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...Interestingly, Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s leading provider of abortion services, used this same slogan in her speech at the Democratic National Convention in August. Yet, rather than focusing on the limited options women possess after giving birth, Richards highlighted the preventative measures that safeguard women from having to make difficult choices in the first place. Not surprisingly, the FFL refuses to opine on whether or not contraception should be legal. On the scant occasion when the group has addressed the issue of birth control, it has only perpetuated misconceptions about the side effects...
...argued on the campaign trail that Obama should still be condemned for his state votes, in light of the federal vote. "Congress unanimously passed a federal law to require medical care for babies who survive abortions - living, breathing babies whom Senator Obama described as 'previable,' " McCain said in an August radio address. "This merciful law was called the Born Alive Infants Protection Act. Illinois had a version of the same law, and Obama voted against...
...Arctic region. None of these economic zones reach the North Pole. Under the current U.N. Maritime convention, one country's zone can be extended only if it can prove that the continental shelf into which it wishes to expand is a natural extension of its own territory. In August 2007 two Russian submersibles reached the bottom of the North Pole and left a titanium-made Russian flag there. Putin alleged that the expedition delivered proof of Russia's claims, though few believe it is good enough to substantiate Moscow's claims under international...
...current state of the Russian economy is worrisome enough. Since August, the Russian stock markets' capitalization has dropped from $1.5 trillion to less than a third of that. Trading had to be stopped last week and again on Monday for fear the markets would dissolve into thin air. Some Russian banks have started calling in credits before they are due; others have stopped issuing credits altogether. Layoffs are expected, and Big Business even wants the government to reduce the required two months' severance pay for laid-off workers to a single month. Meanwhile, in the past two months, Russia...
...global financial crisis begins to take its toll on the real economy, Germany's export machine has hit a wall. German exports fell 2.5% in August, the sharpest fall since 2003, as consumers and companies around the world cancel orders for everything from high-end industrial equipment to chemicals...