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Tag was last used: May 10, 2009
 
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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 9, 2009

  WWII, a war which changed the world

MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti military correspondent Ilya Kramnik) - World War II was the bloodiest war in human history. It ended in Europe on May 9, 1945, and continued for another four months, until Japan's surrender, although its outcome had already been predetermined. Participants in the war began to...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 29, 2009

  Imagine a World Without Seafood for Supper -- It's Nearer Than You Think

By Andrew Purvis, The Observer UK: As I step off the train at Heysel, the vast art deco structure of the Palais du Centenaire rises like a cathedral. With its four soaring buttresses topped by statues, the Palais forms the centrepiece of the Parc des Expositions in Brussels, Belgium - a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Apr 10, 2009

  Contradictions in U.S. foreign policy

(Taken from CubaDebate) AFTER the G-20 Summit that captured the world’s attention, news continued arriving via the agencies on the feverish activity of the man who was the star in London, Barack Obama, the new president of the United States, who is approaching the 100th day of his...... [view]

Posted By:  AkiraKamishiro
Posted On:  Jan 14, 2009

  Censorship in Japan

Stop Censorship in Japan! Unfortunately, freedom of expression is under threat in Japan. As I wrote in other articles, The government and some political organisations are trying to regulate the Internet. Even though people cannot fully control which website they take a look at, the...... [view]

Posted By:  AkiraKamishiro
Posted On:  Dec 15, 2008

  Economic Crisis and Job Seekers in Japan

Like other countries, Japan also has economic crisis due to economic crisis in the U.S.. Many car industries and other companies lay off many labors. In Japan, social insurance is not enough for people to make a living unless they work at companies as fulltime workers. Temporary workers and laid...... [view]

Posted By:  TheaWhitman
Posted On:  Dec 9, 2008

  I can has mitigation targets?: New computer opens door to diplomacy

So, I was eating semi-delicious COPcake (is it cheesecake? is that a raisin? what is this chocolaty substance?) outside the "Apollo Butterfly" room where I'd been waiting 30 minutes for a 45 minute meeting to start when someone asked me, "Is that the new MacBook?" I turned around and saw a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 7, 2008

  Why remember Pearl Harbor?

By ERI HOTTA* NEW YORK -- Dec. 7 marks the 67th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Over the years, "the day of infamy" has become a classic reference point for galvanizing patriotic sentiment in America. In the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attack, for example,...... [view]

Posted By:  Amac
Posted On:  Dec 5, 2008

  Fossil of the Day Awards December 5th 2008

THIRD PLACE: RUSSIA Russia wins third place for its presentation at the AWG-KP workshop on mitigation the day before yesterday. (That's right: there's so much Fossilworthy behavior here that we're developing a backlog.) Russia tried to convince the world that these days,...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 21, 2008

  The meeting with Hu Jintao

Reflections by comrade Fidel: I did not want to talk a lot, but he obliged me to expand on things; I asked some questions and, basically, listened to him. His words recounted the feats of the Chinese people in the last 10 months. Heavy and unseasonal snowfall, an earthquake that...... [view]

Posted By:  AkiraKamishiro
Posted On:  Nov 20, 2008

  Murder Case and Library Material Regulation

In Japan, some libraries began to refuse to access to some materials because of murder cases. An formar assistance administrator of formar Ministry of Health and Welfare and his wife were killed and another formar assistance administrator's wife was injured. According to the media, these cases...... [view]

Posted By:  AkiraKamishiro
Posted On:  Nov 14, 2008

  Freedom of Speech is under Threat in Japan

Activists who marched in a demonstration and headed for the house of Taro Aso, Prime minister of Japan were arrested in October 26. According to the police, they were under arrest because they did not have permission to have the demonstration. However, Shizuka Kamei, a politician of Kokuminshinto...... [view]

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Submitted By:   laurakenyon
Event Date:  Jul 2, 2008
Event Location:  N/A
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J8 Summit - Strengthening the voice of young people

Submitted By:   jwright
Event Date:  Jul 2, 2008
Event Location:  G8
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Junior 8 competition

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Projects

  Japan Youth G8 Project

Starter:   junya810
Date Created:  Apr 10, 2008
Country:  Japan
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Description:   Mission Poverty, environmental degradation, infringement of human rights, conflicts and terrorism. Despite we have entered 21st century, we are facing diverse issues both on the global and...
Goals:   Our goal of establishing a platform for youth activists has been made based on As a set of projects towards G8 Summit in 2008, our short-term goals are: 1) to deliver the voices of global youth to the G8 Summit and 2) to raise awareness among young people on the global issues. However, our supreme goal does not reside in the G8 Summit. It is to establish a cross-sectional and independent platform of youth activists which makes youth activities more influential. our vision: we need a solid civil society to see a "sustainable society" in the near future. To make civil society more influential, we should be collective and strategic; hence, the platform will be designed in such a way that it enables youth activists more collective and strategic.
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