Sunday, January 14, 2007

Media Smear On Obama's Name













In The News

Hamas Angry Over Rice Visit The Media Line
Opposition to plan surprises Bush team
San Francisco Chronicle
India and Pakistan are all-weather friends Daily News & Analysis
Cabinet endorses Constitution, Maoists to join Nepal govt Zee News
Hillary meets Musharraf NDTV.com
Beckham may go sooner The Standard
Schwarzenegger takes center stage in US health reform Washington Post "We're really seeing the return of universal health coverage to the national dialogue" ....... California's Republican governor -- a budding reformer who has also crossed party lines to back a state law aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions ....... require everyone in the state to carry insurance .... Insurers would no longer be able to deny coverage based on age or pre-existing health conditions and overhead would be limited to $15 of every $100 in premiums. ...... Massachusetts, which has a population about as large as California's ranks of uninsured, last year became the first state to pass a law requiring all individuals to buy health coverage. ...... overwhelming hospital emergency rooms with very sick people who cannot pay and who, by law, cannot be turned away. ...... governors in states like Massachusetts, Maine and Vermont already have adopted plans to cover virtually everyone. ........ Schwarzenegger, nursing a broken leg from a holiday ski accident, has received kudos for bringing relevant interest groups -- doctors, insurers, hospitals, small business, unions and the Democrats that control the state legislature -- to the table. .......... Health care reform is an interlocking puzzle ... if someone tries to take their piece out, it doesn't work.
CES : HD DVD gets boost from adult film industry Computerworld
Yes, there is apartheid in Israel Arab American News through its army, the government of Israel practices a brutal form of apartheid in the territory it occupies. Its army has turned every Palestinian village and town into a fenced-in, or blocked-in, detention camp. All this is done in order to keep an eye on the population's movements and to make its life difficult. Israel even imposes a total curfew whenever the settlers, who have illegally usurped the Palestinians' land, celebrate their holidays or conduct their parades. ........ "Jewish only" roads .. Wonderful roads, wide roads, well-paved roads, brightly lit at night — all that on stolen land. When a Palestinian drives on such a road, his vehicle is confiscated and he is sent on his way. ...... Israelis are not allowed to transport Palestinians in an Israeli vehicle (one registered in Israel regardless of what kind of number plate it carries) unless they have received explicit permission to do so. The permit relates to both the driver and the Palestinian passenger. Of course none of this applies to those whose labor serves the settlers. ........ Apartheid is defined therein as an international crime that among other things includes using different legal instruments to rule over different racial groups, thus depriving people of their human rights. ....... It's OK to kill civilians, women and children, old people and parents with their children, deliberately or otherwise without accepting any responsibility. It's permissible to rob people of their lands, destroy their crops and cage them up like animals in the zoo. From now on, Israelis and international humanitarian organizations' volunteers are prohibited from assisting a woman in labor by taking her to the hospital. [Israeli human rights group] Yesh Din volunteers cannot take a robbed and beaten-up Palestinian to the police station to lodge a complaint. (Police stations are located at the heart of the settlements.) Is there anyone who believes that this is not apartheid? ....... Israel is an occupying power that for 40 years has been oppressing an indigenous people ....... We apply collective punishment to millions of people and even, in revenge-driven frenzy, destroy the electricity supply for one and a half million civilians. Let them "sit in the darkness" and "starve." ....... Shulamit Aloni is the former Education Minister of Israel.
Clinton doubts Iraqis can pacify Baghdad Tehran Times
Obama, Clinton poised to show their hands soon Kankakee Daily Journal
Top Official Denies al-Qaida Is Safe In Pakistan; Clinton Meets ... WCSH-TV
Nepal parliament to approve interim constitution
Reuters AlertNet
McCain may pay a political price for supporting Bush's Iraq policy
Kansas City Star
Obama And McCain Debate The Troop Surge
CBS News
McCain Climate Legislation Important Step Forward NewsBlaze
India, Asean to strengthen air ties
Business Standard
Iran Leader Courts Latin America Allies
Washington Post
Presidents of Iran, Venezuela plan $2-billion project fund Los Angeles Times
India gets 'untouchable' top judge
Aljazeera.net
Justice KG Balakrishnan sworn-in as Chief Justice of India GreaterKashmir.com (press release)
Iran's Ahmadinejad Arrives In Nicaragua For Talks Playfuls.com
Foreign Minister Says Iraq Supports New US Strategy
Voice of America
China, Russia Junks US Draft On Myanmar In Security Council
All Headline News
France's Sarkozy aiming to be president
The Age
Will the real Sarkozy please stand up? Financial Times
Japan, China, South Korea urge N. Korea to drop nuclear plan
Globe and Mail
India, Pakistan peace hopes brighter after talks
Malaysia Star
Samsung, Bayanat Al-Oula lead mobile WiMAX revolution in Middle East
Maktoob Business (press release) Bayanat Al-Oula plans to launch commercial services based upon Mobile WiMAX technology in four major cities; Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and Makkah in 2007. Services will then be expanded nationwide. ..... lead the entire Middle Eastern region into a new era of telecommunications ...... Mobile WiMAX is the ideal solution for establishing broadband data and voice communication into the Middle East, overcoming the region’s geographical challenges. Thanks to its wireless connectivity and capabilities, an increase of Mobile WiMAX adoption is expected in other Middle East nations following the commercialization of Mobile WiMAX with Bayanat Al-Oula
Aishwarya-Abhishek are engaged, says Big B
CNN-IBN
Can Beckham Sell Americans on Soccer? In Los Angeles, British Icon ...
International News Service
Stallone Takes to Liverpool Soccer Field
Forbes
LA's newest soccer pitch has a very familiar ring to it
Toronto Star
Beckhams' may be Scientology's next big tuna Monsters and Critics.com

Saturday, January 13, 2007

Obama: The JFK For This Generation



In The News

'Creativity' needed for Mideast peace: Rice CBC British Columbia
Hillary Clinton, Other Congress Members Visit Baghdad Voice of America
Tsunami alert after 8.3 quake in Pacific lifted Times of India
Security Council Backs Ban's Call For Political Mission In Nepal
All Headline News
Nepal polls likely from May 29: Report Peninsula On-line
Bush hits out at critics of Iraq strategy
Zee News
US Embassy in Athens Is Attacked
New York Times
Southeast Asian leaders form trade zone
BusinessWeek
Mahdi Army lowers its profile, anticipating arrival of US troops
San Jose Mercury News
Experts doubt Iraqis can make Bush plan work San Francisco Chronicle
Clinton-Obama ticket will prevail Montgomery Advertiser just as President Reagan in 1980 chose Senior Bush, who was close behind in the race, as his running mate, Sen. Clinton will eventually choose Obama as her running mate
Hillary Falling in Key State Polls NewsMax.com
Hillary's status as front-runner slipping in key states Washington Times
Senator Hillary Clinton on visit to Iraq finds situation ... Arab Monitor
Clinton, Obama poised to show their hands soon WSTM-TV he gave a hint of how his thoughts were progressing when he attended a black economic summit in New York last week, and said he owed the host, the Rev Jesse Jackson, "a great debt" for paving the way with his White House runs in 1984 and 1988.
Barack Obama 'the new Jack Kennedy' Telegraph.co.uk
Does Apple Inc have a future without Steve Jobs? Economic Times
Terrorists use Google maps to hit UK Troops DigitalJournal.com
Report: Insurgents Using Google Earth to Hit Coalition Bases in Iraq FOX News
Rescued boy was forced to call his captor 'Dad' Telegraph.co.uk
Comet puts on spectacular show MSNBC
McCain: trouble with the far-right vote Houston Chronicle
Sen. John McCain Defends Bush's Iraq Strategy
MyFox Washington DC
Former aide criticizes Carter over Mideast book
Los Angeles Times
As Carter Controversy Grows, Jews Resign from Center's Board Combined Jewish Philantropies Fourteen Jewish members of the Carter Center's board of councilors have resigned to protest the former president's new book blaming Israel for the failure of Middle East peace efforts. ..... passage from Carter's book, "Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid," which appears to call for Palestinians to end acts of terrorism only if Israel abides by its obligations under international law and under the "road map," a peace plan guided by the United States, European Union, United Nations and Russia. ....... The departures had been in the works for weeks as the precise wording of the letter and the exact makeup of the resigning group was hashed out. Among those resigning were a number of prominent members of the Jewish community in Atlanta........ the group wanted to bring along some non-Jews from the 200-member board. That effort apparently was unsuccessful. ........ "They are not engaged in implementing the work of the center and are not a governing board. There are more than 200 members of the board of councilors. The center's governing board is the board of trustees." ....... Jewish leaders have lashed out at Carter for claiming in recent interviews that powerful American Jews stifle free debate on Israel ...... The letter cited research by the Anti-Defamation League showing that Carter's comments, in particular his use of the term "apartheid," has energized white supremacist groups who long have claimed that Israel's supporters have undue influence over the U.S. government. ........ "It is imperative that the general Arab community and all significant Palestinian groups make it clear that they will end the suicide bombings and other acts of terrorism when international laws and the ultimate goals of the road map for peace are accepted by Israel," Carter's book states.
Senate to void pensions for convicted lawmakers Los Angeles Times
China: We need 30 million brides in 15 years maltaStar.com
China facing major gender imbalance New Hope Courier
Attack on US Embassy Revives Greek Fear of Terrorism
New York Times
November 17 Group Claims Embassy Attack ThreatsWatch.Org
Google invades San Francisco, grabs Gap office space San Antonio Business Journal
On Wall Street: US soccer will struggle to be bent by Beckham
The Sunday Times
Dell chairman challenges industry to go green
Montreal Gazette
How Apple could fight Cisco
CNET News.com
Posh bent Becks towards LA Galaxy record-breaking deal! Zee News
Improving Instead of Inventing
Washington Post
• Zakaria: Even If We 'Win', We Lose Newsweek the crucial question is, will military progress lead to political progress? ....... Shiite militias will lower their profile on the streets and remain as they are now, ensconced within the Iraqi Army and police.
Dean Obama 4 America New York Observer, NY Obama blog ads are up and running. .... the same Jude Barry, for the record, who was Howard Dean's California state director
Sen. Barack Obama Appears On 'Larry King Live' CBS2 Chicago, IL
http://www.barackobama.com/media
http://www.barackobama.com/speech
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
Senator Obama on the Today Show