Thousands of people from across the nation will gather in Washington, D.C. on Thursday for a rally calling on Congress to pass legislation that includes a single payer health care system. Neither the House nor the Senate have taken a vote on a final health care reform bill, and single payer advocates believe that there is a strong chance that Americans will finally get universal health care they need.
Today, French President Sarkozy was hospitalized at the military hospital of the Val De Grace. Earlier today, while jogging near the palace of Versailles, Sarkozy collapsed. An eye witness speaking to Agence France Presse, on the condition of anonymity, said that “She had seen a jogger surrounded by bodyguards suddenly stumble and collapse in the [...]
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on NBC’s Meet The Press on Sunday talking about the global threat that nuclear weapons pose and about the “futile” efforts by Iran and North Korea to move ahead with their own nuclear programs. She also talked about Iran’s rights and responsibilities on the matter.
The Democratic strategist and former President Clinton’s key adviser has joined the campaign of one of President Karzai’s challengers, Ashraf Ghani. Ghani is a former finance minister and was an analyst at the World Bank. The elections are taking place on August 20, so far President Karzai, despite his slip in popularity for allegations of [...]
Today, large protests supported by leading international human rights groups such as Amnesty International & Human Rights Watch were held in more than 80 cities around the world. Among them were London (see photo), New-York, Paris, Sydney, Seoul, Geneva, Prague, Amsterdam, San Francisco, Brussels, Berlin & Dublin. A large protest is scheduled later on today [...]
