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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 20, 2009

  The world needs peace, social justice and health in the face of the crisis

GENEVA, May 19.— Cuba stated today at the World Health Assembly that the crises currently affecting the world require a system of peace based on social justice and the guarantee of access to health as a fundamental right for all. Speaking in this Swiss city at the 62nd session of the annual...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  May 8, 2009

  The only U.S. president I have known

Reflections of Fidel (Taken from CubaDebate) CARTER is the only ex-president of the United States that I have had the honor of knowing, apart from Nixon, who had not as yet become president. I had visited Washington to take part in a press conference that represented a...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 28, 2009

  Link between global dimming and warming baffles scientists

MOSCOW. (Andrei Kislyakov, for RIA Novosti) - The latest research by European scientists, climatologists and astronomers suggests that the so-called global dimming, or the gradual reduction in the amount of global direct irradiance at the Earth's surface, observed for several decades after the...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 5, 2009

  British PM calls for ban on tax havens

WASHINGTON, USA (AFP): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown Wednesday took aim at tax havens suggesting they should be outlawed just a few weeks before he hosts the G20 summit in London. "You are also restructuring your banks. So are we," Brown said in a landmark address to the US Congress...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 1, 2009

  Global hunt for tax cheats rocks offshore centers

By Lisa Jucca: ZURICH, Switzerland (Reuters): Offshore financial centers which have thrived under a veil of bank secrecy will have to embrace transparency to survive a global crackdown on tax cheats that is menacing the private banking sector in Switzerland and beyond. A US tax fraud...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Feb 13, 2009

  'Baby Doc's' millions set to return to Haiti

GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP): Switzerland will return assets of former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude 'Baby Doc' Duvalier to Haiti for use on development projects, Swiss authorities announced Thursday. However, the Duvalier family still has 30 days to lodge a final appeal to the Swiss supreme...... [view]

Posted By:  susansharma
Posted On:  Sep 23, 2008

  Travelphotolog

Beatenberg, Switzerland Switzerland is a beautiful country with beautiful people. To absorb the beauty of the Swiss countryside, a trek through Beatenberg is ideal. This countryside on the banks of Thun lake, is charming and offers various adventure sports as well. If you are a wildlife...... [view]

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  SCREAM - Stop Child Labour ! Supporting Children's Rights through Education, the Arts and the Media (trabajo infantil, le travail des enfants)

Submitted By:   camilla
Website:  http://www.ilo.org/ipec/Campaignandadvocacy/Scream/index.htm
Phone:  0041 22 799 7731
E-mail:  lay@ilo.org
  Vision:   Today there are 218 million boys and girls around the world who are exploited, many are treated as slaves, and put in danger. Together with poverty alleviation, education is a front line weapon in the International......
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