World Jan. 15th, 2010 (10)
#1 — BBC | Haiti quake aid effort hampered by blockages
Bottlenecks and infrastructure damage have been holding up aid efforts in Haiti, where Tuesday’s earthquake has left as many as 45,000-50,000 dead.
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BBC | Haiti devastation exposes shoddy construction
CNN | Trying to prevent ‘absolutely catastrophic’ situation in Haiti
CNN | Chaos at Haiti airport calmed by Air Force
CNN | Aid workers heading to Haiti fear for their safety
Fox | Mass Graves Inevitable in Haiti, Pathologist Says
Fox | Major Influx of U.S. Troops Under Way in Haiti
DM | Haiti earthquake survivors blockade roads with piles of corpses
Telegraph | Gunshots and panic as locals fight back against looters
#2 — BBC | US air security further tightened in wake of bomb plot
The US is taking additional air security measures in the wake of last month’s airliner bomb plot, a senior official has said.
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#3 — Fox | Obama, Dems Burn Midnight Oil in Health Talks
WASHINGTON — President Obama summoned House and Senate Democratic leaders to the White House late Thursday to discuss an apparent breakthrough in health care reform negotiations — on the make-or-break issue of taxing high-value health plans and other issues.
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#4 — Fox | 2 Chicago Men Indicted on Federal Terrorism Charges for Mumbai Attack
CHICAGO — Two Chicago men were indicted Thursday on charges they planned a violent attack on a Danish newspaper and helped lay the groundwork for the November 2008 terrorist rampage killed 166 people in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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#5 — NY Times | Russia Ends Opposition to Rights Court
MOSCOW — The Russian Parliament on Friday reversed its longstanding opposition to reforms in the European Court of Human Rights, as part of a new push to smooth over differences with the country’s European partners.
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#6 — Times | Libel trials should be heard by judges without juries, says law lord
Libel trials should be heard by judges sitting without juries, Lord Justice Jackson recommends.
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#7 — Times | Credit card fraudster ran an ‘online shop for criminals’
The founding member of a global criminal website responsible for tens of millions of pounds of credit card crime is facing a lengthy jail term.
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#8 — Times | Inquests may be held into deaths of couple in freezing home
Full inquests into an elderly couple found in their freezing home may go ahead after questions were raised about the police’s decision to end their inquiries.
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#9 — Times | Clerics threaten to declare holy war
A group of influential religious leaders in Yemen has threatened to declare jihad — holy war — if foreign troops intervene to stem the spread of al-Qaeda in the country. The edict is a clear warning to the United States as it plans to step up its military involvement in the country.
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#10 — Telegraph | Obama admits failure to unite the US
President Barack Obama has admitted he failed to unite Americans and change the way Washington works during his first year in office.
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beentheredonethat Says:
“What I haven’t been able to do in the midst of this crisis is bring the country together in a way that we had done in the inauguration,”
Moral of this story. There is a huge difference between being able to talk the talk and walk the walk. Obviously Obama isn’t smart enough to realize that basic fact of life. Oh yeah, there’s another one…..the Peter Principle is live and well in the highest office in the land.
Posted on January 15th, 2010 at 9:38 am