Palin Unusual Because Her Path to Politics Not Led By A Man, Author Says (Newswise) Sarah Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is different from many female leaders around the world in at least one respect - her political career does not follow that of a male relative, according to an expert on women in global politics. us.rd.yahoo.com
Palin questioned whether global warming is melting Arctic ice (Bradenton Herald) WASHINGTON — Sen. John McCain's choice of a running mate, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, favors drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, questioned the science behind predictions of sea ice loss linked to global warming and opposed a state initiative that would have banned metal mines from discharging pollution into salmon streams. us.rd.yahoo.com
U.S.: The politics of Latin American poverty (Miami Herald) Americans may wonder why taxpayer funds should be poured into a bucket as leaky as Latin America if the goal is curing underdevelopment. The region needs secure contract and property rights. If local leaders won't defend those rights, programs like Mr. Obama's $2 billion "global education fund" won't amount to a hill of frijoles. us.rd.yahoo.com
1st Global Economic Symposium opens in Germany (People's Daily) First Global Economic Symposium (GES) opened in Ploen Castle, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany on Wednesday, aiming to formulate concrete solutions to tackle global economic problems. GES tries to provide a new collaborative setting for building communities to tackle global economic problems and it is "action-oriented" which aims to formulate concrete solutions, said Dennis Snower, President of Kiel ... us.rd.yahoo.com
