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  • House Panel Tackling State Dept., Foreign Ops Bill This Morning

    05/17/2012 9:27:32 AM PDT · by Steve Peacock · 2 replies
    U.S. Trade & Aid Monitor ^ | May 17, 2012 | Steve Peacock
    The House Appropriations Committee this morning is marking up the FY2013 State, Foreign Operations, and Other Programs bill. Some cuts are proposed, and yet much stays the same. The so-called Drug War, to cite one example, will continue unabated, as the following committee statement indicates: The Committee recommendation restores reductions proposed in the request for key countries in Latin America. The Committee believes it is critical to continue robust support for counternarcotics and law enforcement efforts, as well as assistance for rule of law and judicial reform activities in Mexico, Colombia, Central America, and the Caribbean to fight drug trafficking...
  • UN Shipment of Condoms Seized by Tanzanian

    04/30/2002 12:09:04 PM PDT · by Stand Watch Listen · 11 replies · 317+ views
    CNSNews.com ^ | April 30, 2002 | Matt Pyeatt
    (CNSNews.com) - The Tanzanian government has seized a shipment of ten million condoms worth nearly $1 million, alleging that the condoms leak. The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) was responsible for the shipment and intended for the condoms to be distributed to the people of Tanzania free of charge. Steve Mosher, spokesman with the Virginia-based Population Research Institute, says the Tanzanian government wants to destroy the condoms seized last week because they have failed two permeability tests. However, Sarah Craven, chief of the UNFPA's Washington office, says the Tanzanian government has agreed to have a third sample of the condoms...