AU assigns 6 presidents to mediate in Ivory Coast

The African Union has named a panel of six African presidents to mediate Ivory Coast's political crisis.

The list announced Monday at the AU summit includes two leaders who came to power through elections -- the presidents of South Africa and Tanzania.

But the panel also includes three men who headed coups in their countries : the leaders of Mauritania, Chad and Burkina Faso.

Nigeria's president and the current chairman of the African Union will both serve on the panel, which is being given a month to try to resolve the crisis in Ivory Coast.

The country's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo has refused to leave office two months after the international community said he lost the election to Alassane Ouattara.

Iran could have nuclear weapon by 2012

Iran may be capable of developing a nuclear weapon by next year, Britain's defence secretary told lawmakers on Monday.

Liam Fox told the House of Commons he disagreed with Israel's newly retired spy chief, Meir Dagan, who said this month that Iran would not be able to build a nuclear bomb before 2015.

Fox said the West should be wary of optimism over Iran's nuclear program and make decisions on the basis of the most pessimistic assessment of its capability.

His remarks follow the failure of the U.S., Britain, France and Germany, Russia and China in talks earlier this month to persuade Iran to open its atomic program to more scrutiny.

Egyptian president announces new government

Embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak brought in a new government Monday, as a determined coalition of opposition groups planned a million-person march to ratchet up the pressure on his regime.

Mubarak announced the change in government on state television on Monday afternoon.

The announcement of a new government came on the seventh day of protests in Egypt, where Mubarak is blamed for widespread poverty, inflation and various abuses during his 30 years in power.

Inside Cairo, banks, schools and the stock market remain closed Monday, as are government offices and most private businesses. Garbage collectors and police could be seen on the streets and Cairo subway stations reopened are being closed overnight.

POLITICAL IDEOLOGY

Before taking a test on http://www.gotoquiz.com/what_is_your_political_ideology, I knew my political ideology. I am Social democrats. I don't feel that I'm a facist in any way, even if the test shows otherwise. So I think that the role of the government is to fight poverty both by means of welfare programs and economic regulations. To me the government's duty for a country is to provide growth and stabilization. So if taxes need to be regulated that is an issue they need to deal with.
What is your political ideology?

Your Result: Social Democrat

 

This quiz has defined you as a Social Democrat (you may or may not be a Democratic Socialist as well). In general you are in the Liberal mindset, but wish to take it a step further. You favour the brodening of various social programs and a progressive income tax system to help alleviate social inequality. You wish to change the current social paradigm, but through gradual means.

Liberal

 

Fascist/Radical Right

 

Communist/Radical Left

 

Conservative

 

Libertarian

 

Rosa Parks

Rosa Louise McCauley Parks (February 4, 1913 – October 24, 2005) was an African-American civil rights activist. On December 1, 1955 in Montgomery Alabama, Parks, age 42, refused to obey bus driver's order that she gives up her seat to make room for a white passenger. Parks' action sparked the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Parks' act of defiance became an important symbol of the modern Civil Rights Movement and Parks became an international icon of resistance to racial segregation. She organized and collaborated with civil rights leaders, including boycott leader Martin Luther King Jr, helping to launch him to national prominence in the civil rights movement.


So I am very proud that black women have had such courage. Because we call us weaker sex,and these women have shown that we can stand up to anyone and we are strong. By their actions they have struggled against racism.

Viola Desmond

Viola Davis Desmond (July 6, 1914 – February 7, 1965) was an African-canadian. She was come from Halifax.  Viola Desmond's story was one of the most publicized incidents of racial discrimination in Nova Scotian and Canadian history.On November 8, 1946, Viola Desmond refused to sit in the balcony designated exclusively for blacks in the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow but, instead, she took her seat on the ground floor where only white people were allowed to sit. After being forcibly removed from the theatre and arrested, Desmond was eventually found guilty of not paying the one-cent difference in tax on the balcony ticket from the main floor theatre ticket. She was fined $20 and court costs $6 . She paid the fine but decided to fight the charge in court.


I think that she was very brave. And at this time that's normal she was comdemned bcause white people were more racist.Fortunaly today Gorvernment has recognized this act was heroic.

Terrorists

I think no one has the right to compel people to adhere its own opinions. We must accept the opinion of other, even if we dont necessarily agree with him. I am Muslim but I dont accept and I dont understand terrorists' reasoning. Being a believer is to first accept others as they are. One can pray every day, but if you're not tolerant of others, you're a bad believer. Killing people will not join the people to their cause, so on the contrary they will be misunderstood and they do a disservice to Islam which a religion of peace and  love. So I think there is no better tactic that discussion.