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Is Afghanistan a Narco-State? »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 4 months ago in News
An unlikely coalition of corrupt Afghan officials, timorous Europeans, blinkered Pentagon officers and the Taliban has made poppy cultivation stubbornly resistant to eradication.
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UN backs down on 'school massacre' in Gaza »
Posted by: ecksteing 9 months, 3 weeks ago in News
THE UN has retracted claims over one of the biggest controversies in the Gaza war, admitting that an Israeli mortar attack that killed 43 people ...
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World Powers to Pursue New Sanctions on Iran »
Posted by: monte-g 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Representatives of the five permanent members of the U.N. Security Council and Germany decided in a high-level conference call that Iran's lack of ...
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After 5 Years Of War, Iraqis Desperate For Water »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 3 months ago in News
Millions of Iraqis lack access to sufficient clean water and proper sewage five years after the U.S.-led invasion to topple Saddam Hussein.
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Video Backs Afghan Claims That US Troops Killed 92 Civilians Including 60 Children »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 2 months ago in News
The Pentagon has announced that it is reopening the investigation in the light of “emerging evidence” and is sending an officer to Nawabad to review ...
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Treat Muslims better, Britain told by UN »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 4 months ago in News
The nine-member human rights committee composed of legal experts, said it was concerned "negative public attitudes towards Muslim members of society" continued to be allowed ...
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McCain Solicits Russian Envoy For Money »
Posted by: Neophile 1 year, 1 month ago in Political News
John McCain's presidential election campaign has solicited a financial contribution from an unlikely source -- Russia's U.N. envoy -- but a McCain spokesman said ...
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A Problem For Parental Rights »
Posted by: MInTheGap 8 months, 3 weeks ago in News
Who has the right to tell your kids what they should watch on television, what school they should go to, and whether or not they ...
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Trying to curb global heat, U.N. to turn up its own »
Posted by: monte-g 1 year, 3 months ago in News
To set an example in the effort to curb energy use that contributes to global warming, the secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, has approved a one-month ...
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At risk of early derailment »
Posted by: ecksteing 10 months, 3 weeks ago in News
THE United Nations has high hopes of combating racial intolerance, and the violence it causes, with giant talkfests. One such gathering— a World Conference against ...
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Islands Impacted by Global Warming Now »
Posted by: davidconnell 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
For island communities and species, global warming is not a distant threat – it’s something that is happening now. Islands hold 10 percent of the ...
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International Action is Only Way to Address Global Warming »
Posted by: davidconnell 11 months, 3 weeks ago in Science & Technology
Global Warming has become too big an issue to address only through personal actions and at-home conservation measures. There must be an international agreement to ...
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