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An American In Paris

Amb. Marc Ginsberg | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Democratic Convention, Paris, Iran, Sarkozy, Middle East, Berlin, United Nations, Israel, Iraq, Mccain, Obama, Afghanistan, Presidential Campaign, Democrats, Merkel, Politics News
Amb. Marc Ginsberg

From Kabul to Baghdad to Jerusalem, in Berlin and now in Paris, Obama's conduct abroad has earned him the right to be considered a respected presumptive commander-in-chief.

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War Is Over (If Maliki Wants It)

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.16.2008 | Politics

Read More: October Surprise, Timetable, United Nations, Sovereignty, Iraq, Campaign, War Is Over if You Want It, Withdrawal, Bush, Iran, 2008, Sofa, Bridge Agreement, War Is Over, 2008 Campaign, Un, Status of Forces Agreement, Prime Minister, John McCain, Time Horizon, Yoko Ono, War, 2008 Elections, Democracy, 08, 2008 Election, Agreement, Barack Obama, Election, 08 Election, Elections, John Lennon, 08 Campaign, Sovereign, Bridge, Sadr, 2008 Presidential Race, Bilateral, Purple Finger, Nouri Al Maliki, Aspirational Goal, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Without a microscopic examination of the seething cauldron of Iraqi partisan politics, it's safe to say that Maliki knows which way the wind is blowing. The Iraqi people want to know -- "when is the U.S. leaving?"

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Fault Lines Emanating From Zimbabwe

Joe Lauria | Posted 07.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, Zalmay Khalilzad, Sudan, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe, United Nations, Russia, Zimbabwe Elections, China, Robert Mugabe, Sanctions, Africa, Diplomacy, Politics News
Joe Lauria

The vetoed sanctions resolution against Zimbabwe at the Security Council has exposed international tensions that divide the West from Africa, Russia from the West and the US from South Africa.

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Next Toyota Prius to Be Built in US, But "Karoshi," or Death By Overwork," Tempers the Company' s Announcement

Steve Parker | Posted 07.11.2008 | Business

Read More: Energy, Toyota Camry, Karoshi, United Nations, Kentucky, San Antonio, Toyota, Honda, Blue Spring, Japan, Toyota Prius, Solar Panels, Environment, Death by Work, Mississippi, Health, Kyocera, Nagoya, Tupelo, Business News
Steve Parker

Trying to make death by overwork acceptable to any society, because survivors are able to get some monetary benefit is ridiculous, repulsive and outrageous.

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Darfur: Searching for a Peace Process

John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

Read More: Mediation, Darfur Sudan, Sudan, Africa, United Nations, Genocide, Home News
John Prendergast and Colin Thomas-Jensen

To anyone tracking the international community's muddled efforts to broker peace in Darfur, last week's decision to appoint a new mediator, Burkina Fa...

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G8 Leaders Endorse 50% Emmisions Cut, but With No Specific Targets

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.08.2008 | Green

Read More: G8, The Environmentalist, Emission Standards, Politics, United Nations, George W. Bush, C02 Levels, Global Warming, Climate Change, Environment, Nasa, Green News, Yasuo Fukuda, c02, Green News
Janet Ritz

The G8 Statement's lack of requiring that carbon emissions reduction targets be met was seen as a result of US resistance, and will doubtless raise questions among both environmentalists and businesses.

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James Hansen's Warning to the G8: We've Exceeded Safe C02 Levels

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.07.2008 | Green

Read More: Nasa, The Environmentalist, Japanese Prime Minister, United Nations, Dr. James Hansen, C02 Levels, Yasuo Fakuda, Climate Tipping Points, United Nations Climate Change, Columbia University, Tipping Point, Kyoto Protocol, Environment, James Hansen, Goddard Institute on Space Sciences, Climate Change, Japan, c02, Global Warming, G8, Green News
Janet Ritz

Hansen opens with current climate status: the loss of sea ice, the approaching tipping points, the effects on people and wildlife, the unstoppable sea level rise, shifting of climate zones and more.

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US Wants UN Sanctions For Mugabe, Zimbabwe

AP | DONNA BRYSON | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Elections, United Nations, African Union, UN Sanctions on Zimbabwe, Politics News

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — The U.S. pressed fellow U.N. Security Council members Wednesday to impose sanctions to push for change in Zimbabwe,...

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A Triangle of Human Suffering

Mia Farrow | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Russia, Car Genocide, Darfur Genocide, Chad, United Nations, Central African Republic, Darfur, Third World Countries, Lord's Resistance Army, Car, Genocide, Africa, Lra, China, Politics News
Mia Farrow

As long as we are more concerned about protecting the interests of governments and businesses than protecting people from needless suffering and death, tragedies like those in Darfur and Chad will continue.

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No Armed Interventions in Zimbabwe

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Security First, Zimbabwe, United Nations, 2008 Presidential Race, Global Triage, Peacekeeping, Morality and Foreign Policy, Darfur, Sudan, Humanitarian Intervention, Genocide, Mugabe, Zimbabwe Violence, Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Politics News
Amitai Etzioni

The opposition to the government of Mugabe just called for the African nations to send peacekeepers to Zimbabwe. Given that there is no peace there, the troops are in effect called to impose one.

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Supreme Court ruling on child rape strikes a blow to human rights.

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 06.30.2008 | Living

Read More: Justice Kennedy, Supreme Court, Capital Punishment, Child Rape, Harvard University, Rape of a Child, United Nations, Alan Dershowitz, Dershowitz, Crc, Sexual Abuse, Spitzer, Perpetrator, Child Sexual Abuse, Living News
Michealene Cristini Risley

Last Wednesday the Supreme Court ruled, 5 to 4, that sentencing someone to death for raping a child is unconstitutional. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy s...

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Semiquaver Rest

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Public Health, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS Africa, Bronx, South Africa, New York City, United Nations, Politics News
Lapham's Quarterly

With an estimated 1.2 million Americans living with HIV, the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS reports that the U.S. is home to "one of the largest HIV epidemics in the world."

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The African Wall of Silence Must Crumble: My Exchange with Thabo Mbeki Over Zimbabwe

Joe Lauria | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: South Africa, Zimbabwe, Mugabe, United Nations, Mbeki, Dicatatorship, Abacha, Mandela, Politics News
Joe Lauria

Thabo Mbeki hides behind his mediator status to steadfastly refuse to criticize his comrade Robert Mugabe, despite the mounting state violence against the opposition in Zimbabwe.

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Mugabe "Campaign Of Violence" Destroying Zimbabwe: UN Declaration

AP | ANGUS SHAW | Posted 06.24.2008 | Politics

Read More: Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe Elections, Zimbabwe Violence, United Nations, UN Security Council, Politics News

HARARE, Zimbabwe — President Robert Mugabe refused Tuesday to give into pressure from Africa and the West, saying the world can "shout as loud a...

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UN Needs to Lead New Uganda Peace Strategy

John Prendergast | Posted 06.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Uganda, Joaquim Chissano, Joseph Kony, Africa, United Nations, Lord's Resistance Army, Lra, Politics News
John Prendergast

The Lord's Resistance Army is creating havoc and abducting children in four countries in central Africa. A new strategy is needed to end the ongoing threat they pose to international peace and security.

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500,000 Iraqi Refugees In 2007: Report

AP | WILLIAM C. MANN | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Warwire, Iraq War, War in Iraq, Refugees, Iraq War Refugees, United Nations, War Refugees, Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Iraqi Refugees in Jordan, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A half-million Iraqis fled their embattled country in 2007, the third consecutive year more Iraqis were displaced than any other na...

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The Secret New York Alternative to a Tranquil Summer Beach House

Michelle Haimoff | Posted 06.18.2008 | Living

Read More: Stress, Walking, New York City Architecture, Summer, Museums, United Nations, Sculpture, Architecture, Vacation, Travel, New York City, Family, Gardens, Relaxation, Living News
Michelle Haimoff

Here are six places in Manhattan where you're unlikely to run into anyone you know and where, for once, you might actually be able to hear yourself think.

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No More Negotiations

Adam Elkus | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lord's Resistance Army, Uganda, Peacekeeping, Joseph Kony, Africa, War Crimes, United Nations, Politics News
Adam Elkus

Uganda hasn't attracted the attention of any celebrities, but the cult-like Lord's Resistance Army has raped, mutilated, and killed thousands of the nation's citizens.

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Sudan and the Security Council: Accountability or Appeasement?

John Prendergast | Posted 06.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, UN Security Council, Sudan, United Nations, Genocide, Politics News
John Prendergast

Today I briefed the Security Council alongside a growing constituency of human rights activists who spoke truth to power: in Sudan, the credibility of the Security Council is on the line.

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Why The Democracy League Won't Work

Stephen Schlesinger | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Darfur, McCain League of Democracies, John McCain, Community of Nations, Ivo Daalder, United Nations, League of Democracies, Anthony Lake, Fareed Zakaria, Madeleine Albright, Politics News
Stephen Schlesinger

This idea has been put forth both by Democrats and, most famously, by Republican presidential candidate, John McCain.

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Which Member of the Security Council Will Lead the Way?

Mia Farrow | Posted 06.14.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, Darfur, Darfur Genocide, George W. Bush, Costa Rica, Genocide, United Nations, International Relations, Un, Costa Rica Darfur, Foreign Policy, Cowardice, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics News
Mia Farrow

Who threw their full support to the International Criminal Court in its attempts to finally bring a measure of justice to Darfur's people? The United States? France? England? Nope.

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Darkening Continent?

Lapham's Quarterly | Posted 06.13.2008 | Politics

Read More: Diamonds, Environment, King Solomon's Mines, Africa, Climate Change, United Nations, Politics News
Lapham's Quarterly

Though diamonds still excite the most headlines about the political and environmental degradation of Africa, a new atlas illuminates the toll the most recent four decades of exploitation have taken on the continent.

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Africa is No More "Overpopulated" Than Iraq Was a Haven for WOMD: Do the Math

Georgianne Nienaber | Posted 06.13.2008 | Green

Read More: United Nations, National Geographic, Africa, Oil, Conservation, Minerals, Congo, Strategic Interests, Depopulation Politics, Green News
Georgianne Nienaber

Africa is no more the "Dark Continent" and overpopulated than Iraq was a haven for weapons of mass destruction. I just hate it when I am bamboozled...

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World Bank Prices First Carbon Offset Bond

Reuters | Posted 06.11.2008 | Green

Read More: United Nations Climate Change, Carbon Offset Credits, World Bank Carbon Bond, Climate Change, United Nations, World Bank, Certified Emissions Reduction Credits, Global Warming, Kyoto Protocol, Green News

The World Bank on Monday priced a $25 million bond linked to United Nations-approved carbon emission offset credits, the market's first such bond, lea...

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Jason Linkins

U.S. Pulls Out Of UN's Human Rights Council

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, United Nations, Politics News

In a move that touched off a wave of "general consternation" last week, the United States withdrew from the United Nations Human Rights Council, "an i...

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