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Three world leaders who had key roles in the reunification of Germany Germany’s ex-chancellor Helmut Kohl, former U.S. Former Chancellor Kohl now speaks with At the close of World
From left: the last Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, former US President George H.W. Bush and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl applaude during an event in Berlin, Germany, 31 Oct 2009
gathered Saturday to share their memories of the collapse of the Berlin
Wall.
president George Herbert Walker Bush, and former Soviet leader Mikhail
Gorbachev were honored at a gathering in Berlin for their efforts in
reunifying Germany.
difficulty after a stroke and is confined to a wheelchair. He said
that although Germany’s history was not always proud, Germans should be
proud of their country’s reunification.
War II, Germany was divided into two separate countries governed under
separate ideologies of democracy and communism. The wall was built
starting in 1961 and came to symbolize the divide between the so-called
Iron Curtain and the democratic West.
With the U.S. economy growing for the first time in a year, President This week’s report that “But In his weekly Internet and radio “While we have a long way to go The president’s optimism is tempered “We will not create One aspect of the president’s economic plan, a “Speaker Pelosi’s health bill will raise the costs of Boehner says the Republicans’ alternate plan for health reform would have several benefits the Democrats’ plan does not. “Number Boehner is also calling for limiting malpractice suits against doctors and hospitals.
President Barack Obama (file photo)
Barack Obama says the country is moving in the right direction. But the president admits
that prosperity still lies far ahead.
the U.S. gross domestic product grew by 3.5 percent from July to
September shows encouraging prospects for the nation’s economy. For
President Obama, it’s a welcome relief from months of bad economic news.
today, I am pleased to offer some better news that, while not cause for
celebration, is certainly reason to believe that we are moving in the
right direction,” he said.
address, the president says some signs of a turnaround are due to his
$787 billion economic stimulus plan, which he says has saved or created
more than one million jobs.
before we return to prosperity, and there will undoubtedly be ups and
downs along the road, it is also true that we have come a long way,”
said Mr. Obama. “It is easy to forget that it was only several months
ago that the economy was shrinking rapidly and many economists feared
another Great Depression.”
by a 9.8 percent unemployment rate in September, the highest in 26
years. And the October report due next week could show joblessness
above 10 percent. Mr. Obama acknowledges that many Americans are still
hurting, but says progress has been made.
the jobs we need unless the economy is growing; that is why this GDP
report is a good sign,” said the president. “And we can see clearly
now that the steps my administration is taking are making a difference,
blunting the worst of this recession and helping to bring about its
conclusion.”
House Minority Leader John Boehner
proposal to reform the way Americans pay for health care, is drawing
more criticism from opposition Republicans. In the party’s weekly
message, House of Representatives Minority Leader John Boehner says the
bill being advocated by Speaker Nancy Pelosi will do more harm than
good.
Americans’ health insurance premiums, it will kill jobs with tax hikes
and new mandates, and it will cut seniors’ Medicare benefits,” he said.
one: Let families and businesses buy health insurance across state
lines,” he said. “Number two: Allow individuals, small businesses and
trade associations to pool together and acquire health insurance at
lower prices, the same way large corporations and unions do today.”
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A lawyer for Burma’s detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi says The U.S. State Her lawyer, Nyan Win, who also is a spokesman for the
Aung San Suu Kyi (file photo)
she has been informed of the upcoming visit of two senior U.S.
officials and is preparing to meet them.
Department said Friday that Assistant Secretary of State Kurt Campbell
and his deputy, Scot Marciel, will visit Burma for two days next week
(November 3 and 4). Spokesman Robert Wood says the two will meet with
members of the government as well as the opposition, including Aung San
Suu Kyi.
opposition National League for Democracy, told reporters Saturday that
the U.S. embassy in Rangoon is making arrangements with the party for
the meeting.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is pushing for a resumption of
Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas (L) meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (R) in the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi, 31 Oct 2009
Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. The top U.S. diplomat has met with
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in Abu Dhabi before shuttling to
Jerusalem for talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) delegation that was
in Zimbabwe to consult with members of the national unity government
will recommend the convening of an extraordinary summit soon.
The visit to
Harare by the SADC troika on Security, Defense and Politics was
ostensibly to access the progress of the implementation of the Global
Political Agreement or GPA, the deal that brought about Zimbabwe’s
national unity government.
Massive environmental degradation has been the subject of heightened Driving “The nature of the soil we have in the state, climatic Residents say the 50-year-old problem has grown “Some of the problem of erosion is Idiani, a small community in “My village Environmentalists “Usually A “We In the meantime, Abatete and Idiani
concern across southeast Nigeria as the region continues to be plagued
by an erosion crisis that has grown worse over the years.
around southeast Nigeria, examples of soil erosion at its worst are a
common sight. Deep gullies, washed away homes, bridges and roads are
hard to ignore. Anambra is easily the worst affected state in the
region. The state’s environment commissioner Michael Egbebike speaks to
VOA.
conditions make Anambra one of the worst hit areas when it comes to
erosion,” he said. “It is on record that we have more than 1,000
erosion sites in the state, more than 500 are active. I should call
this a major disaster in Anambra state, and that is what we are dealing
with here.”
worse because the authorities failed to make repairs when their
attention was drawn to it at the onset. Several other factors have
combined to amplify the severity of the erosion. According to
Environment Commissioner Egbebike, local residents have also
contributed to the problem.
created by our people, by our attitude to waste disposal,” he said.
“When we dump garbage in the drains that are built by government we
simply aggravate the problem of erosion. And this waste combined with
the force of the flood and trying to erode the soil and sometimes they
actually block the channel that has been created for flood dispersion
and the floods come back and actually destroy their homes, and at that
point they call on government.”
Anambra state, has seen enormous damage to its homes, crops and
infrastructure. The villagers also risk being swept to their death by
flood water during the rainy season. Village head Harrison Okoye
describes the devastating effects of gully erosion.
Town Hall built with a huge sum of money has been swallowed,” he said.
“And a lot of economic trees gone. The Anglican Church is on the verge
of going. One man from Egboku after going to wedding, seeing the volume
of water, he stopped his car to see the depth so that he will know how
to pass. As soon as he stepped down, he was swept off to the stream
down there and that was the end of the man.”
warn once it takes hold, it becomes a losing battle to reverse
landslides and degradation. In neighboring Abatete residents, including
Efobi Okeke, are not giving up on their homes and community.
you cannot fold your arms and get your house being carried away into
the gullies,” he said. “So people are making efforts on their own but
the situation is such that individuals cannot handle alone.”
recent geological study of the environmental degradation in Anambra
reported it will cost about $2 billion to address the gully erosion
problem in the area. Environment Commissioner Ebgebike says funding is
critical and appeals for international help to deal with the situation.
have a shortage of resources,” he said. “The state is struggling
because the monies spent on this erosion problem are huge sums of
money. So we will of course need a lot of help from the international
community and the federal government. Alone it would be a Herculean
task for Anambra state.”
residents, like others across the southeast, are clinging to the last
of their homes, even as erosion continues its unstoppable conquest
across the region.
U.S. President Barack Obama says the U.S. is “moving in the right In
President Barack Obama (file photo)
direction,” with the first reports of economic growth in a year.
his weekly radio and Internet address Saturday, Mr. Obama noted the
country’s gross domestic product was up this month.
