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Gov. Palin's Interviews Raises Questions

ABC's series of three interviews with Vice-presidential candidate Palin exposes some confusion and doubts.

Palin's claims about being against the 'Bridge to Nowhere," were challenged, details. She defended getting earmarks for Alaska, while presidential candidate John McCain said she never requested any earmarks, details

In the Gibson interview she said she had not denied human's role in Global Warming, but Gibson showed two articles where she did deny humans' role in driving climate changes across the globe, details.

Her replies to questions about Social Security and Medicare were cliché and seems to not understand key points, details

She responded to the recent federal bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac by saying that they were too expensive to the taxpayers.” The companies, however, aren’t taxpayer funded but rather operate as private companies, details.

 

Her positions on Iran, Iraq, Russia, Israel, Georgia, abortion, education, energy, free trade etc. details, have resulted in some growing opposition.

Later, too, her campaign staff had to retract the claim that she had been in Iraq, details

 Video clips from the recent Gibson interview, and others can be found, here.

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Russia to Push for Arms Embargo Against Georgia

While pulling back from the Black Sea port of Poti and some checkpoints in western Georgia, details, Russia had been angry by the violations and changes of the 1994 cease fire agreement , details, and now says it will keep troops in South Ossetia and Abkhazia indefinitely, details.

Russia compares Georgia's actions to to 9/11

Russia seeks to stop Israel and the USA from rearming Georgia.

Russia will go to the UN Security Council and to the mid-October Russia-Georgia International Peace Treaty to ask for arms embargo, details.

Georgia has gone to the World Court, details.

There are reports of paramilitary troops from South Ossetia looting, setting fires and driving out native Georgians, details.

The failure of Georgia's attack has caused many to question the wisdom of the war with Russia, and political changes may result. details.

Russia accuses the USA, details, and Israel, details, of sponsoring Georgian aggression.


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Bolivia's President Denounces 'Fascist, Racist coup'

US envoy declared persona non grata ,  and expelled in the name of the 'people's struggle'

The US ambassador, Philip Goldberg, ordered out of Bolivia for alleged support of opposition groups. President Evo Morales called it the indigenous peoples' rejection of "the American empire." details.

Brazil says it won't tolerate the overthrow of the democratically elected constitutional government

Bolivian protesters damaged a pipeline on Wednesday, cutting one-tenth of the country's natural gas exports to Brazil, which relies heavily on them, details.

A second incident briefly halved Bolivia's natural gas exports to Brazil on Thursday

The 12-member Union of South American Nations will hold an emergency meeting, Monday,Sept. 15th to discuss the constitutional crisis unfolding in Bolivia, details

President Evo Morales had just declared martial law, details.

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