In France, unions plan to show their strength Tuesday during nationwide strikes and demonstrations. They are protesting President Nicolas Sarkozy’s plans to overhaul pensions. He wants to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60.
The move begins what is portrayed as the final phase of American military involvement in the country. It comes a day after President Obama announced the shift from combat operations to preparing Iraqi forces to assume responsibility for their own security.
President Obama’s address to the nation to mark the end of Operation Iraqi Freedom.
In another blow to U.S. efforts to fight corruption in Afghanistan, one of the country’s most senior prosecutors says he was forced into early retirement by President Hamid Karzai. The prosecutor maintains that members of the Karzai government are blocking corruption investigations involving high-ranking officials. Host Liane Hansen talks to NPR’s Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson in Kabul.
A judge’s finding that put a temporary halt to the administration’s funding of research with embryonic stem cells also goes against the policy of President George W. Bush.
Reuters – Vice President Joe Biden said on Monday he thinks General Motors Co will have a successful IPO, but would not predict how long it would take for the government to sell its stake in the automaker.
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One in five Americans believes President Obama is Muslim, according to a recent survey by the nonpartisan Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life. Host Michel Martin and the guys in this week’s Barbershop discuss the survey results and debate public perceptions of Islam.
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