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Since Kilpatrick's resignation, Detroit politics have been in turmoil. Federal authorities are investigating several members of the city council for alleged bribery involving a multimillion-dollar sewage contract, and a public shouting match between councilwoman Monica Conyers and interim mayor Kenneth V. Cockrel has become a running joke among residents...
...highest in the country and well above the national average of 6.1%, according to the most recent data available from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. But Rhode Island's situation is hardly unique as the effects of the nation's economic downturn gather pace amid the ongoing financial turmoil. Twenty-one states have unemployment rates above the national average, with Michigan and Minnesota showing rates near Rhode Island's to make up the top three. Unemployment figures are certain to rise when the bureau releases its next set of figures on Nov. 7. Some economists are predicting that unemployment...
...enable international organizations like the Lui Institute for Global Issues to provide humanitarian support for the nearly 1.7 million people displaced by the conflict and for the re-integration of former child soldiers. After Uganda’s independence, continued conflicts amongst rebel groups have thrown the nation into turmoil. Civilians of the north, particularly in the Gulu province, have fled to squalid Internally Displaced Person camps that are poorly supplied and defended by the central government, according to the Web site. “The war may appear to have ceased, but it will cost us more to restore...
...this political turmoil wasn't enough, along came Hurricane Ike in September, disrupting the campaign and leading political operatives to wander in the weeds-literally- in search of displaced voters. The hunt revealed that some voters in Democratic precincts may have been displaced by the storm, but it also gave Lampson an opportunity to emphasize his responsiveness by bringing in staffers and support services, including a mobile congressional phone bank with links to government aid agencies. Both sides suspended their campaigns for much of September, but Lampson kept a high profile during the Ike recovery, his face on television side...
...That's already happening as the IMF assumes its more traditional function of providing funds to cash-strapped nations confronting turmoil. Late last week, for example, the organization struck a tentative agreement to extend Iceland a $2 billion loan; similar accords are expected to be made with other countries badly in need of economic stability amid the current upheaval, including Hungary and the Ukraine. Nations with more stable economies that are badly hurting for access to foreign currency like South Korea and Brazil, meanwhile, may also soon turn to the IMF for help...