In a development expected for months, Australia's Labor Party won the national parliamentary elections and will install Kevin Rudd as the new Prime Minister. Rudd has been vocal about getting Australia into a much higher gear in dealing with climate change. Here's the story from AP: Rudd makes global warming a priority. Labor has ambitious […]
Peacekeeping troops with the European Union and NATO searched the homes of relatives of Radovan Karadzic Friday looking for indications of his whereabouts. Karadzic vanished in 1998 after stepping down from his official government duties. He, as well as Gen. Ratko Mladic, are on the run for allegations regarding the massacre at Srebrenica, in which […]
Hope is in the eyes of a child, hope is the child! It is the child who sees the light in the darkness, and walks towards it. The child who reaches out for hope, and readily takes it's hand. It is hope that gives us a world of children who stand tall in adversity. […]
Enough hasn't been said about coal here. This is the 600-pound gorilla, sans doute. A friend gave me Big Coal by Jeff Goodell to read and I will get around to it in December during my winter break between semesters where I'm teaching. I have, though, had the time to see Goodell and some other […]
A contemporary variation of "the dog ate my homework" might be "the server ate my blog post" which, in my case, it did. The FPA was doing some sort of server-switcheroo hocus pocus and my post from last Friday got swallowed up in the maw of cryptocyberlimbo. So, here it is, better late than never, and all […]
Kaing Guek Eav, known as “Duch,” walked into a courtroom to face charges for the deaths of 1.7 million people nearly 30 years after the atrocities in Cambodia came to an end. Duch, 66, is a former math teacher who lead the notorious Tuol Sleng prison, or S-21, where more than 14,000 people were tortured […]
“Naomi is 15 but looks 10. A horrible burn scar shrivels the skin across her chest and shoulder….She is one of the so-called child witches of Kinshasa, rejected by her family and community at six years old and left to survive on the streets…. ‘Grandfather become sick and my aunt accused me of being a […]
My Esteemed Readers, My sincerest apologies to all of you for the absence of our site over the last five days or so. I thank all of you who continued to check back and for your patience while we resolved the issues. The lack of activity was not entirely a bad thing, our server was […]
Within the fight against poverty, the right to food should be treated as a fundamental right, according to German Development Minister Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul. The policy should ensure that the right to food receives priority, Wieczorek-Zeul called on November 6 in Berlin, at the presentation of the World Bank World Development Report 2008. World Bank Vice […]
The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial 2007 Human Rights Award laureate was presented this morning to Dr. Mohammed Ahmed Abdallah, of Sudan. The event was opened by Kerry Kennedy, founder The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights. "champions of justice are imbued with moral courage. The cause is compelling, the enemies dangerous and […]
Forget not to share what you have with the children of the world, for you can truly make a difference. Never think you have nothing to give, for we all have something to share. We all have love, time, wisdom and experiences to share, which are the true wealth of the world. We all have […]
On November 14th UNICEF launched their annual Christmas fundraising campaign, the web-based Star Appeal. Now in its third year and UNHCR hopes to surpass last years total of US$560,000. The funds raised will be used to providing shelter and schooling for refugee children around the world. UNHCR launches Christmas appeal for refugee kids This year's […]
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