The Defense Department is forming a civilian expeditionary workforce that will be trained and equipped to deploy overseas in support of military missions worldwide, according to department officialshttp://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=52840 Gordon Brown warns of void left by collapse of global financial system The collapse of large swathes of the global financial system has left a void into which global organisations such as the International Monetary Fund will have to step, Gordon Brown said. http://www.blacklistednews.com/news-3148-0-9-9--.html