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CIP Americas Policy Program | Latin America Sends Obama Congratulations—and a Piece of its Mind

Posted by Shemuses

Pundits have said that the election of Barack Obama to the presidency of the United States will not change the nation's world image overnight. But in Latin America, it already has. Congratulations have poured in from Western Hemisphere leaders, press, and citizens. Most celebrate how the United States "has broken racial barriers" by electing the first African-American president. In countries struggling with issues of diversity and discrimination, this is major news-and news they didn't expect to come out of the inertial U.S. political system. Afro-American populations in Brazil and elsewhere greeted the occasion with added enthusiasm.

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Biased media vs the Pissed Media- Birmingham mail, afterparty Obama (part 1)

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via Steve Outing on Facebook: A Birmingham Mail reporter gets wasted after the election then talks to a reporter about posting stories while drinking.

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Court Rebukes CIA on Freedom of Information, Recognizes Journalists, Not CIA, Determine What Is News

Posted by okami from Gwu

The CIA has long maintained that it is the judge of what is newsworthy, even under FOIA.

The court disagrees.

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Bothell's Celeste Marion founds charitable special-ed school in Peru

Posted by Jeff

Now, after having spent nearly four years in the country off and on, Marion has teamed up with a native partner to help found "Manos Unidas," or "United Hands," a charitable school for special-education students in Cusco, Peru. Currently run out of the home of Peruvian teacher Rosa Mercedes Delgado Chavez, United Hands should be moving to its own facility by early next year. Marion has been back home since August working to raise funds to help make that happen.

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Obama a shining light for us, too: Canadian reaction

Posted by Shemuses from CBC

"All the different issues that Barack talked about for the United States of America, we're really hoping that that translates into an agenda for Canada," said Jones. Jones hopes Obama's win forces leaders in Canada to address some of the problems facing black Canadians, such as high unemployment and imprisonment rates. Daurene Lewis agrees with Jones that Canada needs a phenomenon like Obama. Lewis made history of her own in 1984 when she was elected mayor of Annapolis Royal and became the first black woman elected to the position anywhere in Canada. "It also is very reflective or very indicative of why we had such low turnout in Canada," Lewis said.

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Afghan Officials Aided an Attack on U.S. Soldiers - NYTimes.com

Posted by okami from New York Times

An Afghan police chief and another official colluded with Taliban in a recent attack on american troops, according to a military investigation.

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Op-Ed Columnist - Rejoin the World - NYTimes.com

Posted by okami from New York Times

As president, George W. Bush's cowboy diplomacy wrenched the United States out of the international community. We must rejoin the world.

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