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...future. “Let me be clear: Latin America’s democratic regimes are still afflicted by many shortcomings because institutions are not as strong as they should be,” she said. Bachelet, a member of the Chilean Socialist Party, emphasized the need to combat economic and ethnic inequality in Latin America. “I’m convinced that inequality comes from the crib,” Bachelet said. “You have to give a child the best conditions from when they’re born so you can level the playing...
Palin, Sarah •calls Obama's mocking of McCain's assessment of economy "an unfair attack on the verbiage that Senator McCain chose to use" • explains that she actually fired Walt Monegan because he was trying to get more money to combat sexual assault crimes • "Palin and McCain administration" referred to by • tanning bed installed in governor's mansion by • "visit" to Iraq by revealed to have extended one-quarter mile across border with Kuwait...
...first eight months of 2008, Air Force drones have logged more than 80,000 hours flying nearly 4,500 missions over Afghanistan and Iraq. While most were surveillance - transmitting video back to their ground-based controllers - many involved launching missiles at enemy targets. "The combat contributions of unmanned aircraft systems in today's fight have surpassed all expectations and hold even greater promise for the future," said General Norton Schwartz, the Air Force's new chief of staff, in announcing the staffing shift...
They lauded Palmer’s journey as a paragon of the creativity, courage, and personal responsibility that each individual will have to shoulder in order to combat climate change...
...influenced by events on the ground, and also by the outcome of the U.S. presidential elections. Iraqi officials want all U.S. troops out by 2011. Republican presidential candidate John McCain has refused to set a timetable, while his Democratic opponent, Barack Obama, has pledged to withdraw all U.S. combat troops within 16 months of taking office...