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Bangkok Climate Talks: Leaders Warn Time Running Out For Climate Deal

AP | MICHAEL CASEY | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Hu Jintao, Copenhagen, Obama, Climate Talks, Waxman-Markey Climate Bill, China, Global Warming, Bangkok, Climate Change, U.N., Emissions, Un, Greenhouse Gas Pollution, Climate Bill, Politics News

BANGKOK — The United Nations on Monday warned world leaders they have only 70 days to reach a new deal to limit global warming, while environmen...

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U.S. Seeking Tougher Sanctions Against Iran

The New York Times | MARK LANDLER | Posted 11.27.2009 | World

Read More: Khamenei, Qom, Trade, Sanctions, Obama, Oil, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Ahmadinejad, Embargo, Robert Gates, Nuclear Weapons, U.N., Tehran, Israel, Un, Iaea, World News

The Obama administration is scrambling to assemble a package of harsher economic sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program that could include a ...

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Taliban's Diverse Funding Might Make It Impossible To Restrict Cash Flow

Washington Post | Craig Whitlock | Posted 11.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: White House, Kabul, Cia, Black List, Taxes, Pakistan, Gen. McChrystal, Obama, Iraq, Treasury Blacklists, CIA Blacklists, Afghanistan War, Pakistan Military, Donations, Iran, Nato, Black Listed, Mcchrystal, Funding, U.N., Opium, Iraq War, Taliban, Afghanistan, Un, Insurgency, Donors, Politics News

KABUL -- The Taliban-led insurgency has built a fundraising juggernaut that generates cash from such an array of criminal rackets, donations, taxes, s...

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Israel Tells US, Time To Act On Iran

AP | IAN DEITCH | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

Read More: Netanyahu, White House, Jerusalem, United Nations, Obama, U.S., Barack Obama, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Benjamin Netanyahu, Nuclear Weapons, Nuclear Facility, Avigdor Lieberman, Tehran, Military, Israel, Un, Us, Strike, Ahmadinejade, World News

JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged the U.S. to take action over a newly revealed Iranian nuclear facility in a phone co...

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Israel Is More Than Real

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.26.2009 | World

Read More: Iran, Israel, Nuclear Weapons, Middle Eastern Peace Process, U.N., Palestinians, World News

If Emanuel and Axelrod are "self-hating Jews," then I'll take more of them.

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The U.N.May Have Jumped the Shark

Francine Hardaway | Posted 11.25.2009 | World

Read More: Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, Gadhafi, United Nations, Muammar Gaddafi, Qaddafi, Muammar El-Qaddafi, Kaddafi, Moammar Gadhafi, Un, Moamer Kadhafi, World News

Is the UN outdated, bloated, and over? I suspect so. By having meetings with dictators, we are showcasing people who would be marginalized if we didn't bring them an audience of global media.

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U.N. Security Council Calls For Nuclear Disarmament At Historic Summit Chaired By Obama

AP | CHARLES J. HANLEY | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: UN Nuclear, Obama Nuclear, Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Un, Un Security Council Nuclear, UN General Assembly, UN Security Council, World News

UNITED NATIONS — With President Barack Obama presiding, the U.N. Security Council on Thursday unanimously endorsed a sweeping strategy aimed at ...

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Why Dictators Tend to Babble

Lionel Beehner | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Unga, Dictators, Moammar Gadhafi, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad, U.N., Ahmadinejad UN, Gadhafi UN Speech, World News

Moammar Gadhafi droned on for 90 minutes yesterday in rambling prose barely befitting a head of state. Later, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also gave long-winded remarks.

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Team Earth Campaign Brings Together Harrison Ford, the President of Guyana, CEOs, and a Life-Size Origami Forest

ThienVinh Nguyen | Posted 11.24.2009 | Green

As a "global sustainability movement" that'll include just about everyone - from educators to scientists to businesses to non-profits and little kids - Team Earth's first campaign centers on tackling deforestation.

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Ahmadinejad Kicks Diversion Efforts into High Gear

Melody Moezzi | Posted 11.23.2009 | World

Read More: Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Un Gaza, Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, Quds Day, Islam, Khamenei, Hypocrisy, UN General Assembly, Iran Election, World, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, World News, Un General Assembly 2009, Mir Hossein Mousavi, Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran Opposition, Ahmadinejad, Islamic Republic of Iran, Iranian Election, Israel, Zionism, Un, Iran Protests, Mousavi, Iranian Election 2009, World News

In the lead-up to his speech at the UN General Assembly in New York on Wednesday, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is up to his old tricks. And sadly, the global community seems to be falling for them.

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Obama, Other World Leaders Speaking At UN: LIVE VIDEO

Posted 11.23.2009 | World

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President Obama is speaking, along with other world leaders, at the UN. Watch live via the MSNBC player below. WATCH: Visit msnbc.com for B...

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Few Watch Ahmadinejad on Kimmel

Andy Borowitz | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Borowitz Report, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Andy Borowitz, United Nations General Assembly, Jimmy Kimmel Live, U.N. General Assembly, U.N., United Nations, Jimmy Kimmel, Iran, Abc, Los Angeles, Comedy News

Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is reportedly "furious" that few viewers watched his appearance last night on ABC's Jimmy Kimmel Live!.

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Bigger Than Africa

Jonathan Greenblatt | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Un, Technology, Cgi, United Nations, Water, Africa, Water Security, Water Scarcity, Green News

The water and sanitation crisis in many parts of the world as a whole is hard to fathom, and mainly because it is completely preventable.

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UN Summit On Climate Change Liveblog

treehugger.com | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: UN General Assembly, Liveblogging, Un, Climate Change, Un Climate Summit, Green News

Everyone's waiting for this one.... More so than Obama (at least in the press room). Speaking through interpreter: Climate change is a major challe...

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New York Climate Week: Taking Stock Of The City

nytimes.com | Kate Galbraith | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Climate Week Nyc, UN General Assembly, NYC Climate Week, Un, Climate Change, Green News

This week environmentalists, business executives, global leaders and even filmmakers are descending on New York City as it hosts two major events: the...

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Sri Lanka's New UN Ambassador Says Sri Lanka Has a New Circle of Friends in the East

Anuradha K. Herath | Posted 11.15.2009 | World

Read More: Palitha Kohona, World, United Nations, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Civil War, Un, Sri Lanka Allies, Sri Lanka Violence, World News

Palitha Kohona says that as western countries began to pull away from Sri Lanka during the height of violence in the country, the government turned to new friendships in the east.

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Afghanistan Election: Abdullah Abdullah Calls For Criminal Inquiry Into Vote Rigging

Times Online | James Hider in Kabul | Posted 11.13.2009 | World

Read More: Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Independent Elections Commission, Abdullah Abdullah, U.N., Afghanistan Election, Afghan Election, Inquiry, Voter Fraud, Probe, World News

Afghanistan's opposition leader has called for a criminal investigation into allegations of massive vote rigging in last month's elections -- and accu...

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Afghan Election: Pressure Mounts For Karzai To Strike A Deal

The Observer | Declan Walsh | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

Read More: Power-Share, Abdullah Abdullah, Hamid Karzai, Kabul, Afghan Election Commission, U.S. Troops, Power-Sharing, Afghanistan War, Recount, Election Monitors, Runoff, Islamabad, U.N., Afghanistan Election, Taliban, Ballots, Voter Fraud, World News

Five US soldiers were among dozens killed in a wave of violence in Afghanistan as pressure grew on President Hamid Karzai last night to strike a power...

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U.S. Envoy Arrives In Israel To Kick Start Mideast Peace Talks

AP | Posted 11.12.2009 | World

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JERUSALEM — U.S. Mideast peace envoy George Mitchell is in Israel to try and kick start Israeli-Palestinian talks before the two sides meet at t...

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Afghanistan Election: Partial Recount Ordered By U.N.-Backed Panel

AP | JASON STRAZIUSO and HEIDI VOGT | Posted 11.08.2009 | World

Read More: Recount, Kabul, Abdullah Abdullah, Recount Ordered, U.N., Independent Electoral Commission, Voter Fraud, Afghan Election, Karzai, World News

KABUL — A U.N.-backed commission found "convincing evidence" of fraud Tuesday in Afghanistan's presidential election and ordered a recount of su...

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Chuck Hagel: Iraq And Afghanistan Aren't Ours To Win Or Lose

The Washington Post | Chuck Hagel | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Pentagon, Afghanistan, Veteran, 9/11, Obama Administration, Taliban, Chuck Hagel, Afghanistan War, Sen. Hagel, September 11, Iraq War, Wwii, Nato, Gop, Vietnam, Un, Single Issue Engagement, Iraq, Politics News

These wars have cost more than 5,100 American lives; more than 35,000 have been wounded; a trillion dollars has been spent, with billions more departi...

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Germany, France reinforce Iran sanctions threat

AP | GEIR MOULSON | Posted 10.16.2009 | World

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BERLIN — Germany and France on Monday reinforced a call for Iran to respond to concerns about its nuclear program in September or face tougher s...

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Show Me the Money! Using Your Capital To Save The World At This Year's SOCAP Conference

Julia Moulden | Posted 09.29.2009 | Living

What's up? It's the second annual SOCAP conference, the world's premiere social capital markets event (social capital investments incorporate three kinds of returns: financial, social, and environmental).

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