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The influential Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) "brings together the governments of countries committed to democracy and the market economy from around the world to support sustainable economic growth, boost employment, raise living standards" and other worthy pursuits.  An "FT" headline from early this week proclaimed:  OECD warns against biofuels subsidies.  The OECD's […]

The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) has pleaded to be removed from the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist groups.  The LRA argued its removal from the list will help in peace negotiations between it and the Ugandan government.  A peace treaty was signed between the two parties last year, though peace negotiations have repeatedly stalled.  […]

September 13 – October 12 During this month as you take extra time for family, inner reflection, and spiritual growth, please also remember the children in need across the globe. Children's Activities for Ramadan

The Campaign for U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) invites youth throughout the U.S. to participate in its first nationwide Essay Contest. The contest is sponsored by the Campaign's Youth Outreach Committee and will run for the entire month of September. Additional information on the contest is contained in […]

Toddlers vs. Monkey's, is not my usual topic of choice, and while I am not a scientific type, it's been in the news. Therefore I thought I would add my 2cents worth, and see what you the readers thought about. In a recent study, a group of German team anthropologists, compared the action of 106 […]

The chief prosecutor for Darfur at the International Criminal Court has urged the U.N. secretary-general to press Sudanese officials to comply with arrest warrants issued by the ICC. Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the ICC prosecutor, urged the U.N. chief, Ban Ki-moon, to make the case for Sudanese compliance with the tribunal in The Hague, Netherlands. The U.N. […]

Today marks the 6th anniversary of the tragedy of September 11, 2001, take this day to remember the children who perished on that fateful day. September 11 took the lives of 2,974 people, not including the 19 hijackers, an additional 24 people still remain listed as missing. Of those who lost their lives, 8 where […]

With memorials and various observations making headlines today, I will break with protocol and comment some of the legal ramifications of the war on terror. In response to the attacks against the Pentagon, the World Trade Center, and the failed attack that crashed in Pennsylvania, the Bush administration launched the “war on terror”; a military […]

Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn't commit. -Eli Khamarov, Lives of the Cognoscenti Every year at least 6 million children die from malnutrition, or malnutrition related causes every year, but there are low cost alternatives that could curb the number of deaths. The correlation between poverty and malnutrition is obvious to many, […]

Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation or APEC is a grouping of countries that is "the premier forum for facilitating economic growth, cooperation, trade and investment in the Asia-Pacific region."  APEC's 21 Member Economies are: Australia; Brunei Darussalam; Canada; Chile; People's Republic of China; Hong Kong, China; Indonesia; Japan; Republic of Korea; Malaysia; Mexico; New Zealand; Papua New […]

A report by the New York based Human Rights Watch states that Israel conducted indiscriminate air raids against Lebanese civilians during the July War with the military wing of Hezbollah. The report alleges that Israel acted with “reckless indifference” regarding the fate of civilians and questioned Israel's argument that Hezbollah was using civilians as human […]

Just when you think there isn't a toy left to be recalled…wham!…you get hit with another and then again another. So when will the recalls end? It seems as if they may not be going away anytime soon, as Mattel announced third Chinese toy recall just this past week. So as the kids head back […]