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The Green Fields of Governance or the Scorched Earth of Socialism »
Posted by: Shana4Liberty 11 months, 3 weeks 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, 4 weeks 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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Top 10 controversial organisation »
Posted by: entrepreneurboss 2 weeks, 5 days ago in Political Opinion
Not all of these are inter-governmental organisations, one is a cartel. Yet the commonality among them is the controversies that surround them. The story contains ...
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Gaddafi Throws Conspiracy Theories During UN Speech »
Posted by: newsguy2005 2 months, 3 weeks 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 6 months, 1 week 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, 4 weeks 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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U.S. to Join U.N. Rights Council - WSJ.com »
Posted by: gamahuche 8 months, 3 weeks 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 9 months 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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UN climate negotiators in Bangkok turn deaf ear to Ondoy and Pepeng onslaught »
Posted by: gpsea1 2 months, 1 week 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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Climate meeting in Bonn: save the forests, but don't cheapen carbon »
Posted by: gpsea1 8 months, 3 weeks 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 10 months 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, 3 weeks 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 8 months, 1 week 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 8 months 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 8 months 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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