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Global Food Security: An Uphill Battle That Must Be Won

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 01.14.2012

Read More: World Population, Farming, Hunger, Poverty, Africa, Millenium Development Goals, Global Brief, United Nations, Kofi Annan, Stanford University, Subsidies, Un, Freeman Spogli Institute?S Center on Food Security and the Environment, Food Security, Cash Crops, World News
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

This past Thursday, on the 10th of November 2011, former U.N. Secretary-General, Kofi Annan delivered a speech at Stanford University on the occasion ...

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Iran's Nuclear Crisis: Why ICC Ratification Could Help Ease Tensions and Avert War

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Henry Kissinger, War With Iran, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ICC Ratification, President Obama, US-Iran Relations, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Iranian Elections, Iran; ICC; Nuclear; Obama; IAEA; Mousavi, Iran-Iraq War, International Atomic Energy Agency, Hezbollah, Hamas, Iran Nuclear Weapons, Barack Obama, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, Islamic Republic of Iran, 1979 Revolution, Rome Statute, Global Brief, Iran's Nuclear Program, Unnecessary-War-With-Iran, Benjamin Disraeli, Fereiydoun Hoveyda, Iran Nuclear Program, Cyrus Cylinder, Israel Iran, International Criminal Court, Islamic Law, Convention on the Rights of the Child, World News
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

Increasing sanctions coupled with a record of reliance on aggressive language, inflexible positions and the overhanging threat of war have only served to toughen Iranian resolve.

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Mandela & South Africa: Inspirations for Freedom

Sam Sasan Shoamanesh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: South African Economy, South Africa, International Mandela Day, Nelson Mandela, Colonialism, President Obama, Global Brief, Freedom, African National Congress, Banki Moon, Democracy, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Freedom Charter, Reconciliation, World News
Sam Sasan Shoamanesh

Nelson Mandela's personal life story and moving declarations have resonated with people from all walks of life and in all countries, giving hope wherever oppression reigns.

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