Boehner
To Resign At End Of October
House Speaker John Boehner told lawmakers Friday that he plans to resign
at the end of October, in a stunning development that comes amid mounting
friction with the conservative wing of the party -- and one day after Boehner
hosted a historic speech by Pope Francis to Congress. "The
spirit moved him," one source said of the session with Pope Francis. The
announcement shocked colleagues, and Fox News is told Boehner only arrived
at the decision Thursday. He told only his wife and Chief of Staff Mike
Sommers Thursday night. He plans to step down as speaker, and resign from
Congress. Fox
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VOA VIEW: A great move for Republicans.
Obama
Praises Boehner As Good Man And Patriot
President Barack Obama is praising outgoing House Speaker John Boehner
as a "good man" and a patriot who kept his word to the president. Obama
was reacting to Boehner's announcement that he'll step down next month.
Obama said he hopes the next speaker will understand that politicians can
have major differences, but they shouldn't shut down the government or
risk the U.S. economy over those disagreements. He was referring to GOP
threats to shut down the government over funding for Planned Parenthood.
Obama says he called Boehner on Friday following Boehner's announcement.
He said Boehner understands that in government, you don't get 100 percent
of what you want and must work with ideological opponents to get things
done. Las
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VOA VIEW: Boehner was a weak leader.
NSA
Head Warns Freedom Act Will Make Americans Less Safe
U.S. National Security Agency director Adm. Michael Rogers told U.S.
lawmakers on Thursday the end of bulk data collection will make it harder
for his agency to do its job, particularly when time is of the essence.
The NSA is scheduled to formally end its practice of collecting bulk metadata
on November 29. This consisted of recording calls between people, but not
actual contents of those calls. Instead, the NSA will rely on the private
sector to keep the data and turn it over following the presentation of
a court order. Adm. Rogers says Americans will be less safe as a result.
"Right now, bulk collection gives us the ability to generate insights as
to what's going on," Adm. Rogers said in a Senate Intelligence Committee
hearing. UPI
Essure
Sterilization Method Under Fire
After giving birth to three children, Kristiana Burrell was thrilled
when her gynecologist told her about Essure, a sterilization technique
she could do right in the office in just minutes -- no operating room,
no incisions. "It sounded terrific," remembers Burrell, a nurse who lives
in Fairview, a town in western North Carolina. Burrell, who also has three
stepchildren, said she became pregnant while using the Essure device, even
though at the time she was also using a back-up method of birth control.
That baby, whom she and her husband named Ariel Grace, was born in
June, nearly three months early. She never took a breath. CNN
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Rubio
On A Presidents Religious Beliefs: People Better Hope That My Faith Influences
The Way We Govern
GOP presidential contender Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said at the Family
Research Council Actions Values Voters Summit on Friday in Washington,
D.C., that as a Christian he must model Jesus Christ in his life, including
how he would govern if he is elected president of the United States. My
job is to care in love for my fellow man, because theres never been a
person who God didnt love, Rubio said. And so people better hope that
my faith influences the way we govern, because these are important values.
Rubio called the debate sparked by GOP presidential candidate and retired
neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carsons remarks about how a presidents faith should
allow him to uphold his oath of office and the Constitution silly and
that his own Christian faith informs what kind of president he would be.
CNS
News
Iraq's
Stalemate In Ramadi Raises Doubts About US Strategy
A summer of stalemate in the effort to reclaim the Iraqi provincial
capital of Ramadi, despite U.S.-backed Iraqi troops vastly outnumbering
Islamic State fighters, calls into question not only Iraq's ability to
win a test of wills over key territory but also the future direction of
Washington's approach to defeating the extremist group. The Ramadi standoff,
with no immediate prospect of an Iraqi assault on the city, drags on even
as the U.S. prepares to makeover its approach to countering IS in Syria
and congressional Republicans cite Ramadi as evidence of a failed American
strategy. Republican Sen. John McCain of Arizona, a leading critic, says
it's clear the U.S. is not winning, "and if you're not winning in this
kind of warfare, you are losing." Tampa
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Michelle
Obama Chooses Vera Wang Gown For China State Dinner
First lady Michelle Obama chose a dress by a Chinese-American
designer for Friday's White House dinner for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Mrs. Obama wore a custom-made black, off-the-shoulder mermaid gown by Vera
Wang Collection for the occasion. Fitted, with sheer sleeves, it skimmed
the floor with its silk organza flounce. Mrs. Obama swept her long hair
off to one side. The first lady has worn Wang's designs before, winning
raves for the draped, strapless, electric blue column she donned at The
Kennedy Center Honors in 2011. Tampa
Tribune
U.S.-Backed
Rebels Give Gear To Al-Qaeda Group
U.S.-trained rebels handed over American-supplied vehicles and ammunition
to an al-Qaeda linked group shortly after arriving in Syria, the Pentagon
said Friday, the latest blow to a Pentagon program that has been plagued
by problems since its inception. The rebels surrendered six pickup trucks
and ammunition to an Nusra Front intermediary, the Pentagon said in a
statement.The Nusra Front is an al-Qaeda affiliate in Syria. The equipment
was about one-quarter of what the group had been issued and was turned
over the Nusra Front in exchange for safe passage through area controlled
by the al-Qaeda affiliate. USA
Today
VOA VIEW: The US has a fool as commander-in-chief.
Mass.
Casino Industry Doesnt Want Another Player At The Table
A year ago, the first entrants into the young gaming industry in Massachusetts
banded together to fight a ballot question that would have made casinos
and slots parlors illegal. Wynn Resorts, Penn National Gaming, and MGM
Resorts raised more than $14 million to crush an anti-casino movement that
raised less than $1 million. The industry won easily, with voters deciding
by a 60-40 tally to keep casinos around. Now the companies are lining up
for a different cause that could find itself in front of voters next year:
to keep another entrant from joining the market. The new guy is a developer
named Eugene McCain who, according to The Boston Globe , lives in Thailand
and has agreed to buy a trailer park near the Suffolk Downs horse track
in Revere. Boston
Globe
Chinese,
Iranian Leaders To Speak On 2nd Day Of UN Summit
The presidents of China and Iran are among world leaders addressing
a United Nations summit Saturday after the gathering unanimously approved
an ambitious blueprint to tackle more than a dozen major global issues.
Goals of the 15-year road map endorsed Friday by the U.N's 193 members
include eradicating extreme poverty and fighting climate change. The new
goals are expected to cost between $3.5 trillion and $5 trillion every
year until 2030. How to implement them is expected to dominate the three-day
summit. After speeches by presidents Xi Jinping of China and Hassan Rouhani
of Iran on Saturday, President Barack Obama and the leaders of Britain
and France will address the meeting on its last day Sunday. Houston
Chronicle
At
U.N., Pope Attacks 'Boundless Thirst' For Wealth And Power
Pope Francis on Friday condemned the craving for material gains and
power, telling an annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations
that greed is destroying the Earth's resources and aggravating poverty.
The spiritual leader of 1.2 billion Roman Catholics condemned the "grave
offense" of economic and social exclusion, in his first speech to the U.N.
General Assembly in New York. "A selfish and boundless thirst for power
and material prosperity leads both to the misuse of available natural resources
and to the exclusion of the weak and disadvantaged," he said. Reuters
Kentucky
Clerk In Gay Marriage Dispute Switches To Republican Party
A county clerk in Kentucky who was briefly jailed for refusing to issue
marriage licenses to gay couples said on Friday that she and her family
have switched to the Republican Party because the Democrats no longer represented
them. Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis, 50, who has said her beliefs as an
Apostolic Christian prevent her from issuing marriage licenses to same-sex
couples, said they had changed parties last week. She was a long-time Democrat
in eastern Kentucky. "My husband and I had talked about it for quite a
while and we came to the conclusion that the Democratic Party left us a
long time ago, so why were we hanging on?" she told Reuters in an interview
at a hotel in Washington, where she has traveled to be feted at a Family
Research Council event later on Friday. Reuters
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Cost Is Top Concern For Health Insurance Shoppers
Americans, long used to seeking bargains, look mostly at price when
they're shopping for health insurance, a new survey shows. More than half
of those who looked but didn't buy anything on the new Obamacare exchanges
said they couldn't find a plan they could afford, the survey found. And
two-thirds who switched coverage said price was the main factor. "Consistent
with these findings, many adults opted for a limited network of doctors
and hospitals in exchange for lower premiums," the report reads. That's
good news for those who could get subsidized plans on the exchanges, which
are a way for people without employer-sponsored insurance to get decent
coverage without necessarily paying the full premium all alone. MSNCB
Lena
Dunham, Hillary Talk Politics And Lenny Kravitzs Penis
Lena Dunham interviewed Hillary Clinton for her about-to-launch feminist
newsletter, Lenny, in which the presidential candidate will reportedly
open up about turning down Bill Clintons marriage proposal twice, campus
assault and Lenny Kravitzs penis. The interview, which critics have ridiculed
as millennial pandering, has been teased in videos posted on Funny or
Die with a cameo by Amy Schumer. In one clip, Clinton jokes to Dunham that
she thought the chat was going to be with Lenny Kravitz the newsletter
is called Lenny, get it? Dunham replies, Did you see the footage where
his pants split? His stuff fell out of his pants. Clinton then asks, Do
you think I could get that on YouTube? NY
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Poles
Furious After Russia Blames Them For Starting WWII
The Russian ambassador to Poland has sparked outrage for putting some
of the blame for World War II on Poland, creating a new spat amid deepening
tensions between the Slavic nations. Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreev
on Friday described the Soviet's 1939 invasion of Poland as an act of self-defense,
not aggression. The comment prompted Poland's Foreign Ministry to declare
Saturday that the ambassador "undermines historical truth" and seems to
be trying to justify Stalinist crimes.
World War II began after Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union sealed a
pact in 1939 that included a secret provision to carve up Poland and other
parts of Eastern Europe. Germany soon invaded Poland from the West, followed
by a Soviet invasion from the east 16 days later. Millions of Poles were
killed in the war. Atlanta
Journal
Hillary
Clinton Personally Signed Deal That Let Top Aide Collect Two Salaries
Hillary Rodham Clinton personally signed the controversial deal in
2012 that let her top aide Huma Abedin simultaneously work for the State
Department and a private New York firm with deep ties to the Clinton family,
according to records made public late Thursday. The State Department emails
released to select congressional committees and the watchdog group Judicial
Watch also show that almost immediately after Ms. Abedin got permission
to work in New York for the Teneo Group, she tried to get the federal government
to pay the cost of her commuting back and forth to Washington to serve
as a senior adviser to Mrs. Clinton, who was then the secretary of state.
Washington
Times
VOA VIEW: Hillary and Bill are experts
in bleeding taxpayers.
Donald
Trump: You Will Hear Merry Christmas If Im Elected
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Friday people can
bank on a return of the phrase Merry Christmas if hes elected to the
White House. The progressives are pushing to an extent that if were not
careful, were [going to] have some big problems and even bigger than we
have right now, Mr. Trump said. Look, we need people that can support
us. We need people that are strong and smart and can back us. Washington
Times
'Modern-Day
Pirate' Kim Dotcom's Words Now Used Against Him
Prosecutors say Kim Dotcom and his colleagues sometimes reveled in
their role as "modern-day pirates," discussed how to thwart the justice
system, and joked that a judge would one day realize how "evil" they were.
The much-delayed extradition hearing for Doctom and three others who owned
or helped run the website Megaupload began in Auckland this week in a case
that could have broader implications for Internet copyright rules. Megaupload
was shut down by U.S. authorities in early 2012, but not before prosecutors
claim it raked in some $175 million, mainly from people who flocked to
the site to illegally download movies. Philadelphia
Inquirer
Congressman
Swipes Pope Francis Drinking Glass
Bob Brady drinks from a glass of water that Pope Francis used during
his speech to Congress. When Pope Francis concluded his historic address
to Congress on Thursday, dozens of lawmakers followed as he left the podium,
hoping to clasp the hand or touch the garments of His Holiness. Then there
was Rep. Bob Brady (D-Pa.), who instead dashed to the podium to swipe the
popes drinking glass. The half-full glass of water has now become something
of a holy relic for the congressman. Brady took the glass back to his office,
where he drank out of it, and held it up for his wife, Debra, and staff
members so they could drink from it as well. NY
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FBI
Sounds Alarm On "Virtual Kidnapping" Scam
The FBI is sending alerts about a rising telephone scam called "virtual
kidnappings," reports CBS News correspondent Mireya Villarreal. It starts
with a frantic call from an unfamiliar voice, telling you someone you know
has been kidnapped and is in danger. The kidnappers use social media to
learn more about their victims--where they live, places they commonly visit
and connected friends--and claim they're holding their cell phone, saying
if you try to contact your loved one, you're jeopardizing their life. The
only way you'll get back your loved one is if you pay up. CBS
Mike
Huckabee Takes On Rainbow-Colored Doritos
After Frito-Lay this month said it would mail rainbow-colored Doritos
chips to consumers who donate money to the It Gets Better Project, a nonprofit
helping the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community, Huckabee
went on the offense against the snack-maker. In a letter his campaign said
he sent Frito-Lay on Tuesday, Huckabee said Dan Savage, the man behind
the group benefiting from the bags, has for years made very hateful and
vulgar comments toward Christians and called for violence and injury
to people he disagrees with. The letter follows one four days earlier
in which Huckabee first asked Frito-Lay, a subsidiary of PepsiCo that produces
Doritos, to stop raising money for Savages project, according to Huckabees
campaign, which said Thursday he had yet to receive a response to either
one. ABC
Hyundai
Recalls 470,000 Sonatas To Replace Engines
Hyundai is recalling nearly a half-million midsize cars in the U.S.
to replace the engines because a manufacturing problem could cause them
to fail. The recall covers 470,000 Sonata sedans from the 2011 and 2012
model years equipped with 2-liter or 2.4-liter gasoline engines. At the
time, the Sonata was Hyundai's top-selling vehicle in the U.S. The company
also is recalling nearly 100,000 Accent small cars because the brake lights
can fail. In documents on the Sonata recall posted Friday by the U.S. National
Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Hyundai says that metal debris may
not have been fully removed from the crankshaft area during manufacturing
at Hyundai's Alabama engine plant. That can restrict oil flow to the connecting
rod bearings, and since they are cooled by oil, they could fail. If that
happens, the engines could stall and cause a crash. ABC
Officials:
Emails Clinton Didn't Turn Over Come To Light
The Obama administration has discovered a chain of emails that Hillary
Rodham Clinton failed to turn over when she provided what she said was
the full record of work-related correspondence as secretary of state, officials
told The Associated Press. The disclosure adds to the questions related
to the Democratic presidential front-runner's unusual usage of a private
email account and server while in government. The messages were exchanged
with Gen. David Petraeus when he led the military's U.S. Central Command,
responsible for running the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. They began before
Clinton entered office and continued into her first days at the State Department.
They largely pertained to personnel matters and don't appear to deal with
highly classified material, officials said, but their existence challenges
Clinton's claim that she has handed over the entirety of her work emails
from the account. Philadelphia
Inquirer
VOA VIEW: There is much more to be revealed
about Hillary.
Clinton
Fundraiser Was Hosted By Convicted Drug Dealer
Hillary Clinton, the front-runner for the Democratic nomination for
president, attended a fundraiser in New York hosted by John Zaccaro, convicted
on felony drug charges after he sold cocaine to an undercover cop. The
1988 conviction of the son of unsuccessful Democratic vice presidential
candidate Gerraldine Ferraro was reported in numerous publications at the
time. But the arrest was unearthed Friday by the Republican National Committee.
Hillary Clinton cant seem to kick her decades-long habit of taking money
from sketchy campaign contributors, RNC spokesman Michael Short said.
During her last presidential campaign it was straw donors, now its convicted
cocaine dealers. Atlanta
Journal
Hundreds
of deported immigrants could return to US
A settlement has cleared the way for hundreds of deported immigrants
with mental disabilities to have their cases reopened and return to the
U.S. Federal Judge Dolly M. Gee in Los Angeles approved the settlement
Friday. The ruling applies to immigrants with mental disabilities deported
from the U.S. after being forced to represent themselves in court. The
ruling covers immigrants deported from California, Arizona and Washington
between Nov. 21, 2011, and Jan. 27. The ACLU of Southern California is
one of the groups that filed the 2010 lawsuit that led to the settlement.
The group says the federal government has identified 900 immigrants who
could benefit from the ruling, though there could be more. Many of those
affected are Latino, but the ACLU says it's unclear how many.
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Stocks Advance As Fed's Yellen Reassures On Growth Risks
U.S. stocks advanced as Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen reassured
investors that U.S. economic growth is sturdy enough to withstand turmoil
in emerging markets.
Nike Inc. led the rally, jumping 8.8 percent to a record after better-than-forecast
earnings and future orders, including in emerging markets. Citigroup Inc.
and Bank of America Corp. gained more than 2.5 percent as financial companies
rose with bond yields. Raw-materials lagged, with miner Freeport-McMoRan
Inc. down 2 percent as copper prices headed for the biggest weekly loss
since July. Health-care fell as biotechnology shares approached a bear
market. Bloomberg
Navy
SEALs Ready To Open Doors To Women
The commander of the Navy SEALs is recommending that the naval special
warfare units be opened to women, but warns that women will have greater
risks of injury and the service will be pressured to adjust or lower standards
for the jobs. Rear Adm. Brian Losey says "there are no insurmountable obstacles"
to opening the SEALs to women, but there are "foreseeable impacts" to including
them in ground combat units. Losey says allowing women to compete for the
commando jobs is the right thing to do. But he outlines a number of risks
and warns that the high standards for joining a special warfare unit should
not be lowered. Las
Vegas Sun
Diabetes
Drug May Help Treat Alcohol Dependence
Researchers found that a diabetes drug could also help to treat alcohol
dependence by decreasing its effects in the body, according to a new study
with mice. Liraglutide, sold as the drug Victoza, is used in patients with
diabetes and obesity, and helps to regulate the glucagon-like peptide 1,
or GLP-1, involved with stimulation of insulin secretion and glucagon release.
"The results of the present study suggest that the physiological role of
GLP-1 extends beyond glucose homeostasis and food intake regulation and
includes modulation of development of alcohol dependence," said Elisabet
Jerlhag, a researcher at Sahlgrenska Academy, in a press release. "In addition
we suggest that medications that resemble GLP-1 could be used to treat
alcohol dependence in humans." UPI
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Jeb
Bush Says Dems Lure Black Voters With 'Free Stuff'
Jeb Bush told a South Carolina crowd Thursday that Democrats play to
African-American voters by offering "free stuff," a similar comment to
a contentious one that Mitt Romney made in the days after his 2012 loss
to President Barack Obama. Bush, analyzing Republicans' chances with black
voters, said that his party needs to make a better case to the traditionally
Democratic voting bloc. "Our message is one of hope and aspiration. It
isn't one of division and 'Get in line and we'll take care of you with
free stuff,'" Bush said Thursday at an event in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina.
CNN
McCain:
The Right To Life Is The Most Sacred Of All Human Rights
Speaking at the Values Voter Summit in the nations capital on Friday,
Sen. John McCain (R- Ariz.) said of all the human rights detailed in the
Declaration of Independence, the right to life is the most sacred of all
and no other rights exist without it. The triumvirate of rights we proclaim
in the Declaration of Independence encompass all other human rights. Of
course the right to life is the most sacred of all. No other rights exist
without it obviously. Naturally then, our greatest moral obligation is
to oppose the taking of innocent life, said McCain. CNS
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Obama
Says US, China Reach Agreement On Cyber-Theft
President Obama, coming out of a meeting with Chinese President Xi
Jinping where the country's suspected hacking was expected to factor heavily,
announced Friday the two nations have reached a preliminary agreement on
cyber-theft -- and said he indicated to Xi that the cyber-threat "has to
stop." Speaking in the Rose Garden alongside the Chinese leader, Obama
said he raised with his Chinese counterpart the United States' "very serious
concerns about growing cyber threats to American corporations and American
citizens." He added, "I indicated that it has to stop." Obama said the
two leaders have, to that end, agreed that neither government "will conduct
or knowingly support the cyber-enabled theft of intellectual property,
including trade secrets or other confidential business information for
commercial advantage." Fox
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VOA VIEW: Only a fool like Obama believes
that China would comply with any agreement.
One
in 10 Pregnant Women Admit They Drink Sometimes
One in 10 pregnant women in the U.S. admit to drinking alcohol at least
every now and then, and a third of the drinkers admit to binge drinking,
federal researchers said Thursday. They're putting their children at risk
of fetal alcohol syndrome, which affects 2 to 5 percent of first-graders,
the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. There's no known safe
level of alcohol use during pregnancy. Alcohol passes from mother to fetus
and experts advise women who are pregnant or who may become pregnant to
just keep away from alcohol. "All types of alcohol should be avoided, including
red or white wine, beer, and liquor," said Cheryl Tan, an epidemiologist
in CDC's National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities.
MSNBC
EPA
Plans Sweeping Changes In Diesel Emissions Testing
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency plans sweeping changes to
the way it tests for diesel emissions after getting duped by clandestine
software in Volkswagen vehicles for seven years. Chris Grundler, head of
the EPA's office of transportation and air quality, indicated the agency
would add on-road testing to its regimen. VW's sophisticated software enabled
its cars to pass tests in the lab, but they then spewed pollution into
the atmosphere while on the highway. The revelations let to unwanted scrutiny
for the EPA. Its testing procedures have been criticized for being predictable
and outdated, making it relatively easy for VW to cheat. What's more, the
EPA did not initially uncover the problem; researchers at West Virginia
University did, using on-road testing. CBS
Google
Said To Be Under U.S. Antitrust Scrutiny Over Android
Google Inc. is back under U.S. antitrust scrutiny as officials ask
whether the tech giant stifled competitors access to its Android mobile-operating
system, said two people familiar with the matter. The Federal Trade Commission
reached an agreement with the Justice Department to spearhead an investigation
of Googles Android business, the people said. FTC officials have met with
technology company representatives who say Google gives priority to its
own services on the Android platform, while restricting others, added the
people, who asked for anonymity because the matter is confidential. Bloomberg
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'Still
A Long Way To Travel' Before Normalizing US-Iran Ties, Rouhani Says
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on Friday said ties with the United
States had improved, though there was "still a long road to travel" before
the two estranged nations could have normal relations. "The situation has
certainly changed," Rouhani, in New York for the United Nations General
Assembly, told a group of senior editors from media organizations. "We
can point to the tangibles, the many steps forward, but there is still
a long road to travel." He described the historic nuclear deal between
Iran and the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China
as a "big test" for US-Iranian relations and said that it was important
to create an atmosphere of trust. Jerusalem
Post
US
Welcomes Saudi Arabias Leadership Role On UNHRC Advisory Group
The United States said this week it was pleased to hear of Saudi Arabias
leadership role on a United Nations Human Rights Council advisory group.
We would welcome it. Were close allies, US State Department spokesman
Mark Toner told reporters in Washington on Tuesday. He spoke after a blog
post by UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer last week indicated that
in 2015, Saudi Arabia had been one of five ambassadors on a key advisory
panel to the UNHRC. The body, which is known as the Consultative Group,
has since June been chaired by Saudi Arabian Ambassador Faisal bin Hassan
Trad. Jerusalem
Post
Nigeria Reaches
Polio 'Milestone'
Nigeria is set to be removed from the list of polio endemic countries
in what is being regarded as a "milestone" on the quest to eradicate the
disease. The announcement by the World Health Organization, is expected
at a meeting of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) in New York.
It follows Nigeria going more than a year without a case of wild - naturally
occurring - polio. Three years without cases are required before it can
be declared polio free. It will mean there will be just two endemic countries
- Pakistan and Afghanistan - where transmission of the paralysing virus
has never been interrupted. BBC
Genetic Clue To
Breast Cancer Relapses
A research team from the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge
found that cancers that return were more likely to contain certain genes
or combinations of genes. Targeting these genes with early treatments could
be key, they said. The study is being presented at the European Cancer
Congress in Vienna. In around one in five people with breast cancer, the
disease will return - either to the same place as the original tumour or
another part of the body. Dr Lucy Yates, clinical research oncologist from
the Sanger Institute in Cambridge, and her colleagues analysed data from
the tumours of 1,000 breast cancer patients including 161 people whose
cancer had recurred or spread. BBC
Donald
Trump Booed By Conservative Crowd For First Time In His Campaign
For the first time since running for president, Donald Trump got booed
on Friday among a crowd of staunch conservatives. At the Values Voter Summit,
a gathering of social conservatives in Washington DC, Trump received an
angry response after calling his fellow Republican presidential candidate
Marco Rubio a clown. Trump later told reporters, those werent boos,
those were cheers. The Republican frontrunner has been engaged in a war
of words with the Florida senator in recent days. Trump has criticized
Rubio for missing votes in the Senate, and the Florida senator went after
Trump as a touchy and insecure guy who cant have more than a 10-second
soundbite on any key issue. Guardian
Volkswagen
Scandal Tarnishes Hard-Won US Reputation As Green Company
When Ashley Scarpa, a Lakeland, Florida, restaurateur and environmental
volunteer, bought a Volkswagen Passat diesel last year she thought she
was doing her bit for the planet. Now she feels like a jilted lover. After
revelations that VW gamed its emissions monitors to make 11m of its cars
seem greener than they were a move that may be responsible for adding
nearly 1m tonnes of air pollution every year she is understandably upset.
I was partial to VW, and they had a little bit of an edge in the buying
process, but thats all changed, Scarpa said. Its like were breaking
up. We can either be friends or hate each other. Maybe well even get back
together, but not right now. Guardian
Malawi
Facing Worst Food Crisis In Decade, Requires $81 Million In Relief Aid
More than 2.8 million people will face hunger in the coming months
in the worst food crisis in a decade in Malawi, where a staggering four
out of every 10 children suffer from stunting, the United Nations World
Food Programme (WFP) warned today. People in some affected districts have
already started selling their livestock to make ends meet, WFP said in
a press release. Women are also engaging in more firewood and charcoal
selling, which degrades the environment and further aggravates the fragile
climate. The agency said more than 2.8 million people will face hunger
in the coming months following severe floods and drought that ruined this
years harvest. UN
News
All
Eyes On UN As World Body Prepares To Adopt New Sustainable Development
Goals
World leaders, heads of global financial institutions and other dignitaries
are heading to New York, where, after months of intense negotiations, the
United Nations is set to launch a landmark new framework for sustainable
development that will aim to end poverty and build a life of dignity for
all, leaving no one behind. The UNs top development officials are keenly
focused and enthusiastically preparing for the moment Friday afternoon
when the Organizations 193 Member States formally adopt the new framework,
Transforming Our World: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development , composed
of 17 goals and 169 targets to wipe out poverty, fight inequality and tackle
climate over the next 15 years. UN
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