1000
Bush is staging 'blame' for his own failures and not finding solutions to the problems of these countires.
Musharraf on Kashmir: Calls for Talks on Self-Governance
By Khalida Mazhar 'Pakistan Times' US Bureau Chief
NEW YORK (US): Pakistan was left stranded in 1989 after Afghan war, President Gen. Pervez Musharraf said in an address to the Council of Foreign Relations here while releasing his book “The Line of Fire”.The country was not delivered F-16 fighter planes neither the paid amount returned back to Pakistan, which created suspicions and it will take time to iron out the situation, Musharraf said.He said the governments of United States and Pakistan enjoying cordial relations but the people of Pakistan have reservations about the United States, as the country was left stranded after the Afghan war in 1989.
http://www.pakistantimes.net/2006/09/27/top.htm
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President Musharraf doesn't even recognize the Taliban. How can President Karzai talk to Bush's issues with the Taliban and al Qaeda and Osama bin Laden when President Musharraf doesn't even recognize the Taliban.
Musharraf says peace accord is with Tribals, not Taliban
By Sonita Taylor 'Pakistan Times' Special Correspondent
NEW YORK (US): Pakistan has entered into a peace pact with North Waziristan's tribal elders in a strategic move to isolate the Taliban, President Pervez Musharraf said Monday night. In an interview with Public Broadcasting System (PBS), the President dispelled the misconception that his government had caved in to the Taliban, asserting that not all people in that region were pro-Taliban. "We have entered into a peace treaty with the non-Taliban," he said, adding that it was working well. To questions about reported movement across the Pak-Afghan border, he replied that Pakistan was doing a lot, but more must be done in Afghanistan. The Taliban, who occupied some 90 per cent of Afghanistan in 1995, were not from Pakistan, and Mullah Omar had never been there since that year.
http://www.pakistantimes.net/2006/09/27/top1.htm
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Both these Presidents come to Washington to ask for assistance. They aren't interested in Bush's failed war. THIS IS WHAT PAKISTAN AND MUSHARRAF'S people want to hear about.
Kerry urges more development funds for Pakistan
http://www.pakistantimes.net/2006/09/27/top7.htm
'Pakistan Times' Monitoring Desk
NEW YORK (US): Senator John Kerry, the unsuccessful Democratic candidate in the 2004 presidential election, has called for increasing U.S. development funds for Pakistan as part of the strategy to counter extremism."(We) must use economic leverage to ensure the Taliban no longer finds sanctuary and recruits in Pakistan", he said in an op-ed article in The Wall Street Journal.Noting that Washington gave Pakistan only $300 million in economic support last year, Sen. Kerry said the amount was insufficient as that's "what we spend in a day in Iraq.""We need to give to give more in development funds earmarked for specific projects that help undermine radicals and demand more in return from (President Pervez) Musharraf government," he said.
1021
And the USA has HUGE problems.
Loss of Antarctic Ice Increases
http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F30E15F73C550C708CDDAA0894DE404482
Two new satellite surveys show that warming air and water are causing Antarctica to lose ice faster than it can be replenished by interior snowfall, and thus are contributing to rising global sea levels.
The studies differed significantly in estimates of how much water was being added to the oceans this way, but their authors both said that the work added credence to recent conclusions that global warming caused by humans was likely to lead to higher sea levels than previous studies had predicted.
The earlier projections presumed that snowfall over Antarctica, as well as Greenland, would increase as warming added moisture to the air, compensating for the losses of ice from crumbling or melting along coasts.
Several independent experts agreed with the new conclusions, saying they meshed both with more localized studies of trends in Antarctica and with evidence from warm spells before the last ice age.
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Have anything to say worthwhile Anderson. We know there is a war and it's difficult. It's time end the wars and bring the troops home. You aren't going to get a draft. There is very few al Qaeda in Iraq. One of them is in prison in Jordan. An Iraqi woman. Jordan. The war is unproductive in providing stability.
Try this award winning question, Anderson. "Is there improved stability in the Middle East post invasion into Iraq and how best is that achieved? Will an autonomous Provincial Iraq actually bring a more stable region?"
This program goes on and on and on with the same message.
1030
Pakistan gives front page news space to Global Warming. Pakistan. Can President Musharraf have an intelligence discussion about the HUGE problems the USA has if Bush doesn't even recognize Human Induced Global Warming. Yet. To the Pakistanis it is a very real problem that the USA is a huge contributor to.
Global temperature highest in Millennia 'Pakistan Times'
Monitoring Desk
http://www.pakistantimes.net/2006/09/27/top9.htm
WASHINGTON (US): The planet's temperature has climbed to levels not seen in thousands of years, warming that has begun to affect plants and animals, researchers report in Tuesday's issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The Earth has been warming at a rate of 0.36 degree Fahrenheit per decade for the last 30 years, according to the research team led by James Hansen of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York.That brings the overall temperature to the warmest in the current interglacial period, which began about 12,000 years ago.The researchers noted that a report in the journal Nature found that 1,700 plant, animal and insect species moved poleward at an average rate of about 4 miles per decade in the last half of the 20th century.
1032
You never stated what is on the mind of these Presidents of Pakistan and Afghanistan. It helps to know what guests are stating as priorities and problems. Ignorance to other President's concerns is a measure of stupidity in circles of diplomacy.
Musharraf on Peace
http://www.pakistantimes.net/2006/09/27/editorial.htm
BEAMING an explicit message to the world, President Pervez Musharraf, in his extensive address to the 61st session of the UN General Assembly has called for resolution of volatile issues like Kashmir and Palestine, end to racial and religious discrimination against Muslims and ban on the ‘defamation of Islam’ to promote peace, justice and harmony in the world. He also attributed terrorism to the old conflicts and new campaigns of military intervention and advocated for pursuit of enlightened moderation as a way forward to deal with the scourge. As a matter of fact, the world is in turmoil as a result of injustice and discrimination against the Muslim world, exclusively at the hands of the mighty powers. Religious sensitivities of the Muslims are being hurt through attacks on Islam, one way or the other. Thus, it’s obviously a sheer folly to hope for peace amidst perpetration of injustice, intimidation and deprivation on the Muslims.
1038
You should stay on message that won you the Emmy's Anderson.
Feature story in a regular newscast: CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 for Charity Hospital.
Live coverage of a breaking story (long form): CNN's Anderson Cooper 360 for Starving in Plain Sight.
CBS and PBS lead winners of Emmy news awards (click on)
(Sep 27, 2006)
CBS and PBS each took five awards at the annual news and documentary Emmys, where PBS' Bill Moyers was presented with a lifetime achievement award. The winners:
Coverage of a breaking news story in a regular newscast: NBC Nightly News for Hurricane Katrina: Moment of Crisis.
Coverage of a continuing news story in a regular newscast: ABC's World News Tonight for Iraq: Where Things Stand.
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U.S. workers on foreign company payrolls decline for fourth year
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/09/26/business/NA_FIN_US_Foreign_Hiring.php
WASHINGTON Though outsourcing of jobs to other nations has stirred a political uproar, a slide in the number of U.S. workers on foreign companies' payrolls has gotten little notice.
The latest total, 5.12 million, is down 9.6 percent from 2000. That drop raises concerns that the United States could be losing its edge in the global competition to generate jobs.
In a new report looking at all 50 states, the number of workers in the United States employed by foreign companies dropped by 2.4 percent in 2004 to 5.12 million, marking the fourth consecutive annual decline.
Since hitting an all-time high of 5.66 million workers in 2000, foreign company hiring of Americans has fallen by 9.6 percent. That four-year performance contrasts with a 43.1 percent surge in the six years from 1994 to 2000.
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You know, Aaron Brown always stated "Are we on the same page?" If Bush isn't responsive in his policies to the same issues that his guests are there will be no effective communication. There was one mention about Kashmir by Mr. Bush before the dinner. Not one. Yet, this is one of the worst problems facing Pakistan and India. Unfortunately and maybe Karzai and Musharaff realize this. ...... No ..... they definately recognize this .... they are here as pawns in political goals of Bush. John Kerry did the right thing to extend a helping hand to Pakistan before any change in leadership in the USA. These leaders should realize they aren't the issue so much as Bush is.
I don't feel like reminiscing about bin Laden.
I'll read about the dinner in the New York Times. They have the best leaks.
enough.
