Poll: 54 Percent of Palestinians See No Need for Weapons Other than PNA's
In the poll, which was made between September 14-16, 54.1 percent of those polled believed that there was no need for weapons in Gaza Strip other than that of the Palestinian security services, while 58.7 percent believed the PNA was capable of enforcing law and order in Gaza after the withdrawal.
Bush Hurricane Recovery Plan: Say One Thing, Do the Opposite
In his first act after the storm, Bush issued an executive order taking wage protections away from construction workers who will rebuild the Gulf Coast. The Bush administration also is using the disaster to attack federal standards by lifting many affirmative action rules for reconstruction contracts and suspending regulations limiting the number of hours truckers can drive when transporting fuel.
GHANA: Despite new health scheme, newborn babies detained in hospital pending payment
The baby is being detained pending payment of her hospital bill, so Torto since her discharge three weeks ago has been visiting the Neo-Natal Intensive Care Unit at Accra’s Korle Bu teaching hospital twice a day to care for him...More than a third of the 74 women in the neo-natal ICU too are unable to pay.
Anti-Chávez Bias Undermines U.S. Media Objectivity
In a patronizingly racist and pro-imperialist article this past week the Los Angeles Times ('Frustrated U.S. Finds Few Willing to Join Anti-Chavez Coalition'), authors Chris Kraul and Paul Richter echoed the Bush administration’s self-imposed conundrum of 'what to do with Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez?'
EGYPT: Focus on presidential elections
In a victory speech Mubarak, who has ruled Egypt for 24 years, said: “I will work on creating a modern society for free citizens in a democratic country.”...On Saturday, a coalition of several opposition groups including the leftist Tagammu Party, the Islamist Labour Party and the Kifaya Movement —all of which boycotted the election—held a 1,000-strong demonstration in downtown Cairo.
U.S. government denies theater group permit to travel to Cuba
The Festival’s inaugural event was set to begin at 7:30 p.m. on September 15, under the slogan 'Theater in defense of humanity,' with a passacaglia parading from El Quijote Park at 23rd and J to the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribunal, where several Cuban theater companies and Les Grandes Personnes company from France plan to evoke the mythical Cervantes character.
Chavez Says UN Needs a Revolution
Chavez went on to say that the headquarters of the UN should be moved, mainly because of the illegal action the U.S. government has engaged in, particularly with its war against Iraq. He pointed out that the U.S. invaded Iraq on the pretense of the existence of Weapons of Mass Destruction, but that these were not found there.
Responsibility for the disaster failures goes to the top
Despite President Bush’s rhetorical gesture at accountability for his administration’s disastrous failure to respond swiftly to Hurricane Katrina, former FEMA head and Bush-Cheney campaign official, Michael Brown, appears to be the fall guy.
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AFGHANISTAN: Election campaigning ends, voter education continues
About 12.4 million Afghans are eligible to vote in Sunday's two simultaneous elections for the 249-seat Wolesi Jirga (lower house of parliament), contested by over 2,700 candidates, and in 34 separate provincial council elections contested by over 3,000 hopefuls.
