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Teo Kermeliotis's blogTeo KermeliotisVarnished with a pale yet discernible mixture of complacency and pomposity, the developing assumption of late regarding America’s sub-prime crisis is that greedy, careless borrowers, and not bankers, should be held accountable for much of the emerged mortgage mayhem. 25 - 04 - 08
Teo KermeliotisAs it was expected, the president of the IOC turned down the idea of boycotting the Summer 2008 Olympics in the aftermath of China’s crackdown on Tibet. Yet, the recent unrest is unavoidably adding more fuel to the escalating controversy that has been surrounding the Olympics since they were awarded to Beijing on July 13 2001. 17 - 03 - 08
Teo KermeliotisWhen Australian band Midnight Oil took the stage of the Sydney Olympic Stadium in 2000 to perform their reconciliation anthem "Beds Are Burning," with the word SORRY printed in their black outfits, John Howard was present; perhaps the most distressed member of the enthusiastic audience as the whole world was in tune for the closing ceremony of the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics. 24 - 02 - 08
Teo KermeliotisThe country that gave supermarkets, Superman and Super Bowl to the world is ardently anticipating for its latest “super” invention, this week’s Super Tuesday elections. 04 - 02 - 08
Teo KermeliotisAgainst the backdrop of a blur political landscape, the US election caravan makes another stop in its long journey, as candidates, campaigners and media descend in South Carolina. While race, drugs and rock’ n’ roll dominate the political news agenda, accompanied by a mainstream media frenzy about tears and gender issues, Paul Rogers’ latest openDemocracy article, Iran and Pakistan: Danger signals, acts as an alarming reminder on the immediate foreign policy challenges which the US presidential wannabes and their campaigns have been astonishingly ignoring or avoiding, for a nation that has declared and runs an abiding and unpredictable war. 26 - 01 - 08
Teo KermeliotisAgainst the backdrop of a blur political landscape, the US election caravan makes another stop in its long journey, as candidates, campaigners and media descend in South Carolina. While race, drugs and rock’ n’ roll dominate the political news agenda, accompanied by a mainstream media frenzy about tears and gender issues, Paul Rogers’ latest openDemocracy article, Iran and Pakistan: Danger signals, acts as an alarming reminder on the immediate foreign policy challenges which the US presidential wannabes and their campaigns have been astonishingly ignoring or avoiding, for a nation that has declared and runs an abiding and unpredictable war. 26 - 01 - 08
Teo KermeliotisAmid post-election violence in Kenya, more than four hundred civilians have lost their life while thousands of displaced people struggle to find food and shelter on a daily basis. The turmoil threatens both to undermine a country that has made significant steps ahead over the last years, and the politically and economically fragile - East Africa region. Read the rest of this post...08 - 01 - 08
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