From PRI, Public Radio International and KCRW Santa Monica, this is To the Point.

The global recession brings global insecurity.

Hello again, I'm Armin Alney, and this is To the Point from Public Radio International,

a daily look at the issues Americans care about most.

Former President

Bush warned of an axis of evil poised to use nuclear weapons and support for international

terrorism. Now the director of national intelligence and the head of the CIA say the bigger threat

is political instability caused by global recession. In Russia and Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia, and Mexico, local upheaval could

have ugly consequences worldwide.

Will the industrial nations continue to prop up sagging economies, or are they too preoccupied

with their own problems to look up and see what's coming?

I'm a reporter's notebook later on.

The Dalai Lama calls Tibet a hell on earth.

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Hello again. I'm Armin Alney, back with To the Point. Forget the axis of evil.

Economic recession now threatens political upheaval in important parts of the world with national security consequences here in the U.S.

We'll look at potential sources of trouble today. Is Washington paying attention?

On reporter's notebook, 50 years after he fled Tibet,

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