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At UN, Correa of Ecuador Mocks Union City Mayor, Says US Business Intact

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, September 23 -- When Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa held a stakeout at the UN on Friday night, most of the questions were taken in advance, about the pay-to-not-drill environmental project Correa was promoting. Inner City Press did not pre-register any question or itself, but rather sought to ask the old fashioned way.

  As the last question at the stakeout, Inner City Press asked Correa about his relations with the United States, and more locally with Union City, which barred him from appearing in a high school. Correa mocked the mayor "whose name I don't know."

  Inner City Press said, "Brian Stack." Correa repeated the name, then sarcastically said he would hire him as a publicist, since banning the talk gave rise to more stories, including in Ecuador.

  Still it is rare from the UN General Assembly to cause any local ripples beyond traffic, so that question had to be asked.


Correa at UN on Sept 23, Union City not shown

As to the United States, Correa said that while he had expelled the US Ambassador and the US followed suit, now new envoy had been nominated, and even during the standoff commercial relations continued "almost intact." Now these relations including payments through UNDP not to drill. We'll see.

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At UN, Deby On TNC's "Hypocrisy, " 400,000 Chadians "Blocked" in Libya, "No Prisoners in Chad"

By Matthew Russell Lee

UNITED NATIONS, September 19 -- Chad's President Idriss Deby told Inner City Press on Monday that there remain 400,000 Chadian's "blocked" inside Libya.

 He said the vast majority had gone to Libya to work. Some had been recruited to fight but by both sides, he insisted, Gaddafi and the National Transitional Council.

   He said that going forward the international community should help reconcile all Libyans, "including those who worked with Gaddafi." Video here, 1st part of interview.

  Deby accused the leaders of the "New Libya," the National Transitional Council, of hypocrisy as many of them previously worked with Gaddafi. He said there should be greater African Union involvement in the New Libya, and chafed at Inner City Press' statement that South Africa has led on that issue, and on that of African migrants.

  "There are other African countries on the Security Council," he said, naming Gabon and then Nigeria.

  Inner City Press asked Deby for his view of developments in Sudan. Deby spoke of Southern Kordofan and "Nil Bleu," Blue Nile, then said that much remains to be solved between North and South Sudan.

  On this, Inner City Press asked Deby to respond to reports that the publication N'Djamena Bi-Hebdo was told not to compare South Sudan to Southern Chad:

"In the October 14 to 17 edition of the local newspaper N'Djamena Bi-Hebdo, the publishers included an article comparing southern Sudan with southern Chad. The prime minister called the article 'dangerous' and asked the HCC to act on the matter. On October 19, the HCC met with journalists and warned N'Djamena Bi-Hebdo in particular and all media houses in general to "observe ethics rules" by not printing articles that risked inciting hatred, violence, or separatist sentiment."

  Deby said he didn't know about the case. He said "come to Chad" to see the freedom of the press, and also said that "there are no political prisons in Chad." Inner City Press began to ask of one example -- Ibni Oumar Mahamat Saleh -- but Deby didn't answer on it.


Deby and the author, smiles on Libya, other answers not show

  The interview was over, and Inner City Press left the Plaza Hotel. Deby will speak before the General Assembly on Friday, after meeting with Ban Ki-moon the day before. "Mais vous savez de tout," Deby said. Not as much as we'd like to. Watch this site.

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