Inside World Politics

On this stage of life, there are many roles that only one is allowed to play, but on the world stage—which is, the UN—the only one leading role, and it is the performance of the Secretary-General that really matters most. It is how he interprets his role as a matter of discretion, and the subject of this afternoon’s discussion.

Reported by the Al Jazeera television channel (an Arabic News and Current Affairs Satellite TV channel) thru an interview that lasted 25 minutes, Taliban Commander Baitullah Mehsud is determined to destroy the white House, New York and London. He said their primary aim is to finish Britain, the US and to crush the pride of non-Muslims.

Suspected for the assassination of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Baitullah denied the attack but was known that he disliked her for pro-American views.

Known to command more than 20,000 Taliban militants, Baitullah Mehsud had recently chosen the leader of militant union called the Taliban Movement of Pakistan, which includes 40 groups to fight with the Pakistani army.

Maoist guerrillas were poised to lead Nepal’s new government. Voters had chosen to remove most of their veteran politicians and sought a radical break with the past. An addition to a 240 total of directly elected seats in the new, 601-member Constituent Assembly, and 335 indirectly elected seats to give ethnic groups, woman and marginalized castes a greater voice in the government.

The President of the US and the administration as a whole has maintained a soft stance towards the criticism and pun that is sent it’s way but there is change in the air and the President is making it known. Known for his eloquent speeches that wins hearts and minds, he appears to have had enough with all the bad press that is taking its toll on the family and government as a whole. He has made it clear again and again that he and his administration is doing everything possible to help as much people as they could and to do as much as they could. In spite of all this, he still gets a lot of bad press and his harder stance may be a sign of the end for some of the blind hits he is willing to receive much to the delight of some press people who have been labeling him as a softie.

Anything could happen in that primary. Both Smith and Graham have personal financial resources along with one having the name “Smith” and the other probably benefiting from a name association with North Carolina’s own world- renowned evangelist Billy Graham. On top of that Graham is the only one of the three Republican gubernatorial candidates who run for Statewide office multiple times and won multiple times.

This is the view of many analysts who are saying that the proposed changes to the health care system would take more than simple budgetary improvements to really exact change. One of the primary battle cries of the current administration, the health care system has indeed been degrading at a very fast pace since costs rise and equally care diminishes. In this light, current studies are showing that a million cancer sufferers are not getting the follow up care and treatment they need to continue effective treatment due to cost issues, most of which tyhey have to shoulder themselves. With two possible epidemics in the world, the swine flu and less prioritized bird flu are also taking their toll on the industry and economy blamed for millions of lost dollars in profits due to productivity and absenteeism issues associated with the diseases.

Election was held in Zimbabwe two weeks ago and the Southern African Leaders are urging the expeditious release of the result fearing the delay may cause violence. Ian Zambian Foreign Minister Kabinga Panded urged the electoral authorities to verify and release the results in accordance with due process of law.

The US’s Economic Stimulus Bill passed and was put into the works but many experts are saying that it was doomed to fail from the start. Why? The problem is that the US economy is so tied up with the rest of the world that losses at home had effects that reached well outside the country and with that in mind, the money would run out faster than the problems that it was supposed to solve. Mr. Obama has surely toned down from his tough words during the election days due to the fact that most of his proposals were simply too great even for the American Government to solve alone. The war in Iraq is coming to an end with a US troops pullout scheduled for June or July this year. This would result in some savings from the costs the government uses to fund that war, that was supposed to be a short and technologically driven one. Years after the war started, it is still claiming lives and an end would surely put to peace some of the war’s critics.

Many US banks are collapsing as result of the Wall Street crash sending millions out of jobs and all other industries down to the ground. The housing market has failed to make ground even with the billions of dollars sent to bolster that industry which was one of the main reasons for the global crisis. Homes are still being foreclosed even with the financing help they are getting from the government. Banks, exposed to the housing crisis are closing due to the said exposure with millions of dollars lost and equal numbers of jobs on the line. The major US automakers are in trouble, so much that they are all getting financial backing in terms of funds to help them stem collapse. The government is finding it hard to solve all the problems this recession has brought, but hopefully gains in Wall Street would be able to bridge the gap, enough to bring change and recovery from this global crisis.

Britain’s least favorite world leaders., President Mugabe, is currently involved in a fight for his long political life, attempting to steal the recent election. For decades he has held back his country’s potential for success on the pretext of fighting colonialist ghosts. He was hopeful to have a fresh mandate despite having unpopular status in the world.