Dmitri Tskitishvili from Georgia
Brief: President Barack Obama offered encouragement to the former Soviet republic of Georgia’s hopes for a preferential trade agreement with the United States. Obama told Gerogian president Mikhail Saakashvili there is a “possibility” of a free trade agreement and the US will help Georgia strengthen its free market system.”
Nakalembo Simwaka from Zambia
“Food security and scarcity.”
Brief: The Zambian government issued a statement on Jan. 6 expressing concern over erratic rainfall in the country that could affect the maize harvest and threaten national food security.
“The presidential election and the health care topic.”
Brittany Miller from United States
Brief: Republican activists, increasingly optimistic they can win the White House and Senate next year, are beginning to lay the groundwork for a multi-pronged campaign in 2013 to roll back President Obama’s sweeping healthcare overhaul.”
