Tuesday, January 15, 2002

categories: Politics Bush pushes economic plan. President visits Missouri and Illinois, frames his top priorities in terms of jobs, seeks fast-track authority. [USA Today : Front Page]   5:20:56 AM    comment

categories: Politics Zimbabwe set to pass media law. Zimbabwe's parliament is set to approve a new media bill, which will muzzle the independent media and ban foreign journalists. [BBC News: world]   4:00:50 AM    comment

categories: Politics Dialogue Sought on Argentina's Economy. Argentina's new president has called for a national dialogue on the economic crisis, trying to build support in a country where waves of austerity measures have left many fed up with politicians of all stripes. [AP World News]   3:56:19 AM    comment

categories: Politics Guatemala Leader Addresses Nation. Amid protests and plummeting popularity ratings, President Alfonso Portillo insisted in his state of the nation speech that his first two years in office had gone well. [AP World News]   3:50:04 AM    comment