Very dramatic footage from the aftermath of the earthquake that shook Haiti on Tuesday. The magnitude 7.0 quake had its epicenter 14 miles away from Port-au-Prince, a city of 2 million people. (Some footage is very graphic). Read the story here.
The poorly built homes, buildings and roads of Haiti were no match for the 7.3 magnitude quake that hit the country Tuesday afternoon. Speaking to CNN En Espanol, the Haitian Ambassador to the US expressed that such as catastrophe “had been expected.”
Discouraged House Democrats are meeting to discuss health care negotiations with the Senate. But at least two members will be absent from that meeting. As members left the House chamber for the first and last vote of the day to bring in the second session of the 111th Congress, I chatted with Representative David Wu [...]
In a report released yesterday, Human Rights Watch (HRW) says the Indonesian government has failed to dismantle the military owned or controlled businesses. The New-York based human rights organization says that these businesses are implicated in human rights abuses, crime and corruption, and could also easily undermine the civilian government. The HRW’s report provides a [...]
UPDATE: After a two hour meeting with President Obama Monday evening, unions are moving ahead with plans for an all out lobbying blitz on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Union leaders are disappointed with the path health care reform has chosen, especially a likely proposal to include a tax on high cost insurance plans, also known as [...]
