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...Cuts in aid budgets by the industrialized nations could prove disastrous for some African countries, according to the Africa Progress Panel, a group led by former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan. "The financial meltdown that evolved into an economic recession has now become a development crisis," warns the panel's report, released on Wednesday. "Combined with the food crisis, the volatility in fuel costs and climate change, it threatens to reverse Africa's recent progress...
...government to have a relationship with the U.S. We do not live on an isolated island. We need to be assisted to rebuild the country and recover from civil war. Any assistance to Somalia, any relations that are serving the interest of the people, is not shameful. It is progress...
...more times in the speech in case anyone missed it the first time. The right-wing conservative hinted loudly that the left wing governments of Venezuela (under Hugo Chavez) and Bolivia (under Evo Morales) were somehow behind the protests and financing the conspiracy. He demanded that Peruvians defend the progress he said his government was making to modernize the country...
Before I moved to California, I enjoyed voting. Once every four years, I thought very deeply for a very long time about the presidential candidates and then voted for the Democrat. I left the crappy high school gym knowing I had voted for a government that would bring progress and change, ignoring the fact that the high school gym kept getting crappier...
While serving as President from 2003 to 2008, Roh displayed more promise than progress. Hampered by inexperience, he achieved little of his reform agenda of decentralizing political power and redistributing wealth. His "sunshine policy" of engagement with North Korea produced a 2007 summit between Roh and Kim Jong Il but no lasting improvements in relations. Still, Roh left his imprint on South Korea's vibrant democracy. Through his commitment to activism, Roh encouraged South Koreans to fight for their rights. That's a legacy neither his critics nor his tragic death can rub away...