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...Congress and Treasury may save the U.S. banking system and rescue mortgages which would normally go into default and move toward foreclosure. The programs may all look perfect on paper. In reality, it has become clear that when the issue of who will actually make the programs work comes up, there are not enough qualified people to go around...
...committed itself to avoiding the use of abortion as birth control. Obama’s sudden shift in policy means that the United States will not follow suit. While it was in effect, the Mexico City Policy helped to shift the global family planning debate away from abortion and toward education and prevention. Various forms of prophylactic birth control—from the rhythm method to chemical contraceptives—are cheaper and safer, and they pose fewer ethical problems than abortion. Increased support for NGOs that use or advocate abortion as birth control will only lead to more abortions...
Some journalists and high-level Colombian politicians who are close to the FARC say the group is moving toward ending kidnappings. But even as the number of abductions drops, authorities say the FARC is turning to extortion as an easier way to raise cash. An explosion that killed two people and damaged a Blockbuster outlet in north Bogota last month was one of several recent bombings that security officials have linked to the FARC. Meanwhile, the rebels continue to traffic cocaine, a lucrative business that provides the guerrillas some 70% of their income. In addition, the guerrillas still hold...
...political civilian hostages, of which they still have hundreds in their clutches. But war-weary Colombians are cautiously hoping that their long national kidnapping nightmare is in its final throes. "In the best case," the Colombian newsmagazine Semana wrote this week, "the liberations could be the first step toward negotiations to bring...
...soldiers ahead of the provincial balloting on the outskirts of Kirkuk, which both the Iraqi central government and Kurdistan regional authorities claim. The Iraqi government denied the accusation, saying its movements in the area were routine. Then on Sunday Shi'ite worshippers beginning annual pilgrimages on foot from Baghdad toward Karbala came under attack. A roadside bomb killed two and wounded 11 in the latest sign that sectarian bloodshed is still a regular occurrence...