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Founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun

The All Progressives Congress in Lagos State has urged the Federal Government to accept the negotiation terms offered by the violent Islamic sect, Boko Haram, in the efforts to obtain the release of the abducted Chibok schoolgirls.

The Lagos APC Interim Publicity Secretary, Joe Igbokwe, told our correspondent in a telephone interview that hostage negotiation was not new, adding that it had executed executed in many parts of the world in the past.

He said, It (negotiation) has been done in Israel and Palestine and many other countries. In war situations, prisoner exchange is very common. It is an international convention.

The government should put those girls first because one of those girls is worth more than all of Boko Haram put together. Also, those people that are calling on the government not to negotiate are doing so because their children are not among the kidnapped girls.

In a related development, the founder of the Oodua Peoples Congress, Dr. Fredrick Fasehun, told journalists at a press conference on Tuesday that the abduction of the girls showed the failure of intelligence for which the Federal Government must be blamed.

Fasehun, who is also the National Chairman of the Unity Party of Nigeria, said the government should see the rescue of the girls as a short term measure and separate from the long-term goal of terminating Boko Haram.

He said, When nations declare war, they still look for a means of negotiation. In the past, Boko Haram was not going to negotiate, they were just killing people. But we do not know what has come over them to initiate negotiations.

It should be a welcome move. Give us our children and we will give you your soldiers, either dead or alive. It is a good deal. There is nothing too much for Nigeria to do in exchange for those girls.

Fasehun recalled that the current insurgency began in the heat of the 2011 elections when some aggrieved politicians threatened to make the nation ungovernable if they did not have their way.

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CEDAR RAPIDS | She may be touted as the voice of a new generation, but Anesa Kajtazovic is resonating with an older generation that sees her as a new flag-bearer for their progressive values.

These are things weve wanted to get done for a long time, Janet Manatt of Cedar Rapids said after hearing Kajtazovic, 27, talk about her American Dream Agenda of education, economic security and energy security at a campaign fundraiser in Cedar Rapids Monday night.

All of the things she talks about have been important to me for a long time, added Gary Widdel of Cedar Rapids. Hes narrowed his choice to three of the five candidates running to succeed Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley whose mother has endorsed Kajtazovic.

The appeal of the new generation candidate to old generation voters like him is simple, Widdel said.

Ive got grandkids, so Im looking at what their lives are going to be like, he said. I want to make sure their lives are better.

He plans to submit his absentee ballot this week and its hers to lose, Widdel said about the second-term Iowa House member from Waterloo.

Steve Sovern of Cedar Rapids made a case for Kajtazovic, telling Widdel and more than 50 others that while everyone is talking about growing the middle class, shes addressing the barrier to making that happen.

As long as money is in charge of politics, politics will be responsive to money, he said.

Kajtazovic told her audience that the current system of financing campaigns is a huge threat to achieving their shared values and goals.

She claimed to be the only candidate talking about campaign finance reform and I wont stop because its so crucial to our future and its the right thing to do.

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By James Q. Lynch, The Gazette

CEDAR RAPIDS She may be touted as the voice of a new generation, but Anesa Kajtazovic is resonating with an older generation that sees her as a new flag-bearer for their progressive values.

These are things weve wanted to get done for a long time, Janet Manatt of Cedar Rapids said after hearing Kajtazovic, 27, talk about her American Dream Agenda of education, economic security and energy security at a campaign fundraiser in Cedar Rapids Monday night.

All of the things she talks about have been important to me for a long time, added Gary Widdel of Cedar Rapids. Hes narrowed his choice to three of the five candidates running to succeed Democrat Rep. Bruce Braley whose mother has endorsed Kajtazovic.

The appeal of the new generation candidate to old generation voters like him is simple, Widdel said.

Ive got grandkids, so Im looking at what their lives are going to be like, he said. I want to make sure their lives are better.

He plans to submit his absentee ballot this week and its hers to lose, Widdel said about the second-term Iowa House member from Waterloo.

Steve Sovern of Cedar Rapids made a case for Kajtazovic, telling Widdel and more than 50 others that while everyone is talking about growing the middle class, shes addressing the barrier to making that happen.

As long as money is in charge of politics, politics will be responsive to money, he said.

Kajtazovic told her audience that the current system of financing campaigns is a huge threat to achieving their shared values and goals.

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Liberals abortion stance
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Ontario opposition parties are taking aim at Liberals and a bungled e-Health program that left doctors in the dark, patients at risk and tax dollars spent for naught.

Its another example of how wasteful the government is, NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said.

The program was supposed to enable hospitals in Southwestern Ontario to reduce medical errors and improve care by instantly sending electronic discharge records to family doctors.

But five years and millions of tax dollars after the program was launched, the records of two-thirds of patients are still taking more than 48 hours to get to their doctors. Such delays compromise care and increase the risk of error, family doctors say.

E-Health has been a colossal failure, said Kitchener-Conestoga Conservative MPP Michael Harris.

Liberals pushed through programs so quickly, They forgot to put standards in place, he said Tuesday.

Doctors concerns are showing in a troubling trend: A growing number of patients return to hospital less than 30 days after they were discharged.

The problem with the Southwest Physician Office Interface to Regional Electronic Medical Record System SPIRE for short led those who dole out health-care dollars in the region to insist each hospital report how well or poorly they are at getting discharge records to family doctors.

Asked about problems with SPIRE, Health Minister Deb Matthews praised it and encourages its use.

We are committed to supporting a seamless transition for patients as they go from hospital to the community. Thats why tools like SPIRE are important they help physicians share information about patients quickly, resulting in more appropriate care in the community, she wrote in an email to The Free Press.

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