I'm on a short vacation now between the end of my daughter's school year and the beginning of day camp. We're in the Florida Keys and the whole experience makes one mindful of a number of things: technology, for one thing. Checking destinations and flights out on the web, making reservations by phone (the old […]
Charles Taylor once again boycotted his trial at The Hague today. He is claiming that he is not given fair representation for his trial after sacking his legal consul, claiming he was ‘outgunned’ by the prosecution. He is charged with 11 counts of war crimes for atrocities committed during the civil conflict in Sierra Leone […]
Education is a basic right for all children around the world, yet in the developing world there are almost two billion children, most of which are not receiving an a proper education, or any education at all. According to the Global Fund for Children one in five children, 120 to 125 million children, are not […]
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Saddam Hussein's cousin, known as “Chemical Ali”, was sentenced to death by hanging on Sunday for masterminding genocide against Iraq's Kurds in the 1980s, an Iraqi court said.
Isaac Kamali, a former senior member of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND) in Rwanda, was arrested trying to enter the United States. Kamali, who was detained in Philadelphia, is suspected of participating in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda where roughly a half-million Tutsi minorities were slaughtered. Interpol had issued a Red […]
After I posted last night, the Senate came back for a late session in which they approved a complete package. The final result was that the CAFE improvements were in, as was a huge boost in ethanol production and a requirement for ethanol use in vehicles, a frankly feel-good provision on price gouging was included, the tax […]
Tax Package , An excellent bit of legislation came to a screeching halt on the Senate floor early this afternoon. The Senate Finance Committee's tax package for energy (see my item on this in the previous post), and passed by them 14-6 just two days ago, was held from a final vote on the Senate […]
The United Nations Security Council approved an international independent investigation into the assassination of Walid Eido, an anti-Syrian lawmaker, in Lebanon. Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Siniora requested the UN's International Independent Investigation Commission (UNIIIC) to assist Lebanese officials into the investigation of Eido's murder. Security Council President, Ambassador Johan C. Verbeke of Belgium, stated in […]
Barry Commoner , The "NY Times" has a great offering this week in its science section: A Conversation With Barry Commoner – At 90, an Environmentalist From the '70s Still Has Hope. In my post from April 5, Renewable Energy, I wrote "When I read Barry Commoner's The Politics of Energy, published in 1979, I […]
UPDATE: As expected, charges were handed down to the defendants for 11 of the 14 counts today. BBC has more here. The Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) is expected to hand down its first convictions for war crimes today. Three former militia leaders are to be convicted on a 14-count indictment for crimes against […]
Photo by Mark Edwards In honor of today being International Refugee Day, I want to draw your attention to the millions of child refugees, who are parentless and alone in their struggle for safety and a home. For millions of children home is a word has very little meaning, or serves only as a painful […]
Dingell v Pelosi – This is from the Center for American Progress today: “Two senior House Democrats — facing opposition from their party’s top leader, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi — have abandoned their legislative effort to block California and a dozen other states from regulating greenhouse gases from cars and trucks.” Energy in the Senate […]
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