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...would argue that this is the single most challenging task facing contemporary Africa,” he said, adding that Africa needs to invest heavily in all areas of education...
...Klein reports that Palin "called the Iraq War 'a task from God.'" This is a distortion. Speaking to ministry students at her former church in June, Palin said: "Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [those soldiers] out on a task that is from God." By excising all but the last seven words, Klein turned a sincere expression of hope into a flat declaration of fact. He needs to check his own facts more carefully. Nina Peters, Mclean, Virginia...
...gynecologists. Millions of families have never seen a doctor or nurse and give birth at home with traditional birthing helpers, while those who make it to a clinic--some being carried on bicycles or in hammocks--often find patchy electricity, dirty water and few drugs or nurses. Explaining the task of reducing maternal deaths, Sierra Leone's Minister of Health, Saccoh Alex Kabia, who returned home last year after decades of working as a surgeon in Atlanta, says, "The whole health sector is in a shambles...
...court in the coming months might force the dissolution of Somchai's PPP because of a vote-buying conviction against its former deputy leader. If that happens, Somchai will be forced to resign. And Thailand will have to scramble again for a new P.M. to take on the daunting task of national reconciliation...
...those forty minutes proves a dubious enterprise. More importantly, the whole issue of whether a candidate has the “experience” to be President seems tricky. After all, what, exactly, qualifies one to serve as commander-in-chief? Community organizing in Chicago? A difficult and admirable task, but probably not. Over the past four years, Senator Obama seems to have become sufficiently familiar with the most pressing issues that will face the president come January 20. But at the end of the day, it’s hard to make the case that he has had compelling...