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Rumsfeld approves aid
By LOLITA C. BALDOR
Associated Press Writer
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Defense
Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
approved the dispatch of military
helicopters, food and other aid to
help Central American nations
inundated by massive mud slides
mount recovery operations.
"There are so few of these kinds
of problems that any one (country)
can handle alone," Rumsfeld said
Tuesday, en route to meetings
he is hosting in south Florida
with security leaders from seven
Central American countries. "It
looks like it's a terrible natural
disaster. It's heartbreaking."
Rumsfeld said the devastating
mudslides are exactly the
type of crisis that require the
countries in Central America
to work more closely together.
He said cooperation would also
let those nations better handle
their security concerns, ranging
from terrorism to narcotics and
hostage-takings.
Defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld approves aid for Central American countries.
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U.S. assistance on the way
to Guatemala and other parts
of the region includes a mix of
nine Black Hawk and Chinook
helicopters, mostly from bases
in the region, with at least six
other helicopters getting ready
to go soon, Roger Pardo-Maurer,
the deputy assistant secretary of
defense for Western Hemisphere
policy, told reporters. A medical
unit from the Arkansas National
Guard also was preparing to go.
Pardo-Maurer said the United
States was sending food,
water, plastic sheeting, medical
supplies and other equipment
and would be helping to improve
communications.
The U.S. relief effort is being
coordinated by Army Gen. Bantz
Craddock. Rumsfeld was told that
rain in the region was expected
to continue another seven to 10
days.
Rumsfeld also spoke with Gen.
John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central
Command, on Tuesday morning
to coordinate a wide range of
additional relief efforts for victims
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Pakistan.
In addition tolhe 12 U.S. and
four Afghan helicopters already
available in Pakistan, the U.S.
military had four more heavy lift
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Disaster aid and illegal drugs
and arms control problems
across Central America will
be key topics at the two-day
conference in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Officials also hope to encourage
the Central American countries to
develop a regional peacekeeping
unit to help improve coordination
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View
Osman Abdalla
By Osman Abdalla
Staff Reporter
oaalo6@psu.edu
Dear World View friends,
the phenomenon of the
interconnection among the
nations of the world has
influenced the international
business and accordingly,
the world's economy. If the
whole world economy is
interconnected, then it is very
possible that a drought in Africa
may scarce specific resources
the world's economy could be
depending on. The growing
presence of multinational
corporations around the
world, especially in poor and
developing nations increasingly
trouble many religious leaders.
Why are they insecure?
Simply, because there is not a
lot they can do. In truth, such
concern is warranted, but
only if the allegations against
multinational corporations
are true. Such allegations
include the charge that profit
motivated multinational
corporations are engaging in
destructive competition and
dangerous plots to economically
and politically manipulate
entire economies. Further,
multinational corporations are
perceived to be systematically
eliminating domestic firms in
order to exploit their monopoly
strength, exporting high-wage
jobs to low-wage countries,
which is why earthlink and
other IT companies relocated to
India. But are such allegations,
in fact, true? Religious leaders
should examine the data so
that they can draw reasonable
conclusions about the impact
of multinational corporations.
Such discern reveals that
multinational corporations, in
fact, have actualized numerous
moral goals: the advancement of
human rights, the improvement
in the world environment, and,
most importantly, the reduction
of world poverty rates. Critics of
multinational corporations often
profess to have a higher moral
vision and to be pursuing a
world with laudable goals of just
wages and a clean environment.
On the other hand, the extreme
left conveniently ignores the
socially destructive behavior
of those economies that rely
heavily on governmental
regulations and state-operated
monopolistic enterprises. These
economies have incurred
extreme rates of poverty,
repressed human rights; and
excessive environmental
damage. For reasons mentioned
below, the problem countries
have almost no multinational
corporations and are
concentrated in sub-Saharan
Africa, South Asia, North Africa,
and the Middle East. Allegedly,
the extreme left is hindering
the force to decrease world
poverty rates, while it is deaf to
the continued suffering of the
extreme poor and the progress.
The left is quick to offer welfare
to developing countries but
unlike the old saying, "don't
give me a fish every day but
teach how to fish." In a sense
this will prevents poor nations
from becoming independent.
The extreme right, on the other
hand, offers no charity and
joins the left in denouncing
trade. What is right? Is there a
moderate wing? Dear friends, I
have appreciated the feedback
and always looking forward to
encourage everyone to make
us think. Talk to you next issue.