Nuon Chea, “Brother Number Two” of the Khmer Rouge regime, was arrested yesterday in his home in northeastern Cambodia. Cambodian special forces officers surrounded the 82-year old's home and served him with arrest warrants before he was taken to the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – the headquarters of the special tribunal there […]
People are always saying, “But, what can I do?”, well for all of you out there that think it's too hard, or too much effort to start making a difference, I’ve got a few things for you. Can you cook, or do you know someone who can? I think you are all nodding your heads […]
The Iraqi government said it would revoke the business license of the security firm, Blackwater USA, after a shotting incident following an attack on a U.S. State Department convoy. The Interior Ministry of Iraq alleges 11 people were killed “when Blackwater contractors opened fire at random after mortar rounds landed near the convoy”, a spokesman […]
I am often asked the question, “What do children think? Therefore I am looking to share their views, and hope that this post will only be the beginning of inspirational and thought provoking words from children. As they say, ‘From the mouths of babes!’: When asked, “What would you say if I told you their […]
As noted immediately below, a leading British Conservative Party voice on taxes has (eloquently) explicated their view on “green taxes” , here we’re calling them carbon taxes. I also pointed out John Dingell’s manifesto on this recently. See Big John. Now a leading Republican Party economist, N. Gregory Mankiw, has stated, and quite unequivocally, why […]
The United Nation Security Council voted to extend the term of Carla del Ponte, the chief prosecutor for Yugoslavian war crimes, until the end of the year. Russia had opposed the move, as they have strong cultural and diplomatic ties to Serbia, where many of the alleged criminals have originated. U.N. Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, […]
In Zimbabwe, youth militia camps may close due to poor economic conditions. The camps conditions have been declining, leaving the children in poor living conditions and with an inadequate diet. ‘Washington Katema, national coordinator of the 300,000-strong Zimbabwe National Students Union (ZINASU), told IRIN, “the national youth programme is essentially an extension of the ruling […]
Well, over there you have three major political parties fighting and clawing with each other to prove who’s got the better energy and environmental plans. Over here, you’ve got two parties who seem to compete with each other at times to see who can hold us back. I quoted Bill McKibben in my inaugural post […]
In the immortal words of Daffy Duck: "What a revolting development this is!" In a depressing "NY Times" article from yesterday, Hopes Dim for Measures to Conserve Energy, we are told "The prospect of a comprehensive energy package's emerging from Congress this fall is rapidly receding, held up by technical hurdles and policy disputes between […]
No one is ever too small to have an impact on the life of a child! Your effect on a child, and the world around, is bigger than you think. For a small action can often have an even longer lasting effect. So start to share your impact today…discuss some of the topics and stories […]
An Ethiopian rebel group is urging the international community to intervene to avoid another “African genocide” at the hands of the central government there. The Ogaden National Liberation Front (ONLF) said in a statement that the Ethiopian government was sanctioning war crimes in the Ogaden region of Ethiopia, near the border with Somalia. A United […]
For the first time in recorded history (since 1960), the child morality rate has dropped below 10 million, now at 9.7 million. If birth rates remained the same as in 1960, when child morality was at 20 million, the actual rate for child morality would be somewhere around 25 million. This dramatic decrease in child […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Pentagon on Thursday released an audio recording of a hearing for al Qaeda suspect Khalid Sheikh Mohammed at Guantanamo Bay but cut some remarks made by the self-declared mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks. Audio is available here.
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. […]