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jueves, 31 de enero de 2013
Balancing Work, Medication And Mental Illness
Balancing Work, Medication And Mental Illness: "When I'm constructing an argument or responding to an argument and focusing on that, that's where my mind goes, and the kind of crazy stuff recedes to the sidelines," says Saks, who specializes in mental health law. "So it's not one size fits all, and ...
Gun Reform or Mental Health Reform?
Gun Reform or Mental Health Reform?:
| In the aftermath of the last 10 years similar mass school shootings, the debate around both gun control and mental health care is finally heating up in a significant way. But the conversation that needs to be be formulating in the homes of Americans ... |  Campus Progress |
Native American collection to stay at arts center
Native American collection to stay at arts center: A collection of Native American artwork seized by the Internal Revenue Service will remain at the Washington Pavilion's Visual Arts Center. The 16-piece collection on loan to the center for more than a decade was seized from the nonprofit American ...
Death penalty: drain on taxpayers
Death penalty: drain on taxpayers: In the December 16, 2012 Op Ed section of the Boulder Daily Camera, Stan Garnett, the elected District Attorney in Colorado's 20th Judicial District, offered his views regarding the practicality of the death penalty to the Colorado legislature, which ...
Guantánamo judge unplugs hidden censors from 9/11 trial
Guantánamo judge unplugs hidden censors from 9/11 trial:
| GUANTANAMO BAY NAVY BASE, Cuba -- The military judge presiding at the Sept. 11 trial Thursday ordered the government to unplug any outside censors who can reach into his courtroom and silence the war crimes tribunal. |  MiamiHerald.com |
Rights group laments Cuba's leadership of regional group
Rights group laments Cuba's leadership of regional group: Cuba formally assumed the presidency of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) on Monday, scoring a major diplomatic coup at a summit in Chile at which it urged regional integration and independence from the United States.
Exclusive: Cuba ready to end 50 year ban on professional boxing
Exclusive: Cuba ready to end 50 year ban on professional boxing
Cuba is ready to ditch a draconian rule preventing boxers turning
professional which has lasted more than 50 years so they can sign up to
join the International Boxing Association's (AIBA) World Series of
Boxing (WSB) and ...
Safe sex practices among African American women
Safe sex practices among African American women: Los Angeles, CA (January 31, 2013) Researchers have found that African American women exhibit a higher risk for sexually transmitted infections including HIV/Aids. But what motivates this group of women to have sex? And when are they more likely to use ...
African-American Firsts in Sports
African-American Firsts in Sports:
| Jackie Robinson's birthday today reminds us how far we've progressed in the world of sports. Given the frequency with which we see African-American superstars like NBA player LeBron James or NFLer Adrian Peterson light up the sports highlight reels, ... |  Biography |
MSU celebrates African American heritage starting today
MSU celebrates African American heritage starting today
Missouri State University kicks off African American Heritage
Month with events beginning today and ending in late March. The events
are free and open to the public and include presentations on culture,
lifestyle, social issues and music. Jan. 31 and Feb.
Brazil ex-president Silva visits Fidel Castro, relatives of Venezuela's Chavez ...
Brazil ex-president Silva visits Fidel Castro, relatives of Venezuela's Chavez ...
HAVANA - Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's
non-profit institute has released a photo of him meeting with retired
Cuban leader Fidel Castro. The picture shows a grey-bearded Castro clad
in a black jacket and clasping hands with Silva.
Report: Childhood poverty rates shoot up in area
Report: Childhood poverty rates shoot up in area
In Metro Detroit, the starkest rise in childhood poverty was in
Oakland and Macomb counties, where social service providers say
middle-class families were most heavily impacted by the downturn of the
late 2000s. "If people think things are getting ...
Houston to see Mexico's drug war through artistic eyes
Houston to see Mexico's drug war through artistic eyes:
| “Surrounding much of the country for over a decade, the drug war has become part of the contemporary Mexican life,” curator Jennifer Ward said. “This artwork reflects this situation and the artists' personal and familial histories before and during the ... |  Houston Chronicle (blog) |
Haiti - Politic : Laurent Lamothe back from Davos with projects
Haiti - Politic : Laurent Lamothe back from Davos with projects:
| Wednesday, the Prime Minister, Laurent Lamothe visibly satisfied of his mission, returned to the country after participated to he 43rd World Economic Forum in Davos (Switzerland), which brought together nearly 2,500 participants, 50 Heads of State and ... |  Haitilibre.com |
Report: Venezuela is spying on its Jews
Report: Venezuela is spying on its Jews: NEW YORK (JTA) -- Venezuela's secret service, SEBIN, is spying on the country's Jewish community, according to leaked documents said to be from the spy agency. Last week, Analisis24, a right-leaning Argentinean news website, released 50 documents ...
Native American Tribes Gain Direct Route to Disaster Funds
Native American Tribes Gain Direct Route to Disaster Funds: The new law providing federal disaster aid for victims of Superstorm Sandy includes a provision that makes it easier for native American tribes to access recovery aid. The provision gives tribal governments the option of applying directly to the ...
Across the US, the death penalty is on the run
Across the US, the death penalty is on the run: The death penalty is actually on the decline in America. And that's as it should be. The imposition of the death penalty is rife with corruption, incompetence, race and class bias and human error. Often, the innocent are killed. Last year, when Damon ...
5 free things in Puerto Rico
5 free things in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — There may have been a time when Puerto Rico was a cheap getaway but those days are long gone. Puerto Rico is heavily dependent on imported goods and fuel and that's reflected in prices from a taxi ride from the airport to the ...
Celebrating the triumph of Cuba's revolution
Celebrating the triumph of Cuba's revolution: I'd like to thank you for joining us in celebrating the 54th Anniversary of the Triumph of the Cuban Revolution, officially commemorated on January 1st. That day in the year 1959 marked a milestone for my homeland because the victory of the ...
Cuba dissident Yoani Sanchez granted passport
Cuba dissident Yoani Sanchez granted passport:
| Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez says she has been granted a passport after years of being denied the right to travel abroad. Ms Sanchez, who has criticised the Cuban government in her prize-winning blog Generation Y, announced the development ... |  BBC News |
Toxic Smoke Raises Risk to Brazil Fire's Survivors
Toxic Smoke Raises Risk to Brazil Fire's Survivors:
| So far, more than 80 survivors remain in intensive-care units in hospitals around southern Brazil, most of them breathing with the assistance of machines. One died Tuesday night and his family buried him on Wednesday. Medical officials said lung damage ... |  Wall Street Journal |
Ghana opens its arms to diaspora in Brazil and beyond
Ghana opens its arms to diaspora in Brazil and beyond: In the slum area of Jamestown – a fishing community in Accra's city centre littered with tattered colonial buildings – one house stands out. Painted bright yellow, with large windows, Brazil House stands between the hustle and bustle of the city and ...
A most untimely gambit
A most untimely gambit: People hold pictures of the victims in this July 2012 photo, during the commemoration of the 18th anniversary of the AMIA attack in Buenos Aires that left 85 dead and more than 200 wounded. By: James Neilson. Foreign minister Héctor Timerman brushed ...
Fayette County works to fight child poverty
Fayette County works to fight child poverty: “Our intention today was to bring people together from Fayette County to talk about child poverty issues and work together to plan a regional forum to present to our legislators the issues we're concerned about, the problems we see, and how we think we ...
Three-quarters of local authorities to put up council tax for poorest families
Three-quarters of local authorities to put up council tax for poorest families:
| Three-quarters of local authorities in England plan to put up council tax for the poorest households, often by hundreds of pounds, new research reveals. From April local authorities in England will take control of a previously national scheme of ... |  The Guardian |
miércoles, 30 de enero de 2013
An American Muslim Man's Case for VAWA (Violence Against Women Act)
An American Muslim Man's Case for VAWA (Violence Against Women Act)
In a meeting last week with a few Washington, D.C. leaders, I was asked
what one issue I was most passionate about right now. Without hesitation
I said, to the surprise of many, the re-authorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). I knew why ...
African American Ministers in Action Praise Inclusion of Path to Citizenship ...
African American Ministers in Action Praise Inclusion of Path to Citizenship ...
WASHINGTON – People For the American Way's African American
Ministers in Action today praised the bipartisan immigration framework
unveiled today in the Senate, which includes a path to citizenship for
undocumented immigrants and their children.
Mexico's new president changes topic from drug violence, even as mass killings ...
Mexico's new president changes topic from drug violence, even as mass killings ...
It's difficult to say if drug violence has risen because the
government no longer provides numbers, something that started under
Calderon, who last released drug-war death statistics in September 2011.
The newspaper Reforma, one of several media ...
Provincial government looking for guidance regarding domestic violence
Provincial government looking for guidance regarding domestic violence
The provincial government is looking for the public's input on how domestic violence
situations should be handled. An online questionnaire was released
today and Minister Stephanie Cadieux says that this survey is part of
the government's three year ...
Wristwatch To Combat Sexual Violence in India
Wristwatch To Combat Sexual Violence in India
In the wake of a brutal string of gang-rapes of female bus passengers —
one in New Delhi and one in Gurdaspur — Indian officials have unveiled a
new weapon they're hoping can help combat violence against women. PHOTOS: 10 Trickiest Spy Gadgets ...
GOP warns against including lgbt couples in immigration reform
GOP warns against including lgbt couples in immigration reform
Recently released framework for immigration reform does not address the
issue of same-sex couples who are legally married in the U.S., and if
you believe Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, it will remain that way.
When asked the question about ...
Family says First Coast veteran's mental illness is service connected ...
Family says First Coast veteran's mental illness is service connected ...
| The VA said the separation benefit was an over payment and Levesque's mental disorder is not service connected. "He never had any mental illnesses before the military at all," said Heather Levesque. The couple has been married eleven years and believes ... |  |
Mourners call for justice after Brazil fire
Mourners call for justice after Brazil fire
Thousands of mourners marched through the city of Santa Maria in southern Brazil,
calling for justice after one of the country's worst nightclub fires,
Al Jazeera's Gabriel Elizondo reports. On Tuesday, Grande do Sul state's
forensics department raised ...
UA to celebrate African-American History Month with programs, tours
UA to celebrate African-American History Month with programs, tours
The UA School of Social Work will honor the late Ethel Hall, a UA alumna and the first African-American
woman elected to the Alabama Board of Education, with an address by
Lecia J. Brooks, outreach director of the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Cuba – Battling cancer with biotechnology
Cuba – Battling cancer with biotechnology
| Cancer is the second leading cause of death in Cuba,
after cardiovascular diseases. It is estimated that every year about 21
000 people die of cancer on the island and more than 31 000 cancer
cases are newly diagnosed. “Cancer is one of the major ... |  |
Shining a spotlight on heroes from the past
Shining a spotlight on heroes from the past
A celebrated poet, a professor of pediatrics and the chairman of the
NAACP: Each of these Americans is prominent, successful and, as we
celebrate Black History Month, humbled by the African-American heroes who came before them. We asked the trio to ...
Scout Plan to Allow Gays Ignites Debates on Local Level
Scout Plan to Allow Gays Ignites Debates on Local Level
| A proposed shift by the Boy Scouts of America away from its national policy banning gays,
leaving the decision to local councils, has divided scouts, families
and troop leaders, with thousands taking to the organization's Facebook
page and other online ... See all stories on this topic » |  |
Trace your African American heritage
Trace your African American heritage
To commemorate Black History Month, Wake County Public Libraries is
offering programs in area locations featuring professional genealogists
who will share resources for researching African American heritage. Resources discussed include materials ...
Two Gay Men Brutally Murdered in NYC
Two Gay Men Brutally Murdered in NYC
In a separate homicide, David Rangel, a gay man age 53, was found dead in his apartment on Saturday, January 26 in Jackson Heights, Queens. According to the New York Daily News, medical examiners determined that Rangel had been choked to death.
Venezuela opens school in Chavez's hometown
Venezuela opens school in Chavez's hometown
| Venezuela's Oil Minister Rafael Ramirez gives a news conference at his office where a picture of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez hangs behind him in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. Chavez remains in Cuba after his fourth surgery for ... |  |
Haiti Launches Micro-Finance Catastrophe Insurance Program
Haiti Launches Micro-Finance Catastrophe Insurance Program
As a borrowing client at Fonkoze, a Haitian microcredit
organization, she was automatically covered under its natural disaster
insurance policy. Through MiCRO (Microinsurance Catastrophe Risk
Organization), she had her existing debt wiped clean, a new ...
Deadly nightclub fire shines spotlight on Brazil's weak safety laws, sparks ...
Deadly nightclub fire shines spotlight on Brazil's weak safety laws, sparks ...
Jaime Moncada, a U.S.-based fire-safety consultant with nearly three
decades experience in Latin America including large projects in Brazil, said he was not surprised that one exit was permissible under local law. Shown a blueprint of the club obtained ...
Archaic Native Americans built massive Louisiana mound in fewer than 90 days ...
Archaic Native Americans built massive Louisiana mound in fewer than 90 days ...
A group of school students visits the Washington University excavations
of Mound A at Poverty Point. While doing work at the site, researchers
collaborate closely with the Louisiana Office of State Parks to conduct
educational and outreach efforts that ...
Israel steps up protest to Iran-Argentina bombing probe
Israel steps up protest to Iran-Argentina bombing probe
| Israel's ambassador in Buenos Aires,
Dorit Shavit, was likewise instructed to request a meeting with
Argentinean Foreign Minister Hector Timerman to “clarify the motivations
for this move,” according to an announcement. The agreement, signed by ... |  |
Brazil: a tough nut to crack for miners
Brazil: a tough nut to crack for miners
Anglo American's $4bn writedown on Minas-Rio in Brazil comes
about five years after it bought the cursed iron ore project from Eike
in two transactions totalling $5.1bn. Even at the time, Cynthia Carroll,
Anglo's chief executive, was criticised for ...
Prison Planet.com » Chinese Communist Party Mouthpiece ...
Prison Planet.com » Chinese Communist Party Mouthpiece ...
The fact that Americans would be angered at being lectured by
propagandists working on behalf of a one party dictatorship about their
inherent rights is understandable. That is, unless you're someone like
Peter Beinart of the Daily Beast, who ...
Family says First Coast veteran's mental illness is service connected ...
Family says First Coast veteran's mental illness is service connected ...
| The VA said the separation benefit was an over payment and Levesque's mental disorder is not service connected. "He never had any mental illnesses before the military at all," said Heather Levesque. The couple has been married eleven years and believes ... | |
Sewers, Curfews and a Ban on Gay Bias
Sewers, Curfews and a Ban on Gay Bias
| VICCO,
Ky. — In a former pool hall that is now the municipal building for a
coal smudge of a place in eastern Kentucky called Vicco, population 335,
the January meeting of the City Commission came to order. Commissioners
and guests settled into patio ... |  |
Attorney on American Pastor Saeed Abedini: 'Eight Years in Iranian ...
Attorney on American Pastor Saeed Abedini: 'Eight Years in Iranian ...
| American pastor Saeed Abedini, who has been jailed for months in Iran, was sentenced to ... |
Russian Companies to Invest $17.6 Billion in Venezuela
Russian Companies to Invest $17.6 Billion in Venezuela
In 2011 Venezuela entered a joint venture with Russian banks as
the ruling socialist party sought to replace private oil investment with
bilateral deals with allied governments such as China and Russia.
Projects with Russian oil companies in Venezuela ...
Rosneft to invest $10bln to Venezuela
Rosneft to invest $10bln to Venezuela
| Venezuelan oil reserves amount to 300 billion barrels. Along with Rosneft, a number of other Russian companies operate in Venezuela's energy sector including Gazprom, Lukoil and Surgutneftegaz. They take part in five production projects, including the ... |  |
martes, 29 de enero de 2013
The Difference Between Poverty and Mental Illness
The Difference Between Poverty and Mental Illness: Judith Baer is worried about how poor people, especially poor mothers, are labeled with diagnoses of mental health problems. Once a teenage mother, today she is a professor who understands the anxiety that comes with poverty— and she wants the ...
Poverty versus Progress: Comparing the US and Venezuela
Poverty versus Progress: Comparing the US and Venezuela: Before one can reach any definitive conclusions about poverty in the US and Venezuela, it is essential to first establish the stark difference in the way in which poverty is measured in the two countries. With respect to the US, poverty is measured ...
NEW YORK: Gay activists laud Obama speech, now want action ...
NEW YORK: Gay activists laud Obama speech, now want action ...: President Barack Obama's emphatic gay-rights advocacy in his inaugural address thrilled many activists. Yet almost immediately came the questions and ...
Happy Birthday to the Corrections Corporation of America? Thirty Years of ...
Happy Birthday to the Corrections Corporation of America? Thirty Years of ...
Thirty years ago yesterday, two retired military officers and a former prison administrator founded the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA), the first for-profit prison company in modern America. Today, CCA is the nation's largest owner and ...
Majority of Americans support death penalty
Majority of Americans support death penalty:
| In this Sept. 21, 2010 file photo is the main entrance way to San Quentin State Prison where the state's death row is located in San Quentin, Calif. While 62 percent of Americans support the death penalty, more death penalty opponents fear wrongful ... |  Deseret News |
Traditional Marriage Activist's New Allies: Gays
Traditional Marriage Activist's New Allies: Gays: David Blankenhorn, a traditional-marriage advocate and star witness in the Proposition 8 trial in California in 2010, shocked his allies with an Op-Ed article in The New York Times last June announcing that he was quitting the fight against same-sex ...
Kimberly McCarthy Will Be the First Woman Executed in the US in Over 2 Years
Kimberly McCarthy Will Be the First Woman Executed in the US in Over 2 Years
| She is the 13th woman to be executed in the U.S. (and the fourth in Texas) since the Supreme Court's decision in Gregg v. Georgia reinstated the death penalty as a legal sentence in 1976. 52 women have been executed in the U.S. since 1900, according to ... |  |
Boy Scouts of America considers lifting ban on gays
Boy Scouts of America considers lifting ban on gays
| As early as next week, the Boy Scouts of America is considering the dramatic change, which would reverse its ban on gays
as leaders and also as members of its youth ranks. "We're going to
learn that this a lesson that our children taught us," said Tony ... |  |
Poverty versus Progress: Comparing the US and Venezuela
Poverty versus Progress: Comparing the US and Venezuela: Before one can reach any definitive conclusions about poverty in the US and Venezuela, it is essential to first establish the stark difference in the way in which poverty is measured in the two countries. With respect to the US, poverty is measured ...
Lawyers to get access to secret Guantanamo camp
Lawyers to get access to secret Guantanamo camp: GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba -- Lawyers for the five men charged in the Sept. 11 attacks will get to see the section of the Guantanamo Bay prison where they have been held in near-total secrecy for more than six years. A military judge is deciding ...
Met Service issues Yellow Alert as city temperatures soar
Met Service issues Yellow Alert as city temperatures soar: The National Met Service (SMN) has issued a yellow alert due to the persistent high temperatures in the city of Buenos Aires and surrounding areas. A yellow alert is issued in order to warn the public of the health risks high temperatures can bring ...
Venezuela: 'Just imagine Chavez's triumphant return'
Venezuela: 'Just imagine Chavez's triumphant return': CARACAS, Venezuela — Jose Vicente Aponte is clad in full military fatigues, ironed with creases to the standards of a US soldier, though he wears the red beret of socialism. The 72-year-old painter proudly holds up a framed portrait of Latin American ...
Grondona to quit AFA presidency in 2015
Grondona to quit AFA presidency in 2015: Argentine Football Association (AFA) chief Julio Grondona will step down in 2015 after 36 years in the job, he said today. The 81-year-old senior FIFA vice-president, widely criticised for the way in which he has run the AFA, will not seek reelection ...
Police: Elderly Florida man killed wife after she refused to cook him a hamburger
Police: Elderly Florida man killed wife after she refused to cook him a hamburger: MIAMI -- An elderly Kendall man grew enraged after his wife refused to cook him a hamburger, stabbing her to death and covering up the crime by staging a burglary to their home, police say. Bartolo Gelsomino, 78, now faces second-degree murder charges ...
Campaigners fear a North East child poverty fiddle
Campaigners fear a North East child poverty fiddle
THE TRUE extent of child poverty in the North East is at risk of
being swept under the carpet if the Government changes they way it
assesses need, campaigners say. Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Iain Duncan Smith wants measures of poverty to ...
Brazil's fight against drug traffickers stretched thin along its porous borders
Brazil's fight against drug traffickers stretched thin along its porous borders:
| The tide is not favouring Brazil, which is experiencing the latest trend in the transnational drug trade in South America. Law enforcement and health officials say demand for cocaine and its highly addictive derivative, crack, is on the rise in Brazil ... |  The Guardian |
Brazil 2014: first match played at a revamped World Cup stadium – video
Brazil 2014: first match played at a revamped World Cup stadium – video:
| With 15 months to go until the Brazil World Cup there are major signs of progress at the Estadio Castelao in north-east Brazil. To show off the revamped stadium, which first opened in 1973 and now boasts a capacity in excess of 60,000, a match ... |  The Guardian |
First private prison in the country begins operations in ... - Portal Brasil
First private prison in the country begins operations in ... - Portal Brasil
On Friday, January 18, Minas Gerais inaugurated the first prison complex in Brazil built and run by private companies. Announced by the state government as a ...
Brighton man's trial to begin in Haiti child sex case
Brighton man's trial to begin in Haiti child sex case
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday in Miami federal court for
the trial of a Livingston County man accused of abusing children in his
care in Haiti. Matthew Andrew Carter of Brighton has been in custody since his May 2011 arrest. He faces ...
Conservative Leaders to Press for Puerto Rican Statehood
Conservative Leaders to Press for Puerto Rican Statehood: The group of conservative leaders will call on Congress to pass legislation to allow the people of Puerto Rico to decide their political future among non-territorial and constitutionally valid options. WHO: Former Governor Luis Fortuno (R-PR) Grover ...
Parkside students enjoy rare visit to Cuba
Parkside students enjoy rare visit to Cuba
Americans can't generally travel to Cuba because of a U.S.
embargo — but 10 University of Wisconsin-Parkside students spent a week
in the island nation this month as part of a winter session course. A
special student and faculty travel license got ...
Spain Is World's Most "Miserable" Nation, Worse Than Greece ...
Spain Is World's Most "Miserable" Nation, Worse Than Greece ...
A quick ranking of the world's most "miserable" countries, based on the
conventional measure of the Misery Index which is simply the
Unemployment Rate plus Inflation, shows just why most people in Spain
are, well, less than happy (and ...
Four people have been arrested in connection with a Brazilian nightclub fire ...
Four people have been arrested in connection with a Brazilian nightclub fire ...: At a news conference Monday, police Insp. Ranolfo Vieira Jr. said the arrests are for investigative purposes and come with a five-day limit. The club's owner and two band members who were performing at the club are among the detained. The blaze, which ...
European shares near two-year highs before Fed meeting
European shares near two-year highs before Fed meeting: European shares consolidated near two-year highs and oil prices steadied as investors seeking evidence of a lasting economic recovery awaited US data and a Federal Reserve policy decision later in the week. Accommodative monetary policies by the ...
Province claims funding 'discrimination' by gov't
Province claims funding 'discrimination' by gov't
When Buenos Aires Daniel Scioli ordered his Cabinet Chief Alberto
Pérez to send a letter to Lower House Speaker Julián Dominguez last
Thursday requesting that Congress reform the revenue-sharing law, the
governor provoked opinions from all sides of ...
lunes, 28 de enero de 2013
Mexico City faces drug war at its doorstep
Mexico City faces drug war at its doorstep: MEXICO CITY, Mexico — For all the murderous mayhem that has haunted Mexico in recent years, its capital city has remained essentially untouched. Large cities like Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez have become synonymous with brutal drug war killings, while ...
Chile's president launches new base in Antarctica
Chile's president launches new base in Antarctica: SANTIAGO, Chile — Chilean President Sebastian Pinera is in Antarctica, where he planted his country's flag and unveiled a plaque at the site of another research station. Once constructed, the base will be run by Chile's air force. The Chilean army and ...
Nicaragua to Expand Zero Hunger Program Against Poverty
Nicaragua to Expand Zero Hunger Program Against Poverty: ... Nicaraguan families will receive in 2013 inputs to produce food through the government''s Zero Hunger program, aimed at reducing malnutrition, poverty ...
Economists cut Brazil 2013 GDP growth view to 3.1%
Economists cut Brazil 2013 GDP growth view to 3.1%: Economists trimmed their forecasts for Brazil's economic expansion this year for the fourth straight week to 3.10 percent, a weekly central bank survey showed today. The median forecasts in the central bank poll of nearly 100 economists also showed a ...
End sanctions on a more open Cuba
End sanctions on a more open Cuba:
| I was part of a group from the World Affairs Council of Dallas/Fort Worth that traveled to Cuba this month as part of a "people to people" exchange allowed by the Office of Foreign Assets Control. In 2011, the U.S. made it legal again for Americans to ... |  Fort Worth Star Telegram |
Govt wants death penalty for Headley, to press for extradition
Govt wants death penalty for Headley, to press for extradition: New Delhi: India today said it will continue to press for extradition of David Headley from the US after the Pakistani-American LeT terrorist escaped death penalty for helping plot the 2008 Mumbai terror attack and sentenced to 35 years in jail by an ...
Openly Gay, and Openly Welcomed in Congress
Openly Gay, and Openly Welcomed in Congress:
| WASHINGTON — When Mark Takano ran unsuccessfully for Congress twice in the early 1990s, his opponents tried to smear him as a “homosexual liberal” and a “nutzoid.” One of them even had pink fliers printed that asked, “A Congressman for Riverside . |  New York Times |
Sponsorship programme for Kiwi kids
Sponsorship programme for Kiwi kids: A sponsorship programme used to feed starving children in Third World countries is now being used to help poor Kiwi kids. Children's charity Variety has launched a scheme that allows people to sponsor an individual Kiwi child living below the poverty ...
Cuban travel reform a home run for baseball star who defected
Cuban travel reform a home run for baseball star who defected: Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- The baseball field looks like any other where people flock to play pickup games in Cuba on the weekends. A few blocks from the blindingly turquoise ocean, players hustle to close out innings in between slugs of Cristal beer. But ...
The Trip to Bountiful, With Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson ...
The Trip to Bountiful, With Cuba Gooding Jr., Vanessa Williams, Cicely Tyson ...
| The cast will feature Emmy winner Cicely Tyson, Academy Award winner Cuba
Gooding Jr. ("Jerry Maguire," "Red Tails"), Emmy Award nominee Vanessa
Williams ("Ugly Betty," "Desperate Housewives") and Tony Award nominee
Condola Rashad (Lifetime's ... |  |
Puerto Rico's Brain Drain Problem
Puerto Rico's Brain Drain Problem: Puerto Rico has a massive drainage problem. Close to 176,000 Boricuas left the Island from 2005 to 2010. In 2011 alone, Puerto Rico lost 76,000 citizens, of which 21,611 landed in Florida. An Island that boasted close to four million inhabitants in ...
Fitch: Good 2013 Performance for Banks in Chile and Uruguay; Argentine Banks ...
Fitch: Good 2013 Performance for Banks in Chile and Uruguay; Argentine Banks ...: BUENOS AIRES, Argentina & SANTIAGO, Chile — The outlook for Southern Cone Banks is mixed in 2013, with a stable outlook for Chile and Uruguay, while Argentina faces a negative outlook and the potential for downgrades, according to a new Fitch ...
Child poverty on the up in Havering as gulf between rich and poor widens - new ...
Child poverty on the up in Havering as gulf between rich and poor widens - new ...
| The stat came to light in a Greater London Authority (GLA) report on levels of child poverty
in the capital, based on data from HMRC. It contains data on the number
of children living in families classed as “in poverty” in each of 4,765
sub-districts ... |  |
Brazil cancels world cup countdown, mourns, asks angry questions
Brazil cancels world cup countdown, mourns, asks angry questions
| SAO PAULO: Brazil
had planned a big bash on Monday to begin the 500-day countdown to Fifa
World Cup 2014. Instead the country was mourning the 233 young men and
women who perished in the inferno at Kiss nightclub in Santa Maria on
Sunday. |  |
Venezuela's fourth prison riot in two years raises questions
Venezuela's fourth prison riot in two years raises questions
| Uribana
opened in 1999 as a model prison but has succumbed to the same
conditions of overcrowding and prisoner's control common in the rest of Venezuela´s penitentiary system. Indeed Uribana has been for years a show case of problems typical of ... |  |
Chavez Health Improves Enough to Dictate Venezuela Economic Plan
Chavez Health Improves Enough to Dictate Venezuela Economic Plan: Venezuela's government said President Hugo Chavez has recovered sufficiently from a cancer operation in Cuba to make economic policy decisions and that his plans to boost exports will be outlined soon. A respiratory infection Chavez contracted after ...
Venezuela's poverty decline regarded as fragile
Venezuela's poverty decline regarded as fragile: Over the past 14 years, Venezuela's National Statistics Institute (INE) has reported a reduction in poverty based on income and unmet basic needs. Such a decline is associated with governmental policies aimed at distributing oil revenues among citizens.
Beaver Library collection offers 600 African-American autobiographies
Beaver Library collection offers 600 African-American autobiographies: The African-American Autobiography Collection, located at Penn State Beaver Library and honoring Russell C. Brignano, professor emeritus of English, contains more than 600 African-American autobiographies. The book titles in the collection represent a ...
Agents nab extraditable wanted in Puerto Rico
Agents nab extraditable wanted in Puerto Rico: The National Drugs Control Agency (DNCD) arrested a Dominican in Higuey wanted in the U.S. to stand trial in Puerto Rico District Court on several drug charges. Juan Rafael Mota Cedeno, 34, was arrested in a downtown street corner of the La Altagracia ...
Kerry's first task is a firm stand on Venezuela
Kerry's first task is a firm stand on Venezuela: “Depending on what happens in Venezuela, there may really be an opportunity for a transition there,” incoming U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told a Senate hearing Thursday, alluding to the expectation that Hugo Chavez may soon lose his bout with ...
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