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`Social ills kill more Americans'

PHILADELPHIA: The independent presidential candidate, Ralph Nader, told supporters on Saturday that a far larger number of Americans die each year from poverty, hunger, pollution, dangerous jobs or poor access to high-quality health care than terrorism. ``Who weeps for these people?'' Mr. Nader asked before remarking that it would take a press release from Al-Qaeda to get Democrats and Republicans to pay attention to the nation's social ills. Despite the 9/11 attacks, Mr. Nader said, the U.S. had ``no major enemy'' in the world to fight and called on the major political parties to ``end the politics of fear.'' Mr. Nader renewed his support for a dramatic increase in the minimum wage, development of a universal health care system, stricter anti-pollution rules, and a major reduction in the size of the U.S. military, including a quick withdrawal of U.S. forces from Iraq. - AP

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