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...President of the U.S." Cuban President Raúl Castro has said much the same. The amiability turned sour this weekend, however, when Chávez, reacting to a new Univision interview with Obama in which the President-elect calls him "a force that has interrupted progress" in Latin America, in turn said he fears Obama may have "the same stench" as President Bush...
...those who claim that the messy bureaucracy usually involved in the quadrennial transportation legislation would hardly be an effective spark for a deeply troubled economy, Oberstar insists this time is different. All projects will be required to have broken ground and to report back to Congress on their progress within 60 days of the bill's enactment. They must report again in an additional 90 days and once again 60 days after that. All these reports will be combed over by the Obama Administration and Congress and will be made public online. "I've never seen anything like this," Oberstar...
...hasn’t always been this way. Throughout American history, evangelical Christianity and more progressive political movements have often found themselves intertwined. During the nineteenth century, many who believed in a literal and inerrant interpretation of Scripture fought for an agenda of social progress, including the abolition of slavery and women’s equality. But ever since the late 1970s—when the IRS declined to grant tax-free status to fundamentalist Bob Jones University—many evangelical leaders have become increasingly conservative in their political demands. As a result, in recent years...
...aftermath of ferry disasters, while blame is usually assigned, little is done to prevent recurrences. Asian government officials say there is widespread awareness that maritime safety ought to be improved - but that budget constraints and bureaucratic roadblocks impede progress...
...military rule and the election of a parliament and president in balloting that was widely considered free and competitive. Bangladesh, which had also been under military rule, experienced an improvement in its political right rating due to successful balloting conducted under reformed electoral laws...Malaysia showed notable progress thanks to expanded opportunities for the political opposition, fewer restrictions on public protest, and greater pluralism in the media...