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US Model Former Irish President and United Nations Human Rights Commissioner Mary Robinson “deplores collusion between liberal democracies and countries with very bad human rights records”. The International Commission of…

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Slobodan Milosevic, a former head of state, was indicted and tried by an international criminal tribunal for his crimes against humanity. Two hundred thousand citizens of the former Yugoslavia died…

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The International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change (IIPFCC) response to the call from Subsidiary Body for Scientific and Technological Advice for Parties (SBSTA) and accredited observers to submit their…

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Looking at the layers of bumper stickers in my liberal neighborhood yesterday, I was contemplating the Deanie-babies cum Hopium smokers and their fixation on Internet-savvy politicians. I mean, hoping for…

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Bolstering Bigotry Francesca Rheannon discusses Obama’s decision to perpetuate pandering to religious leaders in order to shore up his church-based support. Bolstering bigotry through federal handouts to churches, while unconstitutional,…

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The increasing number of arrests and detentions on political grounds in the Papuan provinces of Indonesia are a matter of grave concern. In recent months, several incidents were reported in…

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Between the conformity of state–sponsored institutions of higher learning, and the corruptibility of market–derived think tanks, there is little space left for integrating intellectual integrity. Thus by design there is…

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Now that the dust has settled on the investment banking scandal, it might help to put Ponzis in perspective. While the fraud institutionalized by Congress with Clinton’s blessing may have…

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President Umaru Yar’Adua has approved the immediate recall of Nigeria’s Ambassador to the United States, retired Brigadier-General Oluwole Rotimi, for “gross insubordination. ” Sources at the Nigerian embassy in Washington…

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Mechanized aggression doesn’t just propel military power; it also generates hostile takeovers in the marketplace and malicious harassment in society at large. Aggression, as a political economic system, thus legalizes…