Times Online Clinton seeks key defence accord in India talksAFPNEW DELH — US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hoped to seal a defence pact boosting US arms sales to India in talks here Monday that should also see agreement on the siting of two US nuclear reactors. On the business end of her five-day visit to …Clinton, Indian Minister Clash Over Emissions Reduction PactWashington PostClinton seeks better US-India tiesThe Press AssociationIndia set to sign arms pact with USAljazeera.netBloomberg -Politico -Voice

Blowing smoke… – effinunsound.com 07/20/2009 – posted by demo kid So this isn’t Northwest related, and isn’t even related to whacky conservatives, but it really did annoy the shit out of me. From Politico: Of all the statistics pouring into the White House every day, top economic adviser Larry Summers highlighted one Friday to make his case that the economic free-fall has ended. The number of people searching for the term “economic depression” on Google is down to normal level

Image via Wikipedia The guys and girls at 38degrees are determined to uncover the truth about what MPs will be getting up to this summer – on their annual 57 days away from the Westminster bubble. Some have said that this is a disgrace of a campaign, designed to villify MPs for doing what most of UK working people do, take a well earned summer break (some have only two weeks though, if they’re lucky). Of course, MP’s don’t return to work (well Westminster work) until October 12.