| Funeral in Tracy for soldier killed in Iraq ambush: Funeral services will be held Thursday in Tracy for California National Guard Sgt. Patrick McCaffrey, who was killed June 22 in an ambush near Balad, Iraq.
Child murders increased last year in Guatemala: The murders of children and adolescents nearly doubled last year in Guatemala, rising to 639 from the 352 that were reported in 2002, the city's Catholic archdiocese said Tuesday. According to the report entitled "The State of Childhood in Guatemala" issued by the archdiocese's human rights office, known as ODHA, 518 children under the age of 19 were killed by firearms last year.
Sabotaging The Poor: The Bush administration has proposed drastic and injurious changes to TANF that include reducing or eliminating access to education and training, denying additional funding for child care, eliminating the requirement for states to screen for barriers (i.e., disabilities, mental health problems, educational levels or substance abuse), and imposing harsh work requirements.
As US image slips abroad, American firms may find foreign deals tougher to close: After 14 years of regular travel to Brazil, Andrew Odell was thunderstruck by what he found there on a trip last month. "I have never run into such a consensus view on US politics," says the contract negotiator and partner at Bryan Cave, a New York law firm. "People condemn the US [for its Middle East policy], and are frightened by the US." |
