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Politics News Blog posts insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domain of the politics facet of life. Politics News Blog: Media-Politics News Media politics, where is it taking us?: September 6, 2007 by Ali Al-Sarari  The Yemeni authorities pin great hopes in meeting the requirements of benefiting from the Millennium Challenge Account's funds, however, in fact what they are currently doing doesn't qualify them for success but for collapse. Yemen got a second chance to be included in the list of countries eligible to receive funds from the MCA during 2007 after it was dropped from the list of the nominated countries in 2005 because it failed to meet the requirements of obtaining funds. The primary reason behind Yemen's failure was linked with the series of harassments, assaults and violations the press was subjected to, particularly the repeated physical beatings suffered by prominent journalists. The authorities' denial of its connection with the repeated attacks on journalists doesn't help in dropping all the charges attributed to its security and military apparatuses that are responsible for violations. Evidence of these violations is very clear. Instead of reforming themselves and correcting their mistakes, the authorities accused media of being involved in a conspiracy to convey bad impression about Yemen and harm its reputation. Consequently, the poor country will be dropped from the list of states eligible for MCA's funds. Despite this, Yemen has undertaken to carry out probes on the nature of violations that target pressmen and punish perpetrators. This commitment was one of the reasons behind nominating Yemen once again to receive MCA funds. In addition, the Yemeni government committed itself to meet the other requirements, particularly taking practical steps to fight corruption. Politics News Blog Comment: Media is an effective mirror of the society as well as an alert watchdog against the corrupt ways of politics. But when it itself falls victim to media politics, it stops functioning properly. The problem may arise either out of political coercion or from the inner conflicts of media itself. What we need thinking is why after all we have adopted the ways of coercion or conflicts in our actions and our interactions in life. And the moment we ponder a little deep into it, it clearly shows that money is in the root of all this distortion that our lives have been subjected to. Money is addictive. It robs us of our senses. Can we do something about it? Wanna have some bidding fun with 'Media, and Politics' on ebay auction? You might grab a bargain or two! Just say your bid and you're done: Sign up with AuctionAds as a publisher and receive $25 right now! I invite you to subscribe to my E-zine titled Life Coach, free of charge. This E-zine publishes insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. A not-to-be-missed opportunity! Subscribe to it here: I also invite you to subscribe to my Life Blog - no need to provide your e-mail address here. This RSS feed keeps you informed about new developments taking place on this site. It also harbors 25 journal bloglets posting insightful comments on the latest international news that render us taken-aback in the domains of various facets of life. In order to subscribe to the blog, right-click on the orange RSS button (see buttons up to the left) and then paste the URL into your RSS reader. Or click on add to My Yahoo! button or My MSN or Add To Google button if you keep a personalized home page there. If you are not sure what RSS or blogging is all about, click on What's an RSS Feed? here:
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