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Street Children

Street Children

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.

US, France, and Britian expect ratification of Lebanon tribunal at UN today.

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…

The children that will never be…

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.

US President orders new sanctions against Sudan.

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

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

Are Girls still Marginalized? Discrimination and Gender Inequality Today

“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.

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

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Happy Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day!

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Great Articles on Childrens Issues in Central Asia

I highly recommend that you read two of my esteemed fellow writer's, Bonnie Boyd's, posts on the Central Asia Blog. Central Asia: Iodized salt and children's health, which looks at the Xinjiang province of China and the governments efforts to eradicate iodine deficiency's in children. Tajikistan: 64% poverty, and portents for more, the post looks […]

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Good Grief, More Carbon Markets

So, earlier this week I dropped in to the Carbon Finance & Investment Summit , "Where Carbon Players Come To Do Business."  Okay.  I sat in on two sessions:  Carbon Funds' Plans And Strategies In The Carbon Space and Private Equity And Hedge Funds' Plans And Strategies In The Carbon Space.  Of the twelve worthy […]

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Have a Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Have a Happy Memorial Day Weekend!

Photo by ArtLex Memorial Day was established as a day to remember those who served and died to give us our freedom and protect our country and rights. As families and friends around the US gather this weekend for picnics, parties, a day on the boat, a day at the beach or a good old […]

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Africa and Climate Change

My colleague, Derek Catsam, has been doing some great work on Africa. One of his latest posts is on Africa and Climate Change. See some of the important themes he's developing, including Capetown as a "green" city. While you're visiting, read up on some of the many important issues associated with Africa and Derek's astute […]

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U.N. expert faults U.S. on human rights in terror laws

By Evelyn Leopold UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – The United States apparently violated international law in its military tribunals by using coercion to extract confessions and writing counter-terrorism laws that restrict immigration on questionable grounds, a U.N. investigator said on Friday.

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"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." – Frederick Douglass

"Knowledge makes a man unfit to be a slave." – Frederick Douglass

Yet with infinite knowledge we still enslave not only men, but mere children!

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Lebanon Tribunal to Get Vote Next Week, UN Ambassador Says

Lebanon Tribunal to Get Vote Next Week, UN Ambassador Says

The US Ambassador to the United Nations, Zalmay Khalilzad, is pressing for a vote on the establishment of a special tribunal to investigate the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister, Rafik al-Hariri. The current Lebanese prime minister, Fouad Siniora, formally requested the establishment of the tribunal on May 14. The draft resolution circulated by Britain, […]

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