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...cases in the United States ballooned to 69 yesterday. The outbreak has already infected 1,600 citizens and claimed 150 lives in Mexico, the country where it originated. Effects of the potential pandemic could be felt across the U.S. as President Obama requested $1.5 billion from Congress to combat the virus, and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger declared a state of emergency after the virus infected more than 10 Californians and is currently being investigated for any role in the deaths of two others. As the death toll continues to rise, public health officials are not optimistic about the illness?...
...much-heralded conference made only two concrete recommendations, and both were objectionable. The first recommendation was that all countries ought to afford a right to freedom of opinion and expression to all citizens in order to combat racism. But, without even a hint of irony, the conference also resolved that states should “prohibit all organizations based on ideas or theories of superiority of one race or group of persons of one colour or ethnic origin, or which attempt to justify or promote national, racial, and religious hatred and discrimination in any form.” According...
...other concrete recommendation of the Durban II conference was that states take legal action to combat “xenophobic attitudes towards and negative stereotyping of non-citizens.” Further passages in the document excoriate states that discriminate against immigrants, whether legal or not. This anti-nationalistic, pro-globalization sentiment is fraught with problems, particularly as the UN cannot possibly enforce or even evaluate whether states accept large amounts of immigrants and whether their immigration policies are liberal. There were further resolutions promoting democracy and multiculturalism and resolutions against assimilation and nationalism. The conference’s resolutions...
...public service after graduation. Though this number is high, it suggests that a considerable portion of students at the school of public service still plan to enter the private sector.But while students largely agree the School has a public service problem, they remain divided as to how to best combat it.Some say the school’s curricular focus no longer reflects its mission.“The focus in the school internally is not really public service,” says Muhamed H. Almaliky, a Student Government member.But others cite financial factors as the primary driver...
...Iranian militants for 444 days were released on Jan. 20, 1981 - the same day on which he took office. Reagan's next 99 days were a bit more subdued, but they still featured $41.4 billion in proposed budget cuts, large tax breaks, the formation of an oversight council to combat government corruption and a dramatic assassination attempt. When John Hinckley Jr. shot Reagan on March 30, 1981, the President's approval rating jumped as high as 68%, but by the 100-day mark, it had settled back down to about 51%. (Jimmy Carter had clocked in at 64% four years...