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From Oil to Renewables

Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber | Posted 02.05.2013 | World
Read More: Energy, COP 18, Middle East, Renewable Energy, Abu Dhabi, Clean Energy, United Arab Emirates, Climate Change, UK World, UK Environment, World News
Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber

Climate change is not only a crisis, but an opportunity. While some people may find it ironic that countries like Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are making massive investments in renewable energy, we think it is absolutely fitting and a logical step.

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Passenger Plane Carrying 127 People Crashes Near Islamabad

Posted 04.20.2012 | World
Read More: Pakistan Crash, Islamabad Plane Crash, Video, UK News, Pakistan Air Crash, UK World, Pakistan Plane Crash, Islamabad Crash, World News

A passenger plane carrying 127 people has crashed into a residential area on its approach to Islamabad International Airport in Pakistan. The Bhoja...

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Are you Rich Enough to Be a Conscientious Objector?

Berke Alkan | Posted 03.09.2012 | Home
Read More: Turkey, Pail Military Service, Conscientious Objectors, Turkey Conscription, UK World, Festus Okey, National Service, Home News
Berke Alkan

It's been long time since my last blog was published on The Huffington Post. The reason why I haven't posted a new one until now is not that I was sca...

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Sorry Ron Paul, "End the Fed" Is Just Another Republican Plan to Help the Financial Sector and Hurt Everyone Else

Kyle Victor | Posted 02.26.2012 | Politics
Read More: 2012 Presidential Election, UK Impact, Economics, UK World, Inflation, 2012 Republican Candidates, Ron Paul, Monetary Policy, Debate Mate, Rick Perry, 2012 Election, Elections 2012, Politics News
Kyle Victor

Many liberals, myself included, have long harbored some sympathy for Ron Paul. I suspect that this is not only because of his refusal to follow the neo-conservatives on issues like civil liberties, but also because the man, like a squirrel, has always seemed so very harmless.

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Britain And Ireland Ordered Not To Send Asylum Seekers Back to Greece

PA | Posted 12.21.2011 | Home
Read More: UK Immigration, UK News, UK World, Eu, UK Politics, Home News

Britain and Ireland have been told they cannot send asylum seekers back to Greece because of the country's inadequate asylum arrangements. A Europe...

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The Future's Orange...The Future's Orange Business Services

Monty Munford | Posted 02.14.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Orange Business Services, India, Aquant, Tsunami, Delhi, UK World, Orange, UK Travel, UK Tech, Gurgaon, Obs, UK Tech News
Monty Munford

It's not every day that I am presented with a silk scarf, have to negotiate a terrestrial design of lotus flowers and have a bindi plastered to the mi...

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Red Cross: Gamers Safe From War Crimes Prosecution

AP | Posted 12.08.2011 | Weird News
Read More: Video, Ihl, Hague Convention, UK News, Human Rights, Weird News, Geneva Convention, Red Cross, UK World, Modern Warfare, Weird Video Games, Gaming, Video Games, International Humanitarian Law, Weird News News

(ASSOCIATED PRESS) GENEVA -- Gamers worried their actions on the virtual battlefield could land them at the Hague war crimes tribunal can relax. Th...

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Some Prayers Last Longer Than Others

Haroon Moghul | Posted 01.06.2012 | Religion
Read More: Festival-of-Sacrifice, Islam, Abraham, Arafat, Slidepollajax, Eid 2011, Eid-Al-Adha-2011, Eid Al-Adha, Eid Ul Adha, UK, UK World, Religion News
Haroon Moghul

Time and again, Abraham is asked to sacrifice like no normal person is, or could be. He is asked to abandon, or take the life of his child, and God in each case intervenes. God saves. God guides.

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This Is Africa: A Rwandan Food Diary

Amy Dawson | Posted 11.13.2011 | UK
Read More: Rwanda, Foodie Travel, Global Food Prices, UK World, Africa, Uganda, Food Prices, African Farming, Journalism, UK News
Amy Dawson

I'm writing this from a guesthouse in the Rwandan capital Kigali, watching the last scraps of sunlight drip down onto the city. And as a young journalist on her first big expedition, I can't pretend it doesn't give me a thrill just to write that location down.

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