The News Review:
- Sierra Leonean official visits city
- Canadian assistance sought for talks: Musharraf-Chretien talks
- Can Africa meet the UN’s goals?
- UN withdrawal a message to the US: former UN lawyer
- Neo-Nazis strengthen in Germany
- Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
Sierra Leonean official visits city
Yale Daily News – Sep 26, 2003
The ceremony, which was hosted by the Amistad Committee, included a welcome from state Sen. Marder, president of the Amistad Committee.
Canadian assistance sought for talks: Musharraf-Chretien talks
Pakistan Dawn – Sep 27, 2003
“It needs to do more. Canada has contributed its peacekeepers in Afghanistan. Similarly, Pakistan has provided peacekeepers to Sierra Leone, which is an appreciable decision. ”
He appreciated President Musharraf for his contribution to various fields at national and international levels. OFFICIAL TALKS: Pakistan and Canada held official talks on Friday morning and discussed a whole range of issues of mutual interest for further enhancing their cooperation in various fields. President Gen Pervez Musharraf led Pakistan at talks with the hosts being led by Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien. During the talks, that lasted for one hour, the two sides focused on broadening bilateral cooperation in the areas of trade and investment.
Can Africa meet the UN’s goals?
BBC News – Sep 26, 2003
Take Sierra Leone for example , it is plagued by corruption, tribalism,nepotism, mismanagement, injustice and bad governance. Now how can a country like this meet these goals within such a short time? Alusine Kamara, Sierra Leone
Until the AU and other regional cooperations like ECOWAS, SADDC and EAC manage to convince their big brothers in Europe and America to stop selling weapons and engage in unfair trade the MDGs will never materialize. Daniel Msemo, Tanzania
Africa will only ever be able to reach these or any other goals, when Africa’s leaders stop achieving their goals of self-enrichment and staying in power by any means. The greatest scourge of Africa is not disease or trade policies – it is its leaders. RL, UK
Africa will be able to meet these MDGs but not within the targeted time frame.
UN withdrawal a message to the US: former UN lawyer
abc.net.au – Sep 26, 2003
Joining us now is Michael Hourigan, a lawyer who has worked with the UN on its War Crimes Tribunal in Rwanda and with the UN Inspector General’s office in New York. Michael Hourigan, traditionally when the UN withdraws, a blood bath follows, but this situation is a little different isn’t it?MICHAEL HOURIGAN: That’s right. We’ve seen in the past when the UN has withdrawn its missions from places like Rwanda and Sierra Leone and East Timor that there’s great potential for civilians to be harmed, but the crisis in Iraq certainly seems to be less about the Iraqi population turning upon itself and more about the Iraqi population venting its anger against the US aggressive military policy and the UN’s apparent lack of independence. ELIZABETH JACKSON: So, the question now: will the Americans, rather than the UN become the target of violence?MICHAEL HOURIGAN: Well the Americans, um, for the last three or four months, since the end of what George Bush called “the end of conflict”, have been under incessant guerrilla actions against them and I think that will only increase. Um, and the UN is being targeted too there. There were two big attacks upon its headquarters. So, I think the Americans and the UN and any international aligned with them will be subject to violence in Iraq.
Neo-Nazis strengthen in Germany
swissinfo.org – Sep 26, 2003
Attacks motivated by racism and anti-Jewish sentiment aren’t confined to the east but are three times more frequent than in the west measured per capita, according to a 2002 intelligence report. Robert was beaten up by two muggers last year in what he is sure was a racist attack. A friend from Sierra Leone had his arm broken when youths assaulted him by a taxi rank, he said. “None of the drivers got out to help him,” said Robert. The attacks, often by young skinheads, are so frequent they rarely make the pages of the national press. GROWING THREAT But news in mid-September that police in Munich had foiled a bomb attack on the foundation stone laying ceremony of a Jewish community centre has concentrated attention on far right violence in the country that carried out the Holocaust. It has also caused concern that the authorities were so busy hunting Islamic militants after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the United States that they have failed to stop an escalating threat from neo-Nazi groups.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News
Honolulu Star-Bulletin – Sep 27, 2003
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If a cruise ship illegally releases sewage in Hawaii waters, it must report the spill within 10 days, according to a tentative agreement reached between the state and a cruise industry group. The new rule would put responsibility for reporting a discharge on the company, instead of forcing the state to have to check records to find problems, said Larry Lau, state deputy director for environmental health. The agreement was reached Thursday between the Department of Health and the North West CruiseShip Association. The industry says there have been no illegal discharges during the past year, but the state hasn’t had the staff to check ship records to confirm that assertion, Lau said. State and industry officials met privately Thursday morning to review possible changes to the “memorandum of understanding” that has governed cruise ship pollution control in Hawaii since October… The other proposed change would require cruise ships to have oil-spill response plans that pre-arrange cleanup services, Lau said. Both proposed changes must be signed by the state and the industry to take effect, Lau said, adding that he hopes that happens in the next two months. Jeff Mikulina, state director of the Sierra Club, said the proposed changes are a step in the right direction but they don’t address that cruise line compliance with Hawaii regulations is voluntary, with no fines and no funding for state inspections. “If the cruise ship industry had a clean record, perhaps an MOU would suffice,” said Mikulina. “But with their track record of chronic criminal behavior, the state must do more to hold the industry accountable to their promises. ”
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