U.S.: Pressure mounts for reassessment of strategy in Pakistan
Friday, May 2nd, 2008WASHINGTON, (IPS/GIN) — Congressional investigators from the United States are increasingly warning that the greatest threat to the U.S. is developing in the tribal areas along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
As a result, appeals for the Bush administration to reassess its “global war on terror” and Pakistan’s place in it are gaining momentum.
President Pervez Musharraf
In particular, critics […]
The State of Black Madison 2008
Tuesday, April 29th, 2008Click to download the report.
Posted in Local News, News | 2 Comments »>Happy Birthday, Mike!
Monday, April 28th, 2008On Monday, April 28, we will celebrate Mike’s 43rd birthday. Mike died July 9, 2006, following a courageous battle. To honor his final request, last year we established the Michael Harrington McKinney (MHM) Student of Promise Award at the Madison Community Foundation, to be given annually to an outstanding high school senior pursuing a career […]
Posted in News | No Comments »>DreamBikes opens on Allied Drive
Thursday, April 24th, 2008The grand opening of DreamBikes, a non-profit used bicycle store and youth training program on Allied Drive that employs kids from the Boys and Girls Club of Dane County, took place on April 19.
DreamBikes had their grand opening April 19th.
“Madison has long been considered one of the most bike friendly cities in the country,” Governor […]
Ron Dayne at Leopold Elementary
Thursday, April 24th, 2008 Has it really been that long?
Some of the Leopold Elementary School students looking for autographs from Ron Dayne were actually born in that magical year (1999) when Dayne rushed for 1,834 yards and won the Heisman Trophy Award for the University of Wisconsin Badgers.
Dayne was back in town April 22 to meet with the […]
U.N. Security Council makes little headway in talks on Iran
Thursday, April 24th, 2008BEIJING, (IPS/GIN) — Tehran’s defiant position on its nuclear program has prevented the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council and Germany from making any significant progress in their talks this week on Iran.
The talks were hosted by China in the financial hub of Shanghai on April 16, and they trailed Iranian President […]
Gaza: Thousands mourn for cameraman slain by Israeli missile
Thursday, April 24th, 2008GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip, (IPS/GIN) — Fadel Shana, a cameraman for the Reuters news agency, was killed April 16 while filming Israeli tanks as they fired missiles in Gaza.
It was the 23-year-old cameraman’s job to go to the scene of Israeli bombings. Shana had also been injured in August 2006 in the north of the […]
Los Angeles mayor calls for more funding for anti-gang programs
Thursday, April 24th, 2008LOS ANGELES (NNPA) - Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who was recently given authority to oversee the city’s anti-gang programs, unveiled the outline of his $24 million gang-fighting strategy April 14 during his third “State of the City” address.
The speech at LAPD headquarters capped two months of debate over how the city should best tackle gang prevention […]
UW’s computing research prowess brings Microsoft to Madison
Thursday, April 24th, 2008MADISON — Microsoft, the world’s largest computer software company, will open an advanced development laboratory in Madison later this spring, helping expand on a highly productive 20-year research and alumni relationship between the company and the University of Wisconsin-Madison computer sciences department.
The Microsoft Jim Gray Systems Lab, named in honor of the Microsoft executive who […]
A recent grant provides literacy help
Thursday, April 24th, 2008Family Resouce Center
by Timothy Garrett
A state and federal grant gave a boost to a program geared towards helping Hispanic children by assisting and encouraging them to read at an early age. The Dane County library system encouraged the grant money’s use at the Family Resource Center (FRC).
Recently, The Madison Times interviewed Mary Driscoll, who works […]