Global Report - 05-November-2008

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Obama becomes first African White US President

Barack Obama supporters gathered in Chicago's Grant Park to celebrate his presidential election victory. No doubt it was long time coming but the change did come to America.
Obama victory would have profound impact on the US. On every level America will be changed by this result. The election has definitely answered those who doubted that the US of capable of taking such step. It was historic in terms of Americans choosing the first African American president in an election considered to be the most expensive in American history. The swathes of the map were turned from red to blue as the election results poured out. That Obama seized Ohio, New Mexico, Iowa, Virginia, Florida, Colorado and Nevada all past republican trophies proves that the Americans have at last punished the Republicans for their past follies. Cheers to the United States of America for practicing wisdom this time at least.
Japan fires military chief over WWII denial

The spoken battle over continued struggle for Japans involvement in WWII struggles on as most recently a Japanese generals unceremoniously led go after his essays suggesting the US pulled Japan into WWII was discovered on a private company website. However there has never been any lack of historical proof as to Japans involvement in the war there has never been any lack off division in Japan between the right and the leftist groups one who seeks to remember and the other seeking to forget and moving on. The two sides seem to butt heads whenever a high ranking voice near the camp breaks the unspoken agreement not to speak. All those two camps remain divided over past events the real outcome lies in how or if they can resolve the conflict regarding the future events either in a rearmed militant Japan or a Japan that continues to constitutionally prohibit military aggression.
Free wine tasting to be outlawed in France

The French Governments proposals to ban wine-tastings in France is incomprehensible, and would oblige wine producers and exhibitions to charge potential clients for tasting their wine. As Sylvie Cazes, President of the Vintage Wine Union in Bordeaux, said, . 'France is the second biggest producer of wine in the world, but is alone in putting barriers up against its promotion. This is absurd.'
The french wine industry is already in serious trouble due to heavy competition from new wine producing countries, and advertising is strictly controlled.
These proposals represent another nail in the coffin of French Culture.
Malawians struggle to fight HIV AIDS stigma

Malawians infected and affected by HIV/AIDS still have to battle against the stigma that still surrounds the disease. The Malawi government has managed respond to HIV/AIDS beyond average levels, according to activists but human rights issues surrounding the pandemic continue to prevail. Knowledge of HIV/AIDS throughout most of the country is widespread but response towards persons living with HIV is still negative according to The Centre for Human Rights and Rehabilitation (CHRR) one of the several Malawian civil society organizations that are implementing HIV/AIDS human rights programs. Nicola Ndovi, CHRR acting Program Manager said that people living with HIV need to be involved in CHRR programs that empower them with knowledge on their rights. She added that so far there has been more focus on prevention and care intervention and very little focus on human rights. Ndovi lamented that attitudes that stigmatize and discriminate against people living with HIV/AIDS continue as an example she related how community members in Mchinji district felt people living with HIV should be discriminated against because , as they said, they are already dead.

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