seemungal reports from Cologne, Germany — home to 120,000 Muslims — where the city’s first official mosque is being built. Watch. [...]
