WTO member countries must resist protectionist demands

Here is an interesting and short article that could be found in a data response(think so)
"In times of slower growth, the temptation is to bring in barriers to imports to safeguard the domestic producers. This is what happened after the Great Depression. The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act of the 1930’s raised the US Tariffs on 20,000 items that led to a trade war between nations, impoverishing everyone through ‘beggar thy neighbour’ policies."
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Manufactured landscapes, Edward Burtynsky gives a speech

Edward Burtynsky is internationally acclaimed for his large-scale photographs of nature transformed by industry. Manufactured Landscapes – a stunning documentary by award winning director Jennifer Baichwal – follows Burtynsky to China, as he captures the effects of the country’s massive industrial revolution.
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Mr.Ziogas, you ll like that( 1st part )

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America's recession, Warren Buffett comments

Warren Buffett the world's third-richest man declared that america was in recession as he withdrew an offer to bail out the increasingly troubled bond insurance industry. Evidence that the recession in residential construction has spread across America's entire building industry emerged today after official numbers showed a sharp slowdown in public and corporate projects.

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China's future..

Here is a 5 min video about china's infrastructure development plan. The comments are also interesting


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Food shortages

Here is an article from iht just explaining some points of the article "World food stocks dwindling rapidly, UN warns,"!Its a short one and it is quite helpful...

Wii video-game console..Finally the champion

Nitendo came back to the market by introducing the new video console Wii..Nitendo passed some difficult times as mircosoft(xbox) and sony(playstation) sales accelerated the last year. BUT Nitendo came back with a new idea..a console that it didnt become famous about its grafics but for the gameplay..The main concept of this console is that, you should actually play not only using your hands but also your body..its quite amazing...the sense when you play against a friend of you is great..you become competitive and actually "enter the game"..Many critisized this console and believed that Playstation 3 is going to sell much more due to its graphics..but they were too wrong(see picture below) What Nitendo managed to do was a good and new to byers console(and generallu gametype)in a cheap price comparing with xbox 360 and certentlly PS3..On Friday December 7th Nintendo announced it may even stop TV advertising in Britain until 2008 because it cannot meet demand.