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Government Suspected in Attacks During Egyptian Vote The New York Times—International Monday, November 21, 2005 In this article, it says that Egypt is currently in the second stage of elections to determine who will be filling the country’s 454-seat Parliament. Violence has been occuring at the polls and men are carrying axes, machetes and knives. They were running around hurting anyone that was voting. They think the attackers are doing this because they have been sent by the current Egyptian government. The government feels threatened by the Brotherhood and people are willing to stoop to the level of physically harming opponents, explaining the recent well-aimed attacks. The only good that can be seen from this situation is that it appears to only be increasing sympathy (which in turn yields more votes) towards the Brotherhood. It is horrible that democracy is being threatened in like this. It seems to me that something like this would not be tolerated and would be put to a stop. In Egypt some feel that maintaining ruling power is far more important than the well-being of the nation’s citizens. Hopefully other countries will hear about what is happening and they will become angry. Maybe they will stand up on behalf of human and citizen rights. It should motivate others to protect democracy and take a stand for it. The citizens should not take what the Egyptians are doing and stand up for what is right. -- PatsyShantie - 27 Nov 2005 In the article entitled “Heavy Hand of the Secret Police Impeding Reform in Arab World,” it is stating that the secret police, or in Arabic, the mukhabarat are putting too much of a force on the Jordanians and they are taking control over too much. They have begun taking on too much responsibility and the citizens are in fear of their security. The secret police chiefs are abusing their power and the citizens sense of freedom is slowly drifting away from them. They are slowly becoming more of a dictatorship rather than a democracy. This is important because Jordanians are feeling a sense of insecurity and a loss of freedom. They’re government is untrustworthy. Almost all of their rights are being violated and the secret police are being hypocritical. One of the reasons we are at war in the Middle East is to help them establish their democracy. Jordanians however, are feeling unstable making it hard for Americans to do their job. In the future, if the track they’re on doesn’t cease, then the government will rapidly become a dictatorship. The rights of the citizens will be revoked. They will become unstable and will lose all sense of security. -- PatsyShantie - 13 Nov 2005
In an article entitled "U.S. Should Repay Millions to Iraq, a U.N. Audit Finds," published Saturday in the New York Times by James Glanz, the U.N. says that the United States should repay the Iraqi government $208 million dollars We have been trying to re-build the Iraqi government for about 2 and a half years now, and it is unnecessary. We've been there too long and keep digging ourselves a bigger whole. So much money has already been spent, and now they're saying we must spend even more. Whenever, if ever, this is all over, what is the total bill going to be? If they pay this, how is that going to affect us? If we keep having to provide for them, then in the long run, what's going to happen to us? Will our government have enough money to support their own citizens, or is it going to be wasted on helping(or lack there of) of another country? I think that we should check into this situation more, because it seems a little sketchy. The U.N. doeesn't have any real evidence and they need to get more specific on the documents found in order to tell us how much money we owe. If we need to re pay the Iraqi gov't, then we should, but I think that should be the deciding factor that we've spent enough money trying to rebuild them. --Main.PatsyShantie - 07 Nov 2005
In an article entitled "U.N. Puts Children in Forefront of AIDS Effort," published Monday in the New York Times by Celia Dugger, the U.N. is trying to get the word out about children in Africa having aids. Many more children are being effected by the H.I.V. virus and fifteen million children have now lost one or both parents to AIDS. Research to help the kids received less attention than for adults. Adults are three times as likely to get help than children This issue is related to global health because of the whole thing about aids in Africa. Now more children are getting the virus and it's hard to get money for research and help. The focus is more on adults than children, and children are their future, but the future is nearly dying. I think if they don't come up with a solution, the death rate is going to raise and they won't have a promising future. If they are able to pass the "triple drug cocktail," which combines three generic drugs into one tablet, then I think more children will recieve aid and they can get this problem under control. -- PatsyShantie - 31 Oct 2005
Nigeria accumulated $30 billion in debt and they've reached an agreement with foreign creditors to pay it off. They will pay at a 60 percent discount of $12 billion. Profits from high oil prices will be used to help them pay off the debt. Nigeria is known for its wealth because of their oil supply, and that causes some people to think the country doesn't need help paying back its loans. Yet debt relief is one of the ways in which nations are helping poverty-stricken countries get back on their feet. The Jubilee Debt Campaign feels that Nigeria should have its entire debt canceled for the sake of poverty reduction. I think that if Nigeria gets out of debt by just saying "oh well, you don't need to pay it, we'll take care of it," will later lead to them accumulating more debt because they'll think they can get off free again. It's good that they're coming up with different solutions to help them pay most of it off. That is the most fair thing to do in order for other countries to feel that everyones being treated equally. --Main.PatsyShantie - 24 Oct 2005
The Gun Industry and Firearm makers are being protected from liability lawsuits because the Senate passed a new firearm bill that protects them from lawsuits. The passing of the gun liability bill is causing extreme disagreements between the Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Lawmakers, Dealers, and the Gun Manufacturers Industry. Bush supports the bill and the litigation is frivolous. It is designed to prevent the dealers and manufacturers from being sued since they don't have large pockets of money. It is meant to keep the gun industry in business. Bush wishes to not have America's court systems filled with useless lawsuits. The opponents and The Center to Prevent Gun Violence will argue the new statute leaves the victims without any alternative and their right to sue is no longer an option. It is also considered a slap in the face of the victims from the sniper shootings since becoming a retroactive bill. It is amazing to learn the Federal government is having this bill become retroactive which will remove injured peoples' rights to sue under state law without any other options available to them for being injured or shot. -- ColleenChappell - 23 Oct 2005
Winter is nearing along with it comes the new higher heating and fuel costs. The price of heating oil costs is expected to go up 31 percent. The midwest region is facing a 71 percent increase. It is believed people who heat their homes with natural gas heat will have an average of 46 percent increase. A dramatically increased difference this year than last year. People are assessing the best ways to pay for their natural gas heat and gasoline. Some people are reducing their hobbies, eliminating buglary systems, cutting internet, garbage service and entertainment. One individual traded his gas guzzling truck for a used small ford escort. While another person, tries to not cook and is feeding her children mostly peanut butter sandwiches. Some people are buying wood stoves, wood-pellet stoves and corn burning stoves. Others are quickly investing in alternative energy sources like solar, geothermal and biodiesel. While others are replacing windows, buying carpets and installing insulation. The Energy Department says fuel prices increased because of Hurricane Katrina. The Energy Department, Government Officials and State Agencies are concerned. Special programs in some states are being set up to help low-income families and children. After reading several paragraphs about the high fuel and heat costs and the negative impact it is having upon many people throughout the United States, there didn't seem to be any immediate energy resource solutions. This is a costly economic problem and people are preparing to deal with it the best way possible. -- ColleenChappell - 17 Oct 2005
RinaPader Balokot, Pakistan, was a "pretty little village" in valley next to a river. Since the horrific 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked the region, Balokot has become a place where many rural Pakistanis are gathered in hopes of food and aid. Aid has been slow to arrive, but there are more helicopters arriving daily. The Pakistani Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, believes the death count to be 25,000 and rising. There are at least 52,000, and more not yet accounted for. The earthquake occurred right on the borders of two warring countires: India and Paikistan. This entire region has been a battleground for years along national, political, and religious lines. The overall impact of the earthquake will last for years. The lack of quick response is not due to loack of aid. I believe that the actual competetition over aid from the two sides has been a factor in aid. Even the US is having to equally split to both sides. The climate and elevation of the region has made aid difficult to receive. yeah that Earthquake was really bad especially for a region like that, which is already in turmoil. There seems to be alot of natural disasters lately. Someting to do with climate change maybe? anyway here is my article
There is a proposal to change the current law to allow food to get to the starving people in Africa sooner than it currently does. The new law would also let the government buy food in Africa to help cut down on the cost and help African agriculture. The hold up is that it may effect American industries and the money being used to buy food would possibly be misused or even stolen. Many people oppose and many people agree with the law-change as its still being debated in congress. The decision is very crucial and needs to be made as soon as possible because there are still many people starving as we speak. I really don't see the opposing side of this. I think we should go ahead and pass the law because the sooner we can get the food over, the more lives we'll be saving, which is overall the most important thing. -- PatsyShantie - 17 Oct 2005 The senate just voted through a 1.66 Billion dollar plan for storm displaced pupils. This is not a voucher system unlike most think. It took alot of heat because of its nature but it is assured that it is not a voucher plan. the money will not be given to parents but will be given to the schools, where they will distribute it accordingly. Both parties are very happy with this plan and this marks an agenda that wasn't full of party wars about the issues. The plan also assures that it will not be given to religous organizations for disbursement. This plan will greatly help the the 372,000 students missplaced by the horrendous effects of the hurricane. Although it only lasts through August but this will be a start so that next year these 372,000 kids will be able to have a normal school year. QUAKE VICTIMS STILL KEPT APART IN KASHMIR Ten days ago people from India and Pakistan agreed to let earthquake survivors into there country. This is a full month after the earthquake killed more than 74,000 people. However the relations between these two countries are still really shaky and a truce looks to be unlikely. The cause of the current delay is the failure of the two sides to exchange the lists of Kashmiri's that want to cross. For 58 years thousands of families have been seperated by the lines of control. However five crossing points were asigned for this purpose. India and Pakistan are working together in what hopes to be a continuing relationship. This would have a profound impact on the world as a whole and would lead to future peace in this world. Also this may lead to a radical disarmament between the India and Pakistan and with our world living in fear we need all the hope we can get. Well here's the current one November 29th Iraqi Factions seek timetable for U.S. pullout For the first Iraq's political factions collectively called for a timetable regarding the U.S.'s withdrawl from Iraq. The Iraqi people are looking forward to the day when foreign forces will leave Iraq. the Iraqi's want the U.S. to leave when their security forces are up and operational and can protect the country on their own. By mid-next year the iraqi security forces should be at 75 percent readiness which is good considering the fact that they started out with nothing. The Shiites have also condemned the terrorist attacks that have taken place within Iraq. The Arab league members seek to cancel Iraqs debts and assist in building iraqi security forces. The Arab League had success in about seventy percent of the issues they discussed. This could lead to alot of good things or alot of bad things. This could lead to a united Iraq and a united Middle East. Things could truly get done and the world could be one step closer to peace. however the middle east could unite and they could decide to wage war against us or somebody else. I for one hope for peace because this could truly lead to peace or at least peace with Iraq and hopefully the middle east.
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Government Suspected in Attacks During Egyptian Vote The New York Times—International Monday, November 21, 2005 In this article, it says that Egypt is currently in the second stage of elections to determine who will be filling the country’s 454-seat Parliament. Violence has been occuring at the polls and men are carrying axes, machetes and knives. They were running around hurting anyone that was voting. They think the attackers are doing this because they have been sent by the current Egyptian government. The government feels threatened by the Brotherhood and people are willing to stoop to the level of physically harming opponents, explaining the recent well-aimed attacks. The only good that can be seen from this situation is that it appears to only be increasing sympathy (which in turn yields more votes) towards the Brotherhood. It is horrible that democracy is being threatened in like this. It seems to me that something like this would not be tolerated and would be put to a stop. In Egypt some feel that maintaining ruling power is far more important than the well-being of the nation’s citizens. Hopefully other countries will hear about what is happening and they will become angry. Maybe they will stand up on behalf of human and citizen rights. It should motivate others to protect democracy and take a stand for it. The citizens should not take what the Egyptians are doing and stand up for what is right. -- PatsyShantie - 27 Nov 2005 In the article entitled “Heavy Hand of the Secret Police Impeding Reform in Arab World,” it is stating that the secret police, or in Arabic, the mukhabarat are putting too much of a force on the Jordanians and they are taking control over too much. They have begun taking on too much responsibility and the citizens are in fear of their security. The secret police chiefs are abusing their power and the citizens sense of freedom is slowly drifting away from them. They are slowly becoming more of a dictatorship rather than a democracy. This is important because Jordanians are feeling a sense of insecurity and a loss of freedom. They’re government is untrustworthy. Almost all of their rights are being violated and the secret police are being hypocritical. One of the reasons we are at war in the Middle East is to help them establish their democracy. Jordanians however, are feeling unstable making it hard for Americans to do their job. In the future, if the track they’re on doesn’t cease, then the government will rapidly become a dictatorship. The rights of the citizens will be revoked. They will become unstable and will lose all sense of security. -- PatsyShantie - 13 Nov 2005
In an article entitled "U.S. Should Repay Millions to Iraq, a U.N. Audit Finds," published Saturday in the New York Times by James Glanz, the U.N. says that the United States should repay the Iraqi government $208 million dollars We have been trying to re-build the Iraqi government for about 2 and a half years now, and it is unnecessary. We've been there too long and keep digging ourselves a bigger whole. So much money has already been spent, and now they're saying we must spend even more. Whenever, if ever, this is all over, what is the total bill going to be? If they pay this, how is that going to affect us? If we keep having to provide for them, then in the long run, what's going to happen to us? Will our government have enough money to support their own citizens, or is it going to be wasted on helping(or lack there of) of another country? I think that we should check into this situation more, because it seems a little sketchy. The U.N. doeesn't have any real evidence and they need to get more specific on the documents found in order to tell us how much money we owe. If we need to re pay the Iraqi gov't, then we should, but I think that should be the deciding factor that we've spent enough money trying to rebuild them. --Main.PatsyShantie - 07 Nov 2005
In an article entitled "U.N. Puts Children in Forefront of AIDS Effort," published Monday in the New York Times by Celia Dugger, the U.N. is trying to get the word out about children in Africa having aids. Many more children are being effected by the H.I.V. virus and fifteen million children have now lost one or both parents to AIDS. Research to help the kids received less attention than for adults. Adults are three times as likely to get help than children This issue is related to global health because of the whole thing about aids in Africa. Now more children are getting the virus and it's hard to get money for research and help. The focus is more on adults than children, and children are their future, but the future is nearly dying. I think if they don't come up with a solution, the death rate is going to raise and they won't have a promising future. If they are able to pass the "triple drug cocktail," which combines three generic drugs into one tablet, then I think more children will recieve aid and they can get this problem under control. -- PatsyShantie - 31 Oct 2005
Nigeria accumulated $30 billion in debt and they've reached an agreement with foreign creditors to pay it off. They will pay at a 60 percent discount of $12 billion. Profits from high oil prices will be used to help them pay off the debt. Nigeria is known for its wealth because of their oil supply, and that causes some people to think the country doesn't need help paying back its loans. Yet debt relief is one of the ways in which nations are helping poverty-stricken countries get back on their feet. The Jubilee Debt Campaign feels that Nigeria should have its entire debt canceled for the sake of poverty reduction. I think that if Nigeria gets out of debt by just saying "oh well, you don't need to pay it, we'll take care of it," will later lead to them accumulating more debt because they'll think they can get off free again. It's good that they're coming up with different solutions to help them pay most of it off. That is the most fair thing to do in order for other countries to feel that everyones being treated equally. --Main.PatsyShantie - 24 Oct 2005
The Gun Industry and Firearm makers are being protected from liability lawsuits because the Senate passed a new firearm bill that protects them from lawsuits. The passing of the gun liability bill is causing extreme disagreements between the Center to Prevent Gun Violence and the Lawmakers, Dealers, and the Gun Manufacturers Industry. Bush supports the bill and the litigation is frivolous. It is designed to prevent the dealers and manufacturers from being sued since they don't have large pockets of money. It is meant to keep the gun industry in business. Bush wishes to not have America's court systems filled with useless lawsuits. The opponents and The Center to Prevent Gun Violence will argue the new statute leaves the victims without any alternative and their right to sue is no longer an option. It is also considered a slap in the face of the victims from the sniper shootings since becoming a retroactive bill. It is amazing to learn the Federal government is having this bill become retroactive which will remove injured peoples' rights to sue under state law without any other options available to them for being injured or shot. -- ColleenChappell - 23 Oct 2005
Winter is nearing along with it comes the new higher heating and fuel costs. The price of heating oil costs is expected to go up 31 percent. The midwest region is facing a 71 percent increase. It is believed people who heat their homes with natural gas heat will have an average of 46 percent increase. A dramatically increased difference this year than last year. People are assessing the best ways to pay for their natural gas heat and gasoline. Some people are reducing their hobbies, eliminating buglary systems, cutting internet, garbage service and entertainment. One individual traded his gas guzzling truck for a used small ford escort. While another person, tries to not cook and is feeding her children mostly peanut butter sandwiches. Some people are buying wood stoves, wood-pellet stoves and corn burning stoves. Others are quickly investing in alternative energy sources like solar, geothermal and biodiesel. While others are replacing windows, buying carpets and installing insulation. The Energy Department says fuel prices increased because of Hurricane Katrina. The Energy Department, Government Officials and State Agencies are concerned. Special programs in some states are being set up to help low-income families and children. After reading several paragraphs about the high fuel and heat costs and the negative impact it is having upon many people throughout the United States, there didn't seem to be any immediate energy resource solutions. This is a costly economic problem and people are preparing to deal with it the best way possible. -- ColleenChappell - 17 Oct 2005
RinaPader Balokot, Pakistan, was a "pretty little village" in valley next to a river. Since the horrific 7.6 magnitude earthquake that rocked the region, Balokot has become a place where many rural Pakistanis are gathered in hopes of food and aid. Aid has been slow to arrive, but there are more helicopters arriving daily. The Pakistani Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, believes the death count to be 25,000 and rising. There are at least 52,000, and more not yet accounted for. The earthquake occurred right on the borders of two warring countires: India and Paikistan. This entire region has been a battleground for years along national, political, and religious lines. The overall impact of the earthquake will last for years. The lack of quick response is not due to loack of aid. I believe that the actual competetition over aid from the two sides has been a factor in aid. Even the US is having to equally split to both sides. The climate and elevation of the region has made aid difficult to receive. yeah that Earthquake was really bad especially for a region like that, which is already in turmoil. There seems to be alot of natural disasters lately. Someting to do with climate change maybe? anyway here is my article
There is a proposal to change the current law to allow food to get to the starving people in Africa sooner than it currently does. The new law would also let the government buy food in Africa to help cut down on the cost and help African agriculture. The hold up is that it may effect American industries and the money being used to buy food would possibly be misused or even stolen. Many people oppose and many people agree with the law-change as its still being debated in congress. The decision is very crucial and needs to be made as soon as possible because there are still many people starving as we speak. I really don't see the opposing side of this. I think we should go ahead and pass the law because the sooner we can get the food over, the more lives we'll be saving, which is overall the most important thing. -- PatsyShantie - 17 Oct 2005 The senate just voted through a 1.66 Billion dollar plan for storm displaced pupils. This is not a voucher system unlike most think. It took alot of heat because of its nature but it is assured that it is not a voucher plan. the money will not be given to parents but will be given to the schools, where they will distribute it accordingly. Both parties are very happy with this plan and this marks an agenda that wasn't full of party wars about the issues. The plan also assures that it will not be given to religous organizations for disbursement. This plan will greatly help the the 372,000 students missplaced by the horrendous effects of the hurricane. Although it only lasts through August but this will be a start so that next year these 372,000 kids will be able to have a normal school year. QUAKE VICTIMS STILL KEPT APART IN KASHMIR Ten days ago people from India and Pakistan agreed to let earthquake survivors into there country. This is a full month after the earthquake killed more than 74,000 people. However the relations between these two countries are still really shaky and a truce looks to be unlikely. The cause of the current delay is the failure of the two sides to exchange the lists of Kashmiri's that want to cross. For 58 years thousands of families have been seperated by the lines of control. However five crossing points were asigned for this purpose. India and Pakistan are working together in what hopes to be a continuing relationship. This would have a profound impact on the world as a whole and would lead to future peace in this world. Also this may lead to a radical disarmament between the India and Pakistan and with our world living in fear we need all the hope we can get. Well here's the current one November 29th Iraqi Factions seek timetable for U.S. pullout For the first Iraq's political factions collectively called for a timetable regarding the U.S.'s withdrawl from Iraq. The Iraqi people are looking forward to the day when foreign forces will leave Iraq. the Iraqi's want the U.S. to leave when their security forces are up and operational and can protect the country on their own. By mid-next year the iraqi security forces should be at 75 percent readiness which is good considering the fact that they started out with nothing. The Shiites have also condemned the terrorist attacks that have taken place within Iraq. The Arab league members seek to cancel Iraqs debts and assist in building iraqi security forces. The Arab League had success in about seventy percent of the issues they discussed. This could lead to alot of good things or alot of bad things. This could lead to a united Iraq and a united Middle East. Things could truly get done and the world could be one step closer to peace. however the middle east could unite and they could decide to wage war against us or somebody else. I for one hope for peace because this could truly lead to peace or at least peace with Iraq and hopefully the middle east.
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