Around the country, tens of thousands of teachers in the United States have been laid off.
New York City needs to lay off 6,000 teachers, to balance their education budget.
California has notified at least 20,000 teachers that they will be unemployed.
Dozens of teachers were fired in Ohio this week.
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A five year study, done by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, concludes that because of the promiscuous attitude of U.S. society, during the 1960s-80s, the Church let down its guard on sex abusers who became priests.
The report does say that the Church failed to enforce celibacy, and properly monitor the priests. Also, […] Continue Reading…
U.S. Treasury Department announced that President Barak Obama has imposed sanctions against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, and other Syrian officials.
The sanctions also include two Iranian officials. Also, Obama signed a similar order against at least 10 Syrian officials on April 29.
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May 17, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates was recently asked, by CBS’s 60 Minutes, about the war against Libya. He replied that the United States was not legally/technically at war with Libya (that would take a declaration of War by Congress). Instead Gates says the U.S. is engaged in “limited kinetic action” against Libya.
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Rumors say that President Barak Obama’s speech, on peace between Israel and Palestinians, will be a let down for those seeking statehood.
While Obama is expected to ask Israel to stop new settlements, he’s also expected to ask Palestinians to stop seeking statehood. He will give the speech on Thursday, May 19.
May 18, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, says the United States faces a new Cold War if it continues to push its “missile shield” across eastern Europe.
Medvedev says Russia will have no choice but to increase spending on its military, especially nuclear weapons: “We would then be talking about developing the offensive potential of […] Continue Reading…
Japan’s Miyagi Prefecture has discovered that pasture grass, throughout the prefecture, is contaminated with radioactive cesium.
As much as 1,500 becquerels of cesium has been found. The national safe limit is 300 becquerels. All farmers/ranchers have been warned not to graze their livestock on the grass.
British military commanders have confirmed that they have been given “blunt warning” from U.S. commanders. The “warning”, call it a threat, is against the United Kingdom’s planned withdrawal from Afghanistan.
British military leaders say the United States has actually told them to ignore any orders from their U.K. government to withdraw from Afghanistan.
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Reporters Without Borders say they have proof that Israeli soldiers intentionally targeted a photographer, who was clearly identified as a journalists.
The incident happened May 17, while Palestinians were protesting in northern Gaza. The photographer was hit several times by Israeli soldiers. He is in the hospital in critical condition.
China reporting that U.S. investments in China has dropped 28%. Some analysts blame rising labor costs. However, other foreign investments into China have actually increased.
Most economists think the decrease in U.S. investment is only short term, but admit it is connected to the bad economy in the United States.