North America – United States to restore aid to Honduras in step toward normalized ties (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)

United States to restore aid to Honduras in step toward normalized ties (The Christian Science Monitor via Yahoo! News)
Six months after the US cut aid to Honduras following its refusal to reinstate ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a first step toward normalizing relations with Honduras this week when she announced the United States would be restoring $37 million in aid.

US demand to blame for drug violence: Clinton (Press Trust of India)
Guatemala City, Mar 6 (AP) Demand for illegal narcotics in the United States is fueling drug violence in Central America, US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said, acknowledging a measure of US responsibility for what she called a “terrible criminal scourge.”

Across Web, fans debate Canadian women’s carousing (The Durango Herald)
NEW YORK – They worked hard, they triumphed, and then they played hard the way athletes so often do. And yet the photos of the Canadian women hockey players joyously feting their gold medal with beer, champagne and cigars struck some as jarring, or at least inappropriate.

Tom Delay: People Are Unemployed Because They Want To Be
Former House Majority Leader Tom Delay called Sen. Jim Bunning (R-Ky.) “brave” on Sunday for launching a one-man filibuster of unemployment benefits, arguing that they…

Wanderport Signs LOI for the United States (Marketwire)
NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwire – March 3, 2010) – Wanderport Corp. ( PINKSHEETS : WDRP ) announced today that it has signed a letter of intent for a sales and purchase agreement with a distributor in the United States of America.

Huff Radio: The Health Care Endgame, Student Protests, and is the Jobs Bill a Phony?
No matter what, we will have a health care bill – whether three-fourths of Americans like it or not. The question is: Vote it in and fix it later, or discard it altogether?

Mitch McConnell On RNC Fundraising Presentation: ‘I Don’t Like It,’ No One Does
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) blasted the Republican National Committee on Sunday for producing a fundraising presentation that mocked the President and congressional leadership…

Government of Canada Invests in Tourism Infrastructure in National Park and Historic Sites on Vancouver Island (Marketwire)
Canada’s Economic Action Plan at work in British Columbia

Mike Green: Ahmadinejad says U.S. is lying about Sept 11 attacks
Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, accused the United States of fabricating the facts regarding the attacks of Sept. 11, according to a March 6 report by…

Alan Krinsky: A Modest Proposal to Eliminate the Public Option From Our Policing System
For too long in our nation, we have maintained a universal, single-payer policing system. As a freedom-loving citizen, I want to see policing returned to…

Holland 2 United States 1 (Sporting Life)
Dirk Kuyt congratulates Klaas Jan Huntelaar. Dirk Kuyt and Klaas Jan Huntelaar grabbed the goals as Holland beat fellow World Cup qualifiers the United States in Amsterdam.

Al-Qaida calls on US Muslims to attack America (MSNBC)
Al-Qaida’s American-born spokesman on Sunday called on Muslims serving in the U.S. armed forces to emulate the Army major charged with killing 13 people in Fort Hood. Fort Hood – Al-Qaeda – United States – United States armed forces – Al-Qaida

United States to restore aid to Honduras in step toward normalized ties (The Christian Science Monitor)
In Guatemala Friday, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton moved to restore aid to Honduras six months after it was cut in response to the country’s refusal to reinstate ousted former president Manuel Zelaya.

Mitt Romney: Obama Health Care Plan NOT Like Massachusetts Plan
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney insisted on Sunday that the health care reform plan he implemented in Massachusetts had no similarity to the one President…

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