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Darfur at a Crossroads: Global Public Opinion and the Responsibility to Protect (Popularity: )
http://onlinepressroom.net
Since 2003, the conflict in the Darfur region of western Sudan has worsened and shows no signs of improvement. More than 2 million people have been displaced by the violence and some 450,000 have lost their lives. Although Sudanese President Omar al- Bashir initially agreed to a joint African Union-UN force in Darfur, he has recently written to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, arguing that such a hybrid force violates the ...

Delegation of the European Union to the United States: Publication of the Results of the EU-wide Stress-testing Exercise (Popularity: )
http://www.eurunion.org/
The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), the European Central Bank (ECB) and the European Commission welcome the publication of the results of the EU-wide stress-testing exercise, which was prepared and conducted by the CEBS and national supervisory authorities, in close cooperation with the ECB.We support, in particular, the transparency of this exercise, given the specific market circumstances under which banks currently operate. We therefore welcome the publication of banks' ...

Democrat Kucinich Accuses Republican Huckabee of Ethnic Profiling for Political Gain (Popularity: )
http://www.dennis4president.com
Democratic Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich today accused Republican candidate Mike Huckabee of using the tragic assassination of Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto to create anti-Pakistani fears in the U.S. and to advance his own discriminatory immigration policies. "I know I'm not running against Mike Huckabee," said Kucinich, who is campaigning in New Hampshire, "but his remarks were so outrageous and so representative of the scare tactics and fearmongering policies of ...

Democratic National Committee Chairman Tim Kaine Issues Statement Praising the House of Representative's Historic Vote to Pass Health Insurance Reform (Popularity: )
Tonight the House of Representatives passed the Affordable Health Care for America Act, landmark health reform legislation that will ensure every American has access to quality, affordable, stable and secure health care coverage. The legislation, which cracks down on some of the insurance industry's worst practices, would extend coverage to 36 million Americans and cut the deficit by $104 billion over ten years. Groups representing doctors and farmers, seniors, consumers, ...

Democratic Radio Address: Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan Wars Questions McCain's Leadership on Iraq and Understanding of American Families' Struggles (Popularity: )
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The following release was issued today by the Democratic National Committee: Roger Martinez, a former infantryman in the U.S. Army's 75th Ranger Regiment and veteran of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, delivers the Democratic radio address this week. Martinez was deployed twice to Afghanistan and once to Iraq with the 1st Ranger Battalion and now is studying at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In his address, Martinez ...

DNC Chairman Tim Kaine Praises Historic Passage of Health Insurance Reform (Popularity: )
http://www.democrats.org
Following the passage of health insurance reform legislation in the House of Representatives, Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Tim Kaine released the following statement:"Today, President Obama and Congressional Democrats accomplished something that has eluded Presidents, Congress and the American people for decades. After a year of hard work, we have passed health insurance reform. We owe great thanks to the President, Speaker Pelosi, Majority Leader Reid and their leadership teams."Most ...

DuPont Chief Science & Technology Officer Offers Perspectives on Science and Global Policymaking at Davos World Economic Forum (Popularity: )
http://www.weforum.org
DuPont Senior Vice President and Chief Science & Technology Officer Uma Chowdhry offered her perspectives on the importance of science in the formation of global policy during a discussion at the World Economic Forum here today. "The role of science is to inform the policymaking process, to help understand both benefits and risks, and to inform the limits of what is knowable, and what is possible," Chowdhry said. "Future progress ...

ECHO MALIBU Teen Drug Treatment Center Honored by Gov. Schwarzenegger, Sen. Feinstein, Mayor Villaraigosa, Other Calilfornia Officials (Popularity: )
http://www.echomalibu.com
ECHO MALIBU, Teen Drug Treatment Center, was honored in a private ceremony on Monday, September 25, 2006 in a presentation of proclamations, letters of gratitude and certificates of recognition from a wide cross section of California’s elected officials. California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Senator Diane Feinstein, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, the Los Angeles City Council, Members of the California Senate and California General ...

Embassy of Sudan Responds to Attack on City of Omdurman (Popularity: )
Heavy gunfire and artillery rang through Omdurman as an anticipated attack by a rebel group came to pass on Saturday. The Chadian JEM who've long been under the surveillance of the Armed forces managed to reach the outskirts of the capital where they were engaged in a decisive battle by the security forces who maintained full control of the city. A nationwide alert, warning of the group's intention to carry ...

Epilepsy Organizations Award Grants for New Gene Therapy to Treat Epilepsy and Novel Surgical Intracranial EEG to Detect Seizures in Uncontrolled Patients (Popularity: )
http://www.epilepsy.com/
The Epilepsy Therapy Project (ETP) and the Epilepsy Foundation (EF) today announced the latest grant recipients of its New Therapy Grants Program, a unique joint venture of the non-profit epilepsy organizations, to advance promising epilepsy research in clinical development. The grant awards, totaling approximately $200,000 in funding, will support an experimental gene therapy that directly targets epileptogenic brain tissue, as well as an electrode system that has the potential to ...