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Level -> And now.... the news. (9/17/2007 7:50:36 PM)
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CARACAS, Venezuela - President Hugo Chavez threatened on Monday to close or take over any private school that refuses to submit to the oversight of his socialist government as it develops a new curriculum and textbooks.
"Society cannot allow the private sector to do whatever it wants," said Chavez, speaking on the first day of classes.
All schools, public and private, must admit state inspectors and submit to the government's new educational system, or be closed and nationalized, with the state taking responsibility for the education of their children, Chavez said.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20823129
Yeah, that Chavez is a real winner..........
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - The Election Commission announced a rule change Monday that would apparently allow President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to seek a new, five-year term while still serving as army chief.
Opposition parties insist the U.S.-backed Musharraf is ineligible to run, but the commission said it had changed a rule so that a key article of the constitution no longer applied.
“The chief election commissioner of Pakistan has made the requisite amendment, with the approval of the president,” the commission said in a statement.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20820311
JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia - For the first time ever, a group of women in the only country that bans female drivers have formed a committee to lobby for the right to get behind the wheel, and they plan to petition King Abdullah in the next few days for the privilege.
The government is unlikely to respond because the issue remains so highly sensitive and divisive. But committee members say their petition will highlight what many Saudis — both men and women — consider a “stolen” right.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20823883
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