Editorial urges higher U S tsunami relief to 350 million
The piece applauds the U S ten fold increase from 35 million to 350 million for tsunami relief. It stresses global impact and the urgency of aid to devastated nations, arguing delay worsens disease and malnutrition and calls for continued support until the job is done.
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South Carolina Trauma System Needs Legislative Support
The Greenville News reports South Carolina must bolster its trauma system as crashes rise. With only 23 of 63 acute-care hospitals in the system and four providing top care, trauma surgeons have fallen to six. Hospitals seek 28.6 million from the Legislature to maintain expensive life-saving care amid high uninsured rates.
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Aiken Standard Staff Listing and Contacts
The Aiken Standard announces its editorial and management team with editor Jeffrey B. Wallace and managing editor Timothy E. O Briant among key personnel. Other roles include Advertising Director Arthur T. Zappa, Business Manager Ellen C. Priest, Production Director Phillip Yates, Circulation Director Scot Newcom, Systems Manager J David Boyd, and Customer Service Manager Letitia Jefferson.
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What Is Being Done Education And Public Awareness Aiken County
A speaker notes educational classes for youths under 25 with Tri Development to inform the public about Aiken County issues. He urges young people to consider fatalities and family pain and reinforce seatbelt use for others. He cites Sen Greg Ryberg pushing a new primary seatbelt law and states support alongside law enforcement and EMS for new state troopers.
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Latin American opportunity must beckon Bush
A columnist argues Bush’s second term should expand U S policy toward Latin America and the Caribbean. He stresses Cuba and Haiti as pivotal, urges a long term, proactive strategy against terrorism, and calls for a flexible plan to address post Castro upheaval and regional stability.
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U.S. foreign policy proposals on Haiti and hemispheric trade
The writer urges U S leadership to suspend Haiti’s sovereignty temporarily for stabilization and to advance a regional free trade agenda. He calls for broader engagement with Latin American and Caribbean leaders, hosting them at the White House, to move away from unilateralism and foster democracy and prosperity.
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Western generosity debated by UN and USAID officials
Jan Egeland criticizes Western aid levels as too stingy despite high wealth, urging more disaster relief funding. Andrew Natsios counters that the United States has seen large increases in aid, arguing not to label the US as non generous.
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Difference Between Good and Evil Defined by Two Crises
In the wake of a massive South Asian tsunami killing over 50 000, the United States mobilizes to send food water medical aid and relief teams to help Muslim victims. Simultaneously Osama bin Laden labels Zarqawi as his deputy and calls on followers to kill Americans and Muslims who vote in Iraq. The speaker frames the Iraq war as aiding Iraqi self rule and fighting Islamofascism with diplomacy and aid. It contrasts humanitarian work with extremist violence.
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