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ViewSonic VX2640w: Large and Pretty (Manila Bulletin)

29 Aug 2008

Guys who are suckers for reed-thin, supermodel chassis-based beauties better move on.

Operation Melt Down, Part II (GoldSeek.com)

29 Aug 2008

"...The 'total war' of the 20th century first required a 'total war' on freely held private wealth..." IT SEEMS AN ODD QUIRK of history that Washington 's post-War obsession with its nationalized gold reserves – an obsession which Ian Fleming neatly tapped into with Goldfinger in 1959 – came so long after what historians call the "classical" Gold Standard ended.

LCP hits rouge groups of MILF (Philstar.com)

29 Aug 2008

The League of Cities of the Philippines (LCP) this week approved a resolution condemning the senseless acts by rogue elements of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front and called on both the military and the police to hunt down relentlessly those responsible for the wave of violence in Mindanao.