The US Elections and Pandering to Israel
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27English ALANBAA Monday, September 26, 2011 International Living Putin to Run for Russian One in 4 young US Presidency in 2012 children live in poverty (UPI) -- In one year, from 2009 to 2010, 1 (AP) — Vladimir Pu- weeks shy of turning 59, million more U.S children joined the ranks of tin’s decision to reclaim the avid martial-arts fan’s the impoverished, researchers said. the presidency next year health appears robust. Researchers at the Carsey Institute at the sets up the possibility that In nominating Putin, his Kelly Clarkson University of New Hampshire said the 1 mil- he could rule Russia until United Russia party also Kelly Clarkson Tells Us lion newly poor children are part of a surge 2024 and foreshadows a approved his proposal that Five Things We Didn’t of 2.6 million children who have fallen into continuation of the strong- Medvedev take over Pu- Know About...Kelly Clark- poverty since 2007 when the country fell into man rule that many in the tin’s current role as prime son! eonli.ne/pD5ojx recession. West have called a retreat minister, the No. 2 gov- There are now an estimated 15.7 million from democracy. ernment position. American children in poverty. Although Putin depart- Putin’s return to the pres- Jessica Bean, vulnerable families research as- ed the Kremlin in 2008 idency would be unlikely sociate at the Carsey Institute, Beth Mattingly, due to term limits and to ease Russia’s dispute director of research on vulnerable families at moved about two kilo- with the United States over the Carsey Institute and assistant professor of meters down the road to the building of a Europe- sociology, and Andrew Schaefer, a doctoral stu- the prime minister’s of- an missile-defense system dent in sociology, estimated nearly one in four fice, in a sense he never and other issues. Economic children age 6 and under live in poverty. left at all. He cannily used pressures, however, could Overall, the South had the highest rates of Russia’s state-controlled push Putin to pursue re- child poverty at an estimated 24.2 percent, while national TV channels to forms aimed at attracting the Northeast had the lowest rates at an estimat- remain the country’s pre- more foreign investment, Eva Longoria ed 17.8 percent. eminent political figure, reforms, but achieving few cy, he was seen by many analysts said. Eva Longoria Explains How In addition, 28.7 percent of children in ur- with appearances portray- tangible results. as simply a placehold- During his presidency, Desperate Housewives Should ban areas and 25.4 percent of children in rural ing himself as a bold ad- “He didn’t do anything er while Putin bided his Putin ruled Russia with a End (Paging Brad Pitt!) eonli.ne/ areas live in poverty. venturer in Russia’s wilder- important, and I’m pretty time until he could legal- steely command, bring- qvNNcE The rate is 16.1 percent in the suburbs. ness, a vigorous advocate sure they didn’t let him do ly return. ing about a system known Mississippi has the highest percentage of chil- of the country’s global im- anything,” said Vyachel- If he wins the March as “managed democracy” dren living in poverty at 32.5 percent, followed portance and, occasion- sav Mazurkov, who was 4 election — a near-cer- that saw opposition poli- by the District of Columbia at 30.4 percent and ally, as a bit of a rogue spending a cool fall after- tainty given his popularity ticians all but eliminated New Mexico at 30 percent, the study found. consorting with scruffy noon in a Moscow park and mastery of Russia’s from the national eye. His New Hampshire has the lowest percentage motorcyclists. soon after the congress of political system — Pu- personal popularity aided of children living in poverty at 10 percent, fol- His hand-picked succes- Russia’s dominant politi- tin will return to a pres- his maneuvering. Many lowed by Connecticut at 12.8 percent and Alas- sor as president, Dmitry cal party approved Putin’s idency even more pow- Russians view Putin as ka at 12.9 percent. Medvedev, appeared as candidacy. Although Med- erful than when he left. the strong, decisive fig- little more than a tame vedev had shown flashes In 2012, the presidential ure needed by a sprawling youngster in comparison of independence, partic- term will be extended to country troubled by cor- — enthusing about Twitter ularly in denouncing the six years from four; he ruption, an Islamist insur- Festival and issuing earnest state- corruption that flourished would be eligible to serve gency and massive eco- Sean Kingston ments about the need for during Putin’s presiden- two terms and just a few nomic inequality. Adding Insult to Injury: Sean Kingston Fined for Jet Ski Accident in Miami eonli.ne/ New York hosts Protest ruNkPo Fooding extravaganza Sarah Michelle Does Sarah Michelle Gellar Really Have Body Dysmor- phic Disorder? eonli.ne/ pbdBNC Supporters of the Hong Kong Shark Foundation march along a street to raise awareness for sharks killed each year for their fins. up to 73 million sharks are killed each year, primarily for their fins used in shark fin soup. A bowl of shark fin soup can cost 100 USD. (AFP) Beyoncé Beyoncé: “I’m Probably the (AFP) - For 52 hours this weekend, a mid- International Happiest I’ve Ever Been” eon- sized art space in New York’s Chelsea neigh- li.ne/rgQfBG borhood has become a nonstop pop-up restau- rant for star chefs in a battle of creativity and mouth-watering technique. The US elections and Thirteen top chefs from Europe and the Unit- ed States embarked on four-hour, round-the- clock shifts to feed night owls and gourmets at Exquisite Corpse, an event hosted by French pandering to Israel group Le Fooding. (Reuters) -- What ex- ican politics, Perry said The chefs are a mix of rising stars and cu- plains Obama’s transition Obama had pursued a pol- linary sages rounded up by Andrea Petrini, an from Cairo 2009 to New icy of “appeasement” of Italian journalist and consultant who’s spent York 2011? In Washing- the Palestinians. the last 25 years in France. ton, politics trump policy The term dates back to He created the three-day matrix that blends dif- and Israel has been more the 1930s when British Kim Delaney ferent countries, experience levels and styles. of a domestic than a for- Prime Minister Neville Army Wives Star Kim Delaney “Building this is like creating alchemy -- eign policy issue even be- Chamberlain made con- Kicked Off Stage After Slur- finding people who will play off of each other fore the foundation of the cessions to Adolf Hitler to ring Speech at Military Cere- and are flexible enough to work with the for- Jewish state in 1948. When avoid going to war against mony eonli.ne/p2V8OK mat,” he said, also explaining the surrealists’ President Harry Truman Nazi Germany. In slight- idea of the “corps exquis,” where every chef’s and his top advisers dis- ly less over-the-top terms, first course has to feature an element used by cussed plans for the parti- Romney talked of Obama’s the chef in the preceding shift. tion of Palestine in 1945, efforts to “throw Israel un- “If (French chef) Jean-Francois Piege -- a the experts warned against der the bus.” perfectionist -- came in here, he’d blow a gas- it. Truman is said to have Whether Perry, Rom- ket,” Petrini says, gesturing at the residential- responded: “I’m sorry, gen- ney and other prominent style kitchen and the zany idea of Exquisite tlemen, but I have to an- Republicans manage to Corpse as a whole. swer to hundreds of thou- turn support for Israel into Piege would not, however, have his feathers sands who are anxious for a wedge issue in 2012 is ruffled by the venue, where the centerpiece is a the success of Zionism. open to doubt in a race al- table for 40, bedecked at every meal with hun- I don’t have hundreds of world’s remaining super- runners for the Republican most certainly dominated dreds of candles and further lit by a great chan- thousands of Arabs among power backed down re- presidential nomination, by jobs and the economy. Dianna Agron delier made of dozens of glass jugs. my constituents.” peatedly, on issues from Texas Governor Rick Per- But if it does emerge as a Worst Dressed of the Beneath it sits an ever-changing group of Sixty-six years later, a demand for a settle- ry and former Massachu- campaign topic, Obama can Week—Dianna Agron, customers, ranging from the young and hip at that kind of calculation ment freeze to the terri- setts Governor Mitt Rom- always wave the “badge Rose Byrne or Carrie 5:00 am to other chefs and foodies who fill the still plays a role but in the torial lines on which ne- ney, are portraying Obama of honor” awarded him by Underwood? table at all hours. case of Obama, there has gotiations should be based. as favoring the Palestin- Netanyahu, to show that he Best Dressed of the For chefs, the tricky part is throwing togeth- been an additional element The score so far: Netan- ians at the expense of Isra- is no different from a long Week—Taylor Swift, Lea er a meal that is representative of their style – a battle of will with the yahu 3, Obama 0. el. In language that high- line of American presidents Michele or Rosie Hun- at a table thousands of miles away from the Israeli prime minister in Which makes it rather lighted both ignorance and much closer to Israel than tington-Whiteley? eonli.