On Thursday Oct. 20 University of Wisconsin-River Falls Chancellor Maria Gallo will inaugurated. She will serve as the 20th chancellor of the university. More information about Gallo can be found
mission in afghanist for other year the erseas deployment of troops must be given parliamentary approval. the foreign minister pushed for approval of the new afghanistan mandate. he emphasized the importance of germany s military presence, vowing that representatives would be kept up-to-date. he also emphasized that while it seemed there was discord in recent weeks, the government has taken a united stance on germany s withdrawal from afghanistan. we want to reduce the presence of the german armed forces at the end of 2011. but it is clear that certain conditions must be fulfilled. it will depend on the situation at the time. our highest priority is that the reduction will not pose a threat to those soldiers to remain. he has pledged germany s long-term involvement in afghanistan, even after security responsibilities are handed over to local forces in 2014. the opposition social democrats have signaled support for the mandate extension but object to this they are purely
party members in the wake of plummeting support of the junior party in germany s governing coalition. he has had to take the blame for the decline in numbers. in his speech, he tried to put a positive spin on the last 15 months in government, emphasizing the economic successes. after weeks under fire, westerwelle came out fighting. many attacks have been aimed at his spiky personality, but he was more than happy to play it up when he saw protesters in the audience. you are wearing ties for the first time in your lives, welcome. [laughter] [applause] jokes aside, heattling to survive. he saw to fend off the blame for the disastrous ratings, the party would fight to put priority in government and take some of the credit for germany s current success. we have the lowest unemployment rate since reunification. and we can rise again. young people have opportunities again. are those supposed to be the difficult circumstances before this party meeting? what are we actually in
massive blaze. the largest fire in israel s history has burned more than 2800 hectares of land already hit by drought. the place to call early on thursday. israel launched an international appeal for help hours later, when it became clear they cannot cope. authorities still do not know how the fire started. 41 people died in the flames. more than 15,000 have had to be evacuated. the blaze is encroaching on israel s third largest city with a population of 256,000. the emergency crews are helpless against the tower of flames. the fire already consumed 30 square kilometers of land. this was once an idyllic community nestled in the woods. now it is a wasteland. most residents fled, but if you have remained. although we were asked to evacuate, we stayed here to guard our property. it really hurts us, and people are tied to this place. firefighting planes are [pdropping tons of water over te mountains. months of drought have turn the region into a tinderbox, and strong winds
the largest fire in israel s history has burned more than 2800 hectares of land already hit by drought. the place to call early on thursday. israel launched an international appeal for help hours later, when it became clear they cannot cope. authorities still do not know how the fire started. 41 people died in the flames. more than 15,000 have had to be evacuated. the blaze is encroaching on israel s third largest city with a population of 256,000. the emergency crews are helpless against the tower of flames. the fire already consumed 30 square kilometers of land. this was once an idyllic community nestled in the woods. now it is a wasteland. most residents fled, but if you have remained. although we were asked to evacuate, we stayed here to guard our property. it really hurts us, and people are tied to this place. firefighting planes are dropping tons of water over the mountains. months of drought have turn the region into a tinderbox, and strong winds gusting from the