Public Speaking And Speeches News

A Turkish law that chills speech now spurs debate (Boston Globe)klip.ms
ISTANBUL -- Some of Turkey's leading media and literary figures are facing possible prison sentences because of a controversial law that makes it illegal to ''insult Turkishness."

Corzine to give Senate farewell speech on Friday (Courier-Post)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Due to last-minute changes in the U.S. Senate schedule,New Jersey Gov.-elect Jon Corzine will give his farewell speech on the Senate floor Friday, instead of Thursday, his office said. Corzine will also receive tributes from his colleagues on Friday.

J.M. Baról: Santa: Give my cat the gift of speech (Albuquerque Tribune Online)
The last time I sent you a wish list, I was asking for a Rubik's Cube, leg warmers and jelly bracelets for Christmas - which I got, and I was the coolest girl in school, so thanks.

Transcript of Bush speech (CNN.com)
On the eve of the historic vote for Iraq's parliament, President Bush on Wednesday defended his decision to go to war in the fourth and final in a series of speeches outlining the U.S. strategy for victory.

Corzine farewell speech on Senate floor delayed until Friday (phillyburbs.com)
WASHINGTON - Due to last-minute changes in the U.S. Senate schedule, New Jersey Gov.-elect Jon Corzine will give his farewell speech on the Senate floor Friday, instead of Thursday, his office said.

Text of Bush Speech on Iraq War (AP via Yahoo! News)
Text of President Bush's speech on the Iraq war Wednesday, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions:

It was a public speaking contest with a difference ? it was held in a shopping complex. (Malay Mail)
Undergraduates from four universities took part in the Global Peace Forum public speaking competition held at the Berjaya Times Square yesterday. The contestants were given the topics five minutes before they took the stage.

Marine featured in speech didn't vote for Bush (Seattle Times)
Ryan McGlothlin was set for life: a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William & Mary, a doctoral-research fellowship in chemistry...

Pastor acquitted of hate speech (Miami Herald)
A Pentecostal pastor who denounced homosexuality as a ''cancerous tumor'' in a sermon said Tuesday he would stop preaching against gays after Sweden's highest court acquitted him of hate speech.

Speech Recognition Consumer Products Hit it Big in 2005 (The Auto Channel)
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--Dec. 15, 2005--Sensory, Inc., the world leader in embedded speech technologies, today announced that in 2005 the company achieved record revenues and profits due to its customers' success in releasing speech enabled products, with revenues increasing 70% over the preceding year.