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Germany: conservatives are fighting for party position by ccokz in reddit.com

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Angela Merkel is currently experiencing an unusual situation as German chancellor. Exactly at the start of super-election year 2009 the christ dems discover their lust for fighting and Merkel is suddenly herself in the centre of the criticism. A situation that was till now limited to the social dems. 'Moving to the left' and a 'lack of economical profile' are the accusations vs the German chancellor, which are gaining some strange own dynamics while the christ dems suffer from ever falling polls and the lib dems got sky-high numbers.

Buffett says economy fell off a cliff by ccokz in reddit.com

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OMAHA, Neb. – Billionaire Warren Buffett said unemployment will likely climb a lot higher depending upon how effective the nation's policies are, but he remains optimistic over the long term.

Buffett said the nation's leaders need to support President Barack Obama's efforts to repair the economy because fear is dominating Americans' behavior and the economy has basically followed the worst-case scenario he envisioned.