WMC Daily News Brief: Dana Perino, Christina Romer, Violence Against Women
November 25, 2008
For Dana Perino, A Bruising Year http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/23/AR2008112302433_pf.html 11/23/08 Washington Post: President Bush has faded from the news, and the last year has been hard on his press secretary Dana Perino, as she tried to follow his orders not to defend him from the verbal assaults of the campaign to succeed him. Depression Scholar Has A Reputation For Pragmatism http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/11/25/depression_scholar_has_a_reputation_for_pragmatism/?rss_id=Boston.com+--+National+news 11/25/08 Boston Globe: In tapping academic economist Christina D. Romer to lead his Council of Economic Advisers, President-elect Barack Obama has turned to one of the preeminent scholars of the Great Depression. UN Urges End To Abuses Of Women 11/25/08 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/7747601.stm BBC: The United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has said the world must do more to combat the abuse of women and girls as organisations around the world marked the UN's International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. When Left Is Right http://www.newsweek.com/id/170385/output/print 11/25/08 Newsweek: Rachel Maddow always thought she was an outsider. How did she become a star? Ellen Moran: The Obama-Clinton Thaw Continues http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_stump/archive/2008/11/22/ellen-moran-the-obama-clinton-thaw-continues.aspx 11/22/08 The New Republic: Today Barack Obama announced his White House communications team: Ellen Moran as communications director, Robert Gibbs as press secretary, and Dan Pfeiffer as Moran's deputy. Clinton's Potential Pitfalls Seen In FDR's Secretary Of State http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-hillary24-2008nov24,0,311764.story?track=rss 11/24/08 LA Times: Like Cordell Hull, she could find herself marginalized because she hasn't been close to the president she would serve. Her future ambitions could also complicate her job. Friend Of The Obamas To Be Social Secretary http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/11/23/AR2008112302555.html?nav=rss_nation 11/24/08 Washington Post: Desirée Rogers, a prominent Chicago businesswoman and Harvard MBA, will be named the first African American White House social secretary, sources in the presidential transition office said yesterday. FGM Asylum Cases Forge New Legal Standing http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=3833 11/25/08 Women's eNews:Women have been winning U.S. asylum to avoid female genital mutilation in their homelands. But in 2007 three denials challenged that trend. One of those cases now under review could clarify their legal standing. Election Of Obama Provokes Rise In U.S. Hate Crimes http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE4AN81U20081124?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews 11/24/08 Reuters: Barack Obama's election as U.S. president has provoked a rise in hate crimes against ethnic minorities, civil rights groups said on Monday. Talking Telephone Numbers http://www.guardian.co.uk/journalismcompetition/telephone-numbers 11/24/08 The Guardian: Tanzania is one of the world's poorest countries, with a long way to go before it reaches the millennium development goals. So how can education, especially for girls, and the increased use of mobile phones, help? CHILE: Women Trade Unionists Find Their Own Voices http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44831 11/24/08 IPS: "When you have a social role, you become aware that you have a right to freedom of thought, that you can question the way things are," 44-year-old Chilean trade unionist Sonia Sagredo, who represents seasonal agricultural workers, told IPS. Taxi Revolution On Tehran Streets http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7747677.stm 11/25/08 BBC :When Roqaya Khalili wants to visit friends or relatives, or do the weekly shopping at the supermarket, she picks up the phone and dials a four-digit number. A few minutes later, a bright green taxi draws up outside Roqaya's home in a suburb of west Tehran. Ethiopia: UNFPA, Unicef Launch Programme On FGM/C In Afar http://allafrica.com/stories/200811250698.html 11/25/08 The Daily Monitor (Ethiopia): Ethiopia is poised to become one of the 17 countries in which UNFPA and UNICEF have launched a joint programme for the abandonment of FGM/C. RIGHTS-AUSTRALIA: Abortion Decriminalised But Stays Controversial http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=44840 11/25/08 IPS: While pro-choice groups have welcomed the recent decriminalisation of abortion in Victoria -- Australia’s second most-populous state, where around 20,000 abortions are believed to be performed annually -- anti-abortionists have vowed to continue opposing termination of pregnancies. Australian Legislators Back Gay Rights http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/26/world/asia/26australia.html 11/25/08 NY Times: Australian lawmakers have approved legislation giving homosexual couples the same rights as heterosexuals but have ruled out legalizing same-sex marriages. Rosie O'Donnell's Special, A Test For Variety Format http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/arts/television/25rosi.html?ref=television 11/25/08 NY Times: “Rosie Live,” the one-hour special to be shown by NBC on Wednesday night, is an audition. Indian Models: Fashion's Next Love Affair? http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=6325713&page=1 11/25/08 ABC: They've been around since shortly after the beginning of time. But only now is the modeling world finally taking notice of Indian women, realizing their potential and versatility in selling high fashion. Some Breast Cancers May Naturally Regress: Study http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4AO03H20081125?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22 11/25/08 Reuters: Researchers who tracked breast cancer rates in Norwegian women proposed the controversial notion on Monday that some tumors found with mammograms might otherwise naturally disappear on their own if left undetected. Blood Tests May Show Inherited Diseases In Fetuses http://www.reuters.com/article/healthNews/idUSTRE4AO03T20081125?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22 11/25/08 Reuters: Doctors may soon be able to diagnose inherited diseases such as cystic fibrosis, thalassaemia and sickle cell anemia in fetuses by simply testing a blood sample taken from the mother. Subtle Science: Heading Off Heart Attacks In Women http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122757655604555269.html?mod=rss_Health 11/25/08 Wall Street Journal: Men's and women's hearts are different -- in ways that doctors are still working to understand. Coco Ho Counseled On Surfing Etiquette After 'Drop-In' Incident At Haleiwa http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/outposts/2008/11/coco-ho-counsel.html 11/24/08 LA Times: Coco Ho, a 17-year-old Hawaiian aspiring to become a rookie on the ASP Women's World Tour, has been reprimanded by ASP officials for dropping in on Layne Beachley during Saturday's final of the Reef Hawaiian Pro, spoiling the seven-time world champion's chance at triumph.
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