The White House
June 1, 2007 3 min. read

No matter how you slice it, global warming or climate change, according to a news search on Google, U.S. President George Bush's announcement yesterday got a lot of attention.  There are over a thousand stories on Bush and either "climate change" or "global warming."  From Bangkok to Bloomington, from Vladivostok to Vincennes, what the White […]

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Top aide to Ratko Mladic arrested for war crimes in Serbia.
June 1, 2007 2 min. read

Zdravko Tolimir, a former intelligence officer and senior aide to Ratko Mladic, was arrested in Bosnia yesterday.  Tolimer was considered the third most wanted war crimes fugitive after Mladic and Radovan Karadzic.  He was arrested near the border with Serbia after a major sweep of the area by anti-terrorist units of both the Bosnia and […]

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"Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent." – Issac Asimov
June 1, 2007 1 min. read

It is the children who suffer most from the violence of war and hate!

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Green Power Conferences
May 31, 2007 1 min. read

This events firm, "established in 2003 by a team of professional, environmentally aware event experts," have held conferences with over 4,000 attendees from 76 countries.  You should check out their upcoming events and visit their "live" blog from the conference they're holding now in London.  They've got interesting content, including some "vlogs."  One post, "7 […]

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War Crimes Charges Sought in Journalists Deaths.
May 31, 2007 3 min. read

An Australian coroner has been told by an Australian inquiry to refer two individuals for war crimes prosecution for the murder of five Australian journalists during the invasion of East Timor in 1975. The so-called "Balibo five" were allegedly killed while attempting to surrender to Indonesian troops. According to witness testimony supplied by senior lawyers […]

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Street Children
May 31, 2007 6 min. read

Photo by Travel Blogs   The problem of homelessness, poverty and street children faces every country and should concern us all. The United Nations estimates that their are over 150 million street children world wide. Whether the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Mumbai, Free Town, Bucharest or New York, the problems children face on the […]

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US, France, and Britian expect ratification of Lebanon tribunal at UN today.
May 30, 2007 3 min. read

The United Nations Security Council is to vote on the creation of an international tribunal to prosecute individuals suspected of involvement in the assassination of the former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik al-Hariri. The US, France, and Britain expect to get the 9 votes needed to pass the resolution despite apprehension by Russia and China, who […]

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The children that will never be…
May 30, 2007 1 min. read

Photo by Hobo Traveler They look so young, so innocent as they lie sleeping Held so tightly together, with their faces finally erased of worry Almost snug looking, half buried in rags on their concrete bed But this peacefulness will end all too soon For when sleep wears from their eyes it will reveal pain […]

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US President orders new sanctions against Sudan.
May 29, 2007 3 min. read

US President George W. Bush unveiled a new set of sanctions against the Sudanese government in a speech today. Mr. Bush made his speech ahead of next weeks G8 summit in Europe. The new sanctions are intended to influence the Sudanese to ends its blockade against humanitarian aid and an amendment to the African Union […]

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Green Tech, Low Tech, Clean Tech, New Tech
May 29, 2007 5 min. read

I continue to be fascinated by the burgeoning of all sorts of new approaches to generating energy and saving energy.  I mentioned in my post from May 16 on the Large Cities Summit that George David, the CEO of United Technologies, had some fascinating things to say about using energy and the potential for radically […]

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Are Girls still Marginalized? Discrimination and Gender Inequality Today
May 29, 2007 9 min. read

“The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, “It’s a girl.’” -Shirley Chisholm Over half of the worlds population is female, yet they unjustly receive an unfair balance in life from conception. Not one society is spared from it’s second class treatment of the female population. No matter how long […]

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BBC Feature on Columbian Drug Cartels.
May 28, 2007 1 min. read

I wrote on Columbia the other day. The BBC has a featurette on the drug culture there.

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