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The Green Fields of Governance or the Scorched Earth of Socialism »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 11 months ago in News
The implementation of “governance” is not limited to legislative action. The “wrenching transformation” i.e. “globalization” involves more than governmental authority. As such, this “governance ...
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Bush Calls Torture "an Affront to Human Dignity Everywhere", June 26, 2003 »
Posted by: dissent 7 months, 1 week ago in News
Today, on the United Nations International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the United States declares its strong solidarity with torture victims across the ...
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Gaddafi Throws Conspiracy Theories During UN Speech »
Posted by: newsguy2005 2 months, 1 week ago in Political News
Libyan president Col. Muammar Gaddafi threw in several anti-Israeli conspiracy theories into his speech to the UN General Assembly Wednesday, blaming the Jewish state for ...
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World Oceans Day »
Posted by: gpsea1 5 months, 3 weeks ago in News
“The first observance of World Oceans Day allows us to highlight the many ways in which oceans contribute to society. It is also an opportunity ...
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The IMF: Raping The World, One Poor Nation at a Time »
Posted by: dissent 7 months, 1 week ago in News
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has been described as one of the enforcers of globalization. Nations who receive IMF assistance are often forced to surrender ...
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UN climate negotiators in Bangkok turn deaf ear to Ondoy and Pepeng onslaught »
Posted by: gpsea1 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
As the climate talks in Bangkok limped to a close, Greenpeace called on the leaders of the rich world to make the political decisions needed ...
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U.S. to Join U.N. Rights Council - WSJ.com »
Posted by: gamahuche 8 months ago in Political News
The Obama administration said it will stand for election to one of three open seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council, reversing a key ...
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Sources: U.S. to sign U.N. gay rights decree »
Posted by: david_nwpa 8 months, 2 weeks ago in News
WASHINGTON - The Obama administration will endorse a U.N. declaration calling for the worldwide decriminalization of homosexuality that then-President George W. Bush had refused to ...
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Climate meeting in Bonn: save the forests, but don't cheapen carbon »
Posted by: gpsea1 8 months ago in News
If we're to have a hope of saving our planet from runaway climate change, we need to make it expensive for industry to emit ...
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Individual Liberty and Local Government »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 9 months, 1 week ago in News
I have searched for a term to describe my political ideology and have come to use the term “minarchist” as the best descriptor. According to ...
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NATO considers beefing up Afghan war support »
Posted by: orndorffter 1 month, 1 week ago in News
Top NATO and United Nations officials signaled Friday they may request more international troops to join American forces in Afghanistan as the top U.S ...
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More on the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal »
Posted by: tehranchik 7 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Last Friday at the Cato Institute, I presented my study on the success of drug decriminalization in Portugal. I wrote about how and why I ...
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Ahmadinejad prompts walkout from U.N. racism summit »
Posted by: engineer 7 months, 2 weeks ago in News
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prompted a walkout from his speech to a U.N. racism summit on Monday when he accused Israel of establishing a ...
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U.N. Official: Obama's Decision Not to Prosecute Torture Violates International Law »
Posted by: TimALoftis 7 months, 2 weeks ago in Political News
VIENNA -- President Barack Obama's decision not to prosecute CIA operatives who used questionable interrogation practices violates international law, the U.N.'s top torture ...
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Israel Evicts Palestinians From Homes »
Posted by: tehranchik 3 months, 4 weeks ago in Political News
The houses were built in the 1950s by a United Nations agency for Palestinian refugees when the area was under Jordanian control. Jordan gave the ...
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