After four years of an increasingly unpopular war, public support for an assertive military is down sharply, while support for helping the needy and concerns about the stark differences between rich and poor are on the rise, a poll found. People are about evenly split now on whether the best way to ensure peace is through military strength, according to the poll released Thursday by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. In the summer of 2002, people by a 2-1 margin believed that military strength was the best way to ensure peace. "The war in Iraq has raised concerns about an assertive military posture," said Andrew Kohut, director of the Pew Research Center. The gradual shift toward concern for the poor is part of a more longterm shift in attitudes, he said. "The early signs are that the political landscape looks more favorable for Democrats," Kohut said. ...
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 Democrats press deadline for Iraq pullout |
Democrats in the U.S. Congress pressed on Thursday for a timetable for a U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, ignoring White House threats of a presidential veto on any bill that ties nearly $100 billion in combat funds to a 2008 pullout. The U.S. House of Representatives was set to begin debate on legislation to bring all American combat troops out of Iraq by September 1, 2008. A vote is expected by Friday. Anticipating that debate, the White House issued another in a string of strong warnings. "The one (bill) they are considering has zero chance of being enacted into law. It's bad legislation, the president's going to veto it and Congress will sustain that veto," White House spokesman Tony Snow told reporters. But Democratic leaders kept scrambling to nail down the 218 votes they need in the House to pass the bill, which funds U.S. combat in Iraq and Afghanistan this year....
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Editor - 10:37:00 03-22-07
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| US struggles to avert Turkish intervention in northern Iraq |
The US is scrambling to head off a "disastrous" Turkish military intervention in Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq that threatens to derail the Baghdad security surge and open up a third front in the battle to save Iraq from disintegration. Senior Bush administration officials have assured Turkey in recent days that US forces will increase efforts to root out Kurdistan Workers' party (PKK) guerrillas enjoying safe haven in the Qandil mountains, on the Iraq-Iran-Turkey border. But Abdullah Gul, Turkey's foreign minister, MPs, military chiefs and diplomats say up to 3,800 PKK fighters are preparing for attacks in south-east Turkey — and Turkey is ready to hit back if the Americans fail to act. "We will do what we have to do, we will do what is necessary. Nothing is ruled out," Mr Gul said. "I have said to the Americans many times: suppose there is a terrorist organisation in Mexico attacking America. What would you do?... We are hopeful. We have ...
http://www.guardian.co.uk/turkey/story/0,,2040626,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
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Editor - 10:35:00 03-22-07
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| Thousands flee Mozambique blasts |
There has been a series of explosions at a weapons depot in Mozambique, situated near the capital's airport. Thousands of people in Maputo fled in panic as shells and shrapnel were hurled into the air. Smoke and blasts could be seen and heard from 10km away. It is the second time in less than two months that aging explosives in the arsenal have detonated. ...
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| Pill stops cow burps and helps save the planet, Nutty news for today |
Cut down on flying, sell the car and recycle your bottles. But if you really want to tackle global warming, you should stop your cow from burping. According to scientific estimates, the methane gas produced by cows is responsible for 4% of greenhouse gas emissions. And now, German scientists have invented a pill to cut bovine burping. The fist-sized plant-based pill, known as a bolus, combined with a special diet and strict feeding times, is meant to reduce the methane produced by cows. "Our aim is to increase the wellbeing of the cow, to reduce the greenhouse gases produced and to increase agricultural production all at once," ...
http://environment.guardian.co.uk/climatechange/story/0,,2040615,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=12
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| McDonald's franchise pays $550,000 to settle sex harassment charges |
A company that runs McDonald's (MCD) restaurants in Arizona and California will pay $550,000 to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the federal agency that oversees workplace civil rights.GLC Restaurants, based in Flagstaff, will pay the money to eight young women who were sexually harassed by a male manager at a McDonald's restaurant in Cordes Junction, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Thursday. McDonald's was not named in the suit.The manager allegedly grabbed the teens around the waist, touched their breasts, put his hands in their pockets and rubbed up against them in 2001 and 2002, according to the EEOC lawsuit, filed in federal court in 2005....
http://www.usatoday.com/money/workplace/2007-03-22-sex-harassment_N.htm?csp=34
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