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Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Sep 27, 2009

  Formula for determining dues of UN Member States needs reform – Bahamas
The Bahamas called today for the United Nations to overhaul the scale of assessments that determines how much each Member State must pay to fund the running of the Organization, saying the current system is based on an unjust formula that punishes some countries. T. Brent Symonette, Deputy...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Mar 30, 2009

  10 Terms Not to Use with Muslims
By Chris Seiple, Christian Science Monitor: Arlington, Va. - In the course of my travels -- from the Middle East to Central Asia to Southeast Asia -- it has been my great privilege to meet and become friends with many devout Muslims. These friendships are defined by frank respect as we...... [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:  Jan 16, 2009

  The Haitian Revolution: past, present, personal
By Guy S. Antoine: Unless one has developed a specific interest in Haiti, for one reason or another, it is likely that the Haitian Revolution of 1791-1803 will not come to mind on the first day of the New Year. Haiti has, for all intents and purposes, become irrelevant in most people's...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Jan 1, 2009

  The moral recession in democracies
By MUQTEDAR KHAN* I have, for years, been a strong advocate of democracy, primarily inspired by my experience with American freedoms. As a Muslim who speaks his mind and asks critical questions, I am routinely threatened and maligned by those who, unable to cope with my reason and critique,...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 10, 2008

  Will the world die of thirst?
MOSCOW. (RIA Novosti commentator Andrei Kislyakov) - According to a UN estimate, by 2025 more than half of the world's nations may be seriously short of fresh water. By the middle of this century, this figure may rise to three-quarters Even today, one of six people, or more than a billion...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Dec 2, 2008

  Fewer people are being infected with HIV... Fewer people are dying of AIDS
New HIV Infections Trending Downward: By Kendeno Knowles - Nassau, Bahamas: Monday was celebrated as United Nations World AIDS Day, and marked the beginning of The Bahamas’ National AIDS Awareness Month. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the need to lead, empower and deliver on AIDS...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 23, 2008

  45 YEARS AFTER THE ASSAINATION OF JOHN. F. KENNEDY
The CIA Nostra By Gabriel Molina: • CIA documents declassified since 1992 under the JFK Records Act, in conjunction with other investigations, demonstrate that President John F. Kennedy was the victim of a sinister conspiracy. But the surviving assassins and masterminds, although...... [view]
Posted By:  zephyr
Posted On:  Nov 17, 2008

  Barack Obama's historic victory (1)
By RICHARD FALK* The historic victory by Barack Obama is the first truly global election that has been celebrated by people around the world as if they had been voting participants. The re-election of George W. Bush in 2004 was also a national election with global reverberations, but it...... [view]
Posted By:  Tamera
Posted On:  Nov 3, 2008

  November 9th "Global Grace Day" - worldwide
Text of Empowerment: Text of Meditation, Sabine Lichtenfels Where there was pain, let healing awaken. Where there was anger, let the power for change emerge. Where there was fear, let safety and trust grow. Where there were enemies, let the awakening of mutual compassion begin. ...... [view]
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Starter:   hipri
Date Created:  Nov 9, 2008
[view] 		Description:   A multimedia portal that will train youth leaders, young journalists and young social workers in covering actions and issues related to MDG and publish their materials using social networking and...
Goals:   •To increase young people awareness and active participation on the MDG •To develop the capacity of young people in covering MDG actions and good practises through training courses. •To increase the usage of social media tools for networking and worldwide coverage on MDG. MISSION Empowering young people through non formal learning to understand act and disseminate MDG information using social media. VISION Young people united by social media actively covering MDG stories and actions.
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