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November 25, 2008
November 25, 2008After repeated efforts by Sen. John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, Ranking Member Sen. Olympia Snowe and Sen. Charles Schumer, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, to raise awareness of the problems facing small firms, the Department of Treasury's announcement today signals acknowledgement from the administration that federal help is needed. Full release
40 percent of Iraqis would have Washington bomb Iran to halt its nuclear weapons programme, while more than half of all Arabs share the US view that a nuclear-armed Tehran is intolerable. The opinions emerged in a YouGov poll, commissioned by the Doha Debates, a public forum in Qatar, where the audience voted last month by a large margin that the region would be better off with an Obama administration. According to the poll, 60 percent urge the next president to negotiate with Tehran and count the nuclear issue as one his top three foreign policy priorities. Full release
The National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) will present its Conference on Health Disparities on January 30-31, 2009 at Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta. This conference is part of the NABJ Media Institute's professional development program to better train our journalists on the increasing number of health disparities in the black community and to help empower their newsrooms toward increased coverage. Full release
Amnesty International today called on the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress to pardon 59 year-old medical scientist Wo Weihan, echoing his daughter's concerns about the fairness of his trial and conviction. The Beijing Intermediate People's Court told his family last week to apply for visitation permits within seven days. The Court had previously refused the family visiting permits for nearly four years. The family has also received verbal confirmation that the Supreme People's Court has approved the death sentence. This means that the death sentence is likely to be carried out, possibly as soon as Thursday, November 27. Full release
On Monday, President-elect Obama kicked off the first of a series of official announcements of his Cabinet nominees, and his pick for Energy Secretary is among the most anticipated by the energy sector. The new issue of the Abraham Energy Report -- published by former U.S. Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham -- examines a dozen potential candidates for this vital post being talked about by industry and Washington insiders, listed in alphabetical order below (full details are available at AbrahamEnergyReport.com). Full release.
With fewer than 200 votes now separating Minnesota Democrat Al Franken from embattled incumbent U.S. Sen. Norm Coleman, it is now "almost a certainty" that Republicans will use the same tactics they employed in Florida in the wake of the 2000 presidential election to shutdown a recount that is slipping away from them, according to NoVoterLeftBehind.net (www.NoVoterLeftBehind.net), which is accepting donations and volunteers to fight back against the GOP efforts to steal the 2008 Minnesota Senate seat. Full release.
More than 500 journalists and other workers at Associated Press are urging the company to reverse course in contract talks with its largest union, saying the company's bargaining stance threatens quality journalism. The petition signers asked AP to change direction, finding the AP's contract proposals to the News Media Guild to be "regressive." In contract talks with the Guild, the AP is proposing a wage freeze, weakened job security, vastly larger prescription drug payments, increased medical plan co-payments, elimination of overtime pay for hundreds of employees, and a reduction of sick leave for new mothers. The News Media Guild represents U.S. employees; workers overseas are represented by other unions. Full release.
The election of Barack Obama on Tuesday, November 4, 2008 was an event that caused a seismic shift of our nation's path. In addition to the policies that Obama used to build his "change"-centered campaign platform, it is also the first time that charter public schools have an advocate that holds the nation's highest post. Throughout Obama's tenure as an Illinois Senator and his recent presidential campaign, he has shown an understanding that comprehensive public school reform is an issue that cannot be ignored. Full release.
"President-Elect Obama should be commended for wanting to address legal residents' concerns. However, adding 3 million people a year to the U.S. will essentially mean more jobseekers, polluters, and people needing health care, education and other costly social services," said Yeh Ling-Ling, Executive Director of Diversity Alliance for a Sustainable America. Ms. Yeh has extensive prior experience preparing amnesty and other immigration applications. Full release.