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President Obama realizes that the recession has made the political battle more difficult, still he plans to begin addressing the country’s immigration system this year, including looking for a path for illegal immigrants to become legal, though a difficult scheme, shall add to the fame of Obama and add to his capability of foresight.

While showing its anger, North Korea has declared to take”strong steps” if the UN Security Council takes any action over Pyongyang’s recent rocket launch. Russia and China prevented the adoption of even a preliminary statement of condemnation in the 15 member UN Security Council, which met on Sunday to hold an emergency meeting.

US warship in disagreement with pirates holding American captain hostage. American destroyer arrived in water where Somali pirates floating in a lifeboat are holding hostage the captain, Richard Phillips. The pirates demand remains unknown, but may involve compensation for their boat lost during the attack or a ransom.

Oil Companies are unwilling to reduce the oil consumption, they do not wish to pull the line of US President Obama, who wants Oil Companies to reduce oil consumption on one hand and to increase renewable energy supplies and cut carbon dioxide emissions in the most ambitious transformation of energy policy in a generation, on the other.

Global shipping rates are set for a turning 74 per cent plunge in 2009 as commodity demand continues to fall in Asia and the massive flood of vessels ordered during the boom years finally hits the oceans. The expected collapse in rates, which could push dozens of shipowners close to bankruptcy.

Canadian scientist and environmental activist David Suzuki is not optimistic that the world will do enough to stop global warming, but has hope. We can see where the dangers and the opportunities lie,” said Suzuki, the host of “The Nature of Things” and author of more than 40 books. “And we have the foresight to avoid the dangers and take advantage of the opportunities.”

Human activity is causing massive extinctions to various animal species, forests and the ecosystems that forests support, marine life. However the cost associated with deteriorating or vanishing ecosystems will be high. By sustainable development and consumption would help avert ecological problems.

Now a bubble involving financial global scope has burst in a period of economic boom. it went to the extent of collapsing the world’s largest financial institutions, while some have been bought by their competitors and in other cases the governments of the wealthiest nations in the world has resorted to extensive bail outs and rescue packages for the remaining banks and financial institutions.

The world military spending got reduced since the cold war ended but there are exceptions like the US retains a high level spending. Global military expenditure has increased in recent years and now comparable to cold war levels again with the recent data showing global spending at over a trillion annually. The US is the highest military spender accounting for under half of the worlds spending than the rest of the countries.