United Nations

U.N. Teams With Google Earth To Track Refugees, Educate Public

Washington Post | Mike Musgrove | Posted 04.12.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraqi Refugees, Google Earth Refugees, United Nations Google Earth, Refugees U.N., Google Earth, U.N. Google Earth, United Nations Refugees, United Nations, Politics News

Can Google Earth save the world? The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees announced a new partnership with the search engine this week. The goal: To u...

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A Country that Trades Us Down: We Deserve Better

Richard Trumka | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Yuan, Economy, United Nations, Beef Recall, Jobs, Congress, Afl-Cio, China, Food Recalls, Elections, Labor, Human Rights, Tax Policy, Trade, International Labor Organization, Workers' Rights, Working Families, Unions, Toxic Toys, Ilo, Politics News

Killer candy from Mexico and toxic toys from Chinese factories should be part of a B grade horror film. Instead, recalls involving 20 million toys and...

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Egypt Grants Bonuses After Deadly Food Riots

AP | MAGGIE MICHAEL | Posted 04.08.2008 | Business

Read More: Nile Delta Factory, Egypt, Food Riots, Global Inflation, Egypt Unrest, Egypt Riots, United Nations, Business News

MAHALLA EL-KOBRA, Egypt — Egypt rushed Tuesday to grant bonuses to workers after two days of deadly riots over high food prices and low wages wr...

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Let Zimbabwe's Election Runoff Begin!

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zimbabwe Elections, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe, Global Unity, Exile, Global Pressure, United Nations, Red Cross, Treasury, United States, African Leaders, Rigged Elections, Asylum, Politics News

If Mugabe is truly going to fall, there needs to be quick and prolonged action.

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The Limits of Internationalism

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 04.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hate Speech, Hijab, Internationalism, United Nations, Geert Wilders, Bush Foreign Policy, Foreign Policy, Politics News

For a reminder of what the United Nations, the premier international body, is often like, see its recent treatment of hate speech.

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Ted Turner Joins Christian Groups To Fight Malaria

Reuters | Posted 04.02.2008 | Business

Read More: Methodist Church, Christianity, Lutheran World Relief, Malaria, United Nations, Ted Turner, Business News

Media mogul Ted Turner, who once called Christianity a "religion for losers," announced on Tuesday he was joining forces with two Christian organizati...

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"You Can't Do It With Force": Will the 44th President Listen to Jeffrey Sachs?

Dan Brown | Posted 03.27.2008 | Business

Sachs has many allies and supporters, including Al Gore, Kofi Annan, and Bono. Will the Democrat nominee embrace his humane and sensible proposals?

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More Freedom Fries with Your New Orleans Outrage, Senator?

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 03.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Freedom Fries, John McCain, Louisiana, Senator David Vitter, Subprime Mortgage Crisis, United Nations, Housing Market, FEMA Hurricane Katrina, Katrina, Hurricane Katrina, David Vitter, Housing Slump, Politics News

Senator David Vitter still begs to differ that racism comes into play when it comes to the lack of public housing.

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Today's 100th Anniversary of Women's Day

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 03.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Human Rights, Vassar College, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, United Nations, International Women's Day, United States, Susan B. Anthony, New York City, Inez Milholland, Anne Morgan, Alva Belmont, Politics News

International Women's Day therefore needs to grow in importance not just to celebrate the achievements of suffragists but also to extend these rights -- in the United States and globally.

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Question to Obama and Clinton: Would Anything Be Unacceptable in Having a Muslim President

Steve Clemons | Posted 02.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Zalmay Khalilzad, Islam, John McCain, Muslim, United Nations, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Presidential Debates, Election, Politics News

I fear that we are seeing only the tip of the iceberg of what those who want to push "high-fear buttons" will try and do to slime Barack Obama.

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Do or Die: Learn to Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Piece

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Sexual Violence, Gender Equality, Women's Rights, Women, Violence Against Women, UN Commission on the Status of Women, United Nations, Unicef, Un, Maternal Mortality, Gender, Politics News

The United Nations must own up to its failure on women's rights.

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UN Says Waterboarding Should Be Prosecuted As Torture

Reuters | Posted 02.08.2008 | Home

Read More: Warwire, Waterboarding, Cia Waterboarding, Un, Waterboarding Torture, United Nations, Home News

The controversial interrogation technique known as waterboarding and used by the United States qualifies as torture, the U.N. human rights chief said ...

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Lie After Lie: What Colin Powell Knew Five Years Ago Today, and What He Told the World

Jonathan Schwarz | Posted 02.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wmd, Un, Colin Powell, United Nations, Politics News

Powell was far more than just horribly mistaken: the evidence is conclusive that he fabricated evidence and ignored repeated warnings that what he was saying was false.

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George Clooney On His New Role As UN Peace Messenger

Huffington Post | Posted 02.01.2008 | Living

Read More: George Clooney Video, George Clooney Pics, George Clooney, George Clooney UN, George Clooney Darfur Now, George Clooney Photos, United Nations, Living News

Yesterday George Clooney continued his reign as Most Likeable Person in America when he accepted a new role as a UN Peace Messenger. This morning the...

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George Clooney Takes Role As UN Peace Messenger

AP | JOHN HEILPRIN | Posted 01.31.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Clooney, George Clooney UN, George Clooney Darfur Now, United Nations, Entertainment News

In his new role as U.N. messenger of peace, George Clooney was playing himself. The 46-year-old actor's arrival Thursday was greeted with "oohs" and ...

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Study: Afghanistan Could Turn Into A Failed State

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 01.29.2008 | Home

Read More: Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, Afghanistan Study, Pakistan, United Nations, Afghanistan War, Warwire, Home News

WASHINGTON — Afghanistan risks sliding into a failed state and becoming the "forgotten war" because of deteriorating international support and a...

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George Clooney Named UN Peace Envoy

AP | EDITH M. LEDERER | Posted 01.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: George Clooney: Messenger of Peace, George Clooney, United Nations, Entertainment News

UNITED NATIONS — Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon designated George Clooney as a U.N. "messenger of peace" Friday to promote the world body's activ...

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Agencies Expect Good Year For Iraq

BBC News | Posted 01.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Imf, Warwire, Iraq, War in Iraq, United Nations, Politics News

Iraq faces a period of economic growth and political progress, according to assessments by the International Monetary Fund and the UN. The IMF sees 7...

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Why Paul McCartney Wants Me to Eat My Veggies

Laurie David | Posted 01.15.2008 | Living

Read More: Recycling, Dalai Lama, Meat Reducers, United Nations, Paul McCartney, Reasons to Be a Vegetarian, Buddhism, Vegetarianism, Global Warming, Carbon Footprint, Living News

I picked up the phone and heard the trademark Liverpudlian accent: "Hello Laurie, it's Paul." I told him I'd often dreamed of hearing those exact words. He laughed and got right down to business. He wanted to talk about vegetarianism and the environment.

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Democrats On Surge Anniversary: It's A Failure

AP | ANNE FLAHERTY | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq Death Toll, Iraq, World Health Organization, Warwire, Breaking News, United Nations, Politics News

One year after President Bush announced his politically unpopular plan to send thousands more troops to Iraq, Democrats are struggling to counter the ...

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New Study Puts Iraqi Death Toll At 151,000

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 01.09.2008 | Home

Read More: Iraq War, Iraq, World Health Organization, Iraq Death Toll, United Nations, Warwire, Home News

About 151,000 Iraqis died from violence in the three years after the United States invaded, concludes the best effort yet to count deaths -- one that ...

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UN Joining Forces With Marvel Comics To Bolster Image

Financial Times | Deborah Brewster | Posted 12.27.2007 | Media

Read More: Marvel Comics, Captain America, Spider-Man, United Nations, Media News

He has fought against foes ranging from the Green Goblin to Doctor Octopus, but Spider-Man now faces an even more formidable challenge: improving the ...

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Lebanon is a Good Example of Removing the Impression of Suspicious Deals from the Bush Administration

Raghida Dergham | Posted 12.22.2007 | Politics

Read More: Russia, Palestine, Annapolis Peace Conference, Lebanon, Jordan, Condoleezza Rice, Egypt, France, Ban Ki-Moon, United Nations, Damascus Conference, European Union, Italy, Iran, Taliban, Syria, Nicolas Sarkozy, Politics News

The US has become interested once again in a leading role regarding Lebanon to correct the errors that have hurt the model of democracy, the reputation of the US and Bush himself.

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Death and the Evangelical Urban Myth

Steven Denlinger | Posted 12.14.2007 | Living

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My obsession with dying, with the smoky, fiery hereafter, resonated throughout the whole of my life as a child.

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An Angelina Jolie Visit Requested By Filipino Farmers

AP | Posted 12.07.2007 | Entertainment

Read More: Angelina Jolie, Movement of Farmers in the Philippines, United Nations, Philippines, Entertainment News

Thousands of rural people have been displaced by increased military operations, a left-wing Filipino farmers group said Friday in an appeal for help t...

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