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...project a state's winners until polls there are closed. States have tried and failed to restrict exit polling, which is protected by the First Amendment. (Ironically, the U.S. government is a big supporter of exit polling abroad: the practice is widely used by pollsters hired by NGOs and monitors to verify that elections are being conducted legitimately. The U.S. government has even financed exit polls in former Soviet republics and satellites to ensure votes are counted accurately...
...donating to smaller NGOs, we felt dollar-for-dollar that we were making a greater impact than if we were donating to larger, more established organizations like the Red Cross,” says Tanjeloff, the 2007 director...
...Part of the failure is due to mismanagement by the U.N., the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and other NGOs. Even though stupidity has been rife in implementation, the wealthiest donor nations have defaulted on pledges and must now increase aid by $18 billion a year to meet the original goal. Assistance has been anemic when it was supposed to be titanic. Bad situations will likely worsen with the financial implosion, especially in Latin America and Eastern Europe, where countries depend heavily upon foreign capital. Turbulence will mean compression of capital flows, labor immobility, and restricted access...
...McCain, and both camps promised to work with Europe in the future to focus on the environment. His Boston visit also cemented his belief that environmental issues are rapidly gaining ground in the United States. “Today I have heard views expressed from senators, professors, students and NGOs,” Dimas said at a reception at the Greek Consulate following the talk. “I found that we should be optimistic about the future. I think the U.S. will lead together with Europe to fight against climate change and for our well-being and economic development...
...cities in August, and six more cities will be covered by the end of this year. The program's real test, however, will lie not in how many volunteers sign up but in how useful and sustainable it proves to be. It works by placing volunteers with existing NGOs, each of which works with different social segments and follows different teaching methods - from adults to school dropouts to children who have never been to school, and using methods as different as tuitions to supplement school learning to teaching through the performing arts. Making the program coherent, evaluating its efficacy...