Bob Stover: Esteemed colleague moving on
08.08.11
Theyre the defenders of reality, justice and the American way on issues small and large, immediate and long term.
They might not be gifted to leap tall buildings in a single bound, but the best ones are fearless. Theyre not unhappy to make arguments in the public interest, even if that view runs counter to the prevailing public belief and might elicit outrage from some quarters.
The best ones also are instructive, engaged and eager to give rival views their day in public court.
John Glisch has been FLORIDA TODAYs Editorial Side Editor for nine years. He has managed our opinion pages and public discussion through two wars, an money-making boom and bust, two presidential elections and many local ones.
He has expanded his work well beyond the commonplace newspaper page by creating blogs online and becoming a highly visible representative of the paper at partisan forums co-sponsored by the paper, the Tiger Bay Club and League of Women Voters. Last year, he co-anchored two electing night broadcasts on WBCC.
Source: Florida Today
14:27 US convinces Saleh not to return to Yemen: Paper
08.08.11
U.S. officials have convinced Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh, convalescing in Saudi Arabia from an assassination undertake, not to return to his country, the pan-Arab newspaper Asharq al-Awsat reported on Monday.
The dispatch came a day after the veteran Arab leader left hospital in Riyadh and was moved to a superintendence residence for further recuperation, as mass protests against his 33-year rule wore into their seventh month.
Yemeni officials denied the communication and said the president would return to Sanaa, where fighting between troops loyal to Saleh and pro-in conflict tribesmen has been increasing.
Officials at the U.S. embassy in Sanaa were unavailable for comment.
Citing U.S. sources, the London-based Asharq al-Awsat said Washington had managed to compression Saleh, 69, into retreating from his promise to return and lead a dialogue in Yemen.
They told Asharq al-Awsat that Saleh had been greatly influenced by the fool of toppled Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak, who faced charges from within a black hutch confine in a Cairo court last week.
Source: www.worldbulletin.net