“The economic recession of the past few years effectively wiped out all of the gains we made in cutting child poverty in the late 1990s.”
“People were angry at God [after 9/11] and they had every right to be, but that was not my experience,” said Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer of the NYFD.
The changes sweeping through the region give rise to hopes, but also concerns.
A UN report said that violations alleged to have taken place in the south of Sudan “could amount to crimes against humanity or war crimes.”
Far from American headlines Irene also left widespread destruction in the Bahamas and elsewhere in the Caribbean.