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The Year of Accountability * By Margareta Pagano A few months ago I asked one of the Bank of England's most senior figures how he would explain the Great Financial Crash of 2008 to his grandchildren. Would he tell them about toxic mortgage-backed securities? Low interest rates provoking a credit binge? Or the bonuses being paid to bankers that drove them to dream up ever-greater leverage? He twisted and turned, and said: "It was drift – we were all guilty, the politicians, the bankers, businessmen and women; consumers, too. We all got carried away; not just in the UK but round the world." Getting carried away is probably as good an answer as we'll get. But this doesn't mean those responsible should be exonerated. The biggest challenge of this year will be for the UK establishment – the City authorities, the bankers and the politicians – to be held accountable for past excesses and lay the ground for a fairer future. The latest report by the Financial Services Auth...

Benvind@ a 2012! O Irão disparou este domingo um míssil de médio alcance durante manobras navais no estreito Ormuz, um ponto estratégico para o abastecimento mundial de petróleo, algumas horas após Washington reforçar sanções contra o sistema financeiro iraniano. "O míssil de médio porte terra-ar está equipado com a mais recente tecnologia para atingir alvos furtivos e sistemas inteligentes que tentarem interromper a trajectória do míssil", indicou o almirante Mahmud Moussavi, citado pela agência oficial Irna. Trata-se do primeiro teste deste tipo de míssil, "concebido e fabricado" no Irão, segundo Moussavi. As forças iranianas realizam manobras navais no estreito de Ormuz, por onde passa cerca de 40% do comércio mundial de petróleo, que o Irão ameaça fechar caso os países ocidentais imponham novas sanções às exportadoras petrolíferas iranianas. As manobras navais começaram no dia 24 de Dezembro e terminam na segunda-feira com um exercício destinado a testar a capac...