Haiti Elections Leave Democracy Far From Readiness
Haiti’s chaotic parliamentary and local elections yielded unclear results with turnout possibly under 40 percent and a high rate of invalid ballots. Irregularities included late or missing polling places, unsealed ballot boxes, unpublished candidate lists, and a compromised electoral council, undermining legitimacy ahead of December presidential votes.
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Haiti
Organization of American States’ Mission
National Democratic Institute
Clinton
Reality vs idealism in Clinton vaccine fiasco
The Clinton administration pursued a $1 billion plan to buy and distribute vaccines at no cost, arguing it would boost immunization. A GAO report shows the plan failed to guarantee delivery, with states' universal programs not improving rates, urging backing private delivery and parental responsibility instead.
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Clinton
Congress
White House
General Accounting Office
Gordon Public Policy Center
Brandeis University
U N's Mixed Record Seen Fifty Years After Charter
Opinion notes the United Nations has been largely ineffective since its founding, with vetoes and Cold War standoffs hampering a formal military. It cites Cyprus Somalia Bosnia and Balkans crises, U S actions in Korea and Iraq, and calls for a stronger UN military arm under Boutros-Ghali while President Clinton faces criticism of isolationist charges.
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Washington
U.N
United Nations
League of Nations
United States
League
Security Council
Cyprus
Boutros Boutros-Ghali
Clinton
Congress should curb UN funding and power, Bandow argues
Doug Bandow contends the United Nations is an unaccountable global bureaucracy prone to corruption and inefficiency. He urges Congress to cut back funding, limit U.S. peacekeeping, restrain presidential discretion in UN missions, and back only effective specialized agencies.
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Pentagon
Joseph Nye
United Nations
New York Times
Boutros Boutros- Ghali
U.N
America
Bosnias
Somalias
Unctad
UNIDO
World Health Organization
Food and Agriculture Organization
United Nations Educational, Scientific
Congress
General Assembly
U.S
League of Nations
Doug Bandow
Cato Institute
North Carolina lawmakers debate wordiness and skirts in school uniforms
Raleigh notes show House Judiciary Committee members half asleep as Dan Blue questions a bill’s wording and Arlene Pulley mocks the verbose text. In the Senate Nations Committee Dan Simpson questions campaign finance rules while Don Kincaid blasts term limits. Paul O'Connor notes.
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Raleigh
House Judiciary Committee
Larry Linney
R Buncombe
Dan Blue
D-Wake
Arlene Pulley
R-Wake
Blue
Linney
Sen
Dan Simpson
Rourke
Senate Education Committee
North Carolina
Gulley
Tony Rand
D-Cumberland
Simpson
Don Kincaid
R-Caldwell
Kincaid
N.C. House
State Senate
Senate
Paul O'Connor
Capitol Press Association
Mario Cuomo's poor talk radio debut fumbles liberals
Cal Thomas notes Mario Cuomo's debut on talk radio underscores liberal struggles. Cuomo's performance is called technically disastrous and boring, with missed calls and weak guests. The piece argues conservatives dominate the format and urges Cuomo to adopt a clear agenda and host discipline.
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New York
Mario Cuomo
Cuomo
Washington
Rush Limbaugh
Senate
Robert Dole
Barbara Walters
Jimmy Carter
Dan
Clinton
Connie Chung
Clintons
Sally Jesse Raphael
Ed Bradley
CBS
Limbaugh
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
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