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The New EU Presidency - Contenders And Odds (PHOTOS, POLL)

Huffington Post | Adam Taylor | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

Read More: Mary Robinson, European Council President, Jan Peter Balkenende, Paavo Lipponen, European Parliament, European Commission, Tony Blair European Union, Herman Van Rompuy, Slidepoll, European President, Vaira Vike-Freiberga, European Union, Europe, Jean-Claude Juncker, World News

This Thursday, the European Council is expected to announce their first-ever elected President. However, with a baffling selection process taking pl...

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Vancouver, Multicultural Gateway To The World

Sunil Chacko | Posted 10.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Yu-Ai, Prime Minister of Japan Dr. Hatoyama, F.H. Abed, Ashutosh Garg, Eckhardt Tolle, Betty Williams, Dr. Sunil Chacko, Nobel Prize Winners, Victor Chan, Jody Williams, Murray Gell-Mann, Sewa, Swanee Hunt, Fetzer Institute, Mairead Corrigan Maguire, Former Prime Minister Kim Campbell, Mary Robinson, The Dalai Lama, Peter Buffett, Governor General Jean, Sir Ken Robinson, California First Lady Maria Shriver, Xiaolian Hu Deputy Governor Chinese Central Bank, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, John and Lotte Hecht Memorial Foundation, Warren Buffett, Pierre Omidyar, Dr. Hal Gunn, Vancouver Board of Trade, Ela Bhatt, United Nations, Living News

Compassion, forgiveness and interdependence were major themes at the dialogue. The reality that despite outward differences humanity is largely the same was brought home by Nobel Peace Prize Winner Archbishop Desmond Tutu

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New Charter for Compassion Website to Launch Sunday

Amy Novogratz | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Mary Robinson, Ted, Karen Armstrong, The Golden Rule, TED Prize, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, World News

TED winner Karen Armstrong and the Dalai Lama will call on the world to begin the world-wide, grass-roots movement to restore compassion to the center of religious, moral and political life.

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The Goldstone Report: Three Strikes and You're Out!

David Harris | Posted 11.18.2009 | World

By the time the Goldstone mission "considered" Israel's entry into Gaza, the result was a foregone conclusion. Context? No way. Balance? Forget about it. The verdict? Already in

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AIPAC's Proxy War on Obama

James Zogby | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Mary Robinson, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Medal of Freedom, Barack Obama, President Obama, Aipac, Anti-Defamation League, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Politics News

Despite the harshness of the AIPAC and ADL attacks, and the hurt, no doubt, they have brought to Mary Robinson, I am convinced that this entire episode had less to do with her than it does with the President.

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Medals Of Freedom: Obama Honors Ted Kennedy, Harvey Milk And 14 Others

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Harvey Milk, Ted Kennedy, Sandra Day O'Connor, Billie Jean King, Sidney Poitier, Chita Rivera, Mary Robinson, Janet Davison Rowley, Desmond Tut, Muhammed Yunus, Joe Medicine Crow, Joseph Medicine Crow, Joseph Lowery, Stephen Hawking, Jack Kemp, Pedro Jose Greer, Nancy Brinker, Nancy Goodman Brinker, Politics News

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will award the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 16 people, including political ally Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, ...

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From Climate Science to Climate Justice: Climate Change a Symptom of Man's Inhumanity to Man

Sanjay Khanna | Posted 08.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Change, G-8, Law, Greed, Carbon Emissions, United Nations, Ireland, Globalization, United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), Mary Robinson, Human Rights, Climate Justice, Green Technology, Recession Fears, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, Seattle, Green News

The salient and problematic underlying political reality is that it climate change the culmination of longstanding processes of colonization and realpolitik.

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Stories To Live By, Thanks To "The Elders"

Julia Moulden | Posted 01.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Mary Robinson, Holidays, Peter Gabriel, Christmas, Richard Branson, Jimmy Carter, New Radicals, Gro Harlem Brundtland, Desmond Tutu, The Council of Elders, Kelly Toughill, Graca Machel, The Giving Life, Living News

People around the world tell stories at this time of year - around the table, by reading aloud to one another, and through song. These tales are a way...

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Speak Up for Human Rights: The Price of Silence is Much Too High

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Argentina's Dirty War, Alicia Partnoy, Emmanuel Jal, Breaking Entertainment News, War on Terror, Link TV, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Guantanamo, United Nations, Eleanor Roosevelt, UN General Assembly, International Law, Samuel Kofi Woods, Child Soldier, Barack Obama, Amnesty International, Mary Robinson, Patriot Act, Human Rights, The Price of Silence, Sudan, Music Has No Enemies, Itunes, Torture, 100 Days, Entertainment News

In an effort to rally attention to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Amnesty International is releasing the international song and video, The Price of Silence.

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The Ideal Combination for President: Women Governors

Laura Liswood | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Mary Robinson, Patrick Healey, Kathleen Sibelius, Women, Jennifer Granholm, Governor Paterson, Janet Napolitano, Linda Lingle, Obama, Mccain, T.D. Jakes, Governor, Politics News

McCain or Obama will be only the third president in history to go directly from the Senate to the White House. To me, women governors are more likely to possess the skills senators have to acquire.

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