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Financial crisis – Public services across Portugal ground to a halt on Thursday as trade unions held a 24-hour walk out. The strikers are protesting against a raft of austerity measures introduced by the government in exchange for financial aid. FRANCE 24 INTERNATIONAL NEWS 24/7 www.france24.com http

As anger over the financial crisis lingers, questions remain as to who has been held accountable for their role in creating the conditions that led to the meltdown … and who has not. Ray Suarez reports.

Financial Times Frankfurt Bureau Chief Ralph Atkins, co-author of the Finance Ministers Ranking, takes us through this year’s winners and losers as the EU debt crisis shines the spotlight on Europe’s financial leaders.

On the Tuesday, November 22 edition of the Alex Jones Show, Alex hosts from the road with Infowars Nightly News co-host Aaron Dykes riding shotgun at the Austin, Texas command post. www.infowars.com www.prisonplanet.tv

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The value of Kenya’s shilling has plummeted, interest rates are through the roof, and inflation has soared to almost 20 per cent. The country’s economy is suffering and analysts say it is all linked to the country’s political cycle as it rolls towards elections in 2012. In a year far more turbulent than even Greece’s, the economy has squeezed thousands of companies into a corner. Al Jazeera’s Peter Greste reports from the capital, Nairobi.