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...Burma's economy limps along with help from its regional neighbors, including ASEAN members such as Thailand and Singapore as well as non-members India and China. Critics of ASEAN say the forum has not done enough to pressure Burma to end human-rights abuses. Although Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines indicated earlier that they might delay their own ratifications of the charter until Burma cleans up its human-rights record, they have been less publicly forceful in their demands since then. While the U.S. and the European Union have tightened sanctions against Burma's ruling military junta since...
...Pope John Paul ii to traverse the globe preaching the ''evils'' of birth control in this day of runaway population growth, mass starvation and ever shrinking resources is beyond naive, beyond irresponsible. It is evil. And any leader who uses his forum to issue an encyclical ((RELIGION, Oct. 4)) that exacerbates the problems -- who, in effect, endorses and propagates the cause of the suffering -- is himself evil, no matter how fancy his hat or how white his robe. Paul McComas Chicago...
...kick off the summit, ServiceNation has invited Senators John McCain and Barack Obama to a presidential forum on service. The purpose of the forum is to give both candidates a chance to discuss their views on citizenship and sketch out their ideas for the role of service in America...
...Obama camp knows it can't ignore the liberal outcry. That's why Obama posted his own response to critics of his wiretapping stand and the campaign set up a forum with three policy advisers to field questions about it. That has helped soothe some on the left. "We may disagree with him on an issue, [but] he is not going to shut down discussion, and he is not going to hide like George W. Bush," says Markos Moulitsas Zuniga, founder of the liberal blog Daily Kos. Obama is counting on disappointed liberals to be as pragmatic as they...
...Florida-based Web developer says angry Journey fans left death threats on her answering machine. The band's traditional fan base is mostly white and American, and some are upset that Pineda is neither. "Journey is supposed to be an all-American band," one fan complained in an online forum...