Global Intergovernmental Organizations

Authors talk climate change with evangelicals

As an evangelical Christian living in Texas, climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe found that many conservatives had questions about climate change based on things they'd heard on talk radio. So Hayhoe and her husband, Andrew...

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Climate Change and Security in the News: June 2009

Climate Change and Security in the News: June 2009 A round-up of articles on climate change and security in the global media for June 2009 UN recognises links between climate and security On 3 June, small Pacific islands...

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INTERVIEW - Muslims watching U.S. with guarded optimism - OIC chief

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - The Muslim world is watching how the United States will act on the stalled process for Palestinian-Israeli peace and wondering how one of the main sticking points, Israeli settlements, will be resolved, the...

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China risks bubbles with ‘Bernie Madoff data’

by William Pesek on Sunday, 08 November 2009 It’s as provocative an argument as an economist can make: China is stealing jobs. The idea that China is siphoning prosperity from other poor nations using an undervalued currency...

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WIPO Commitee Presentations Show Nuanced View of Copyright

AtomicJake writes "As the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in known for a very rigid course combating counterfeiting and piracy in general, it comes as a surprise that during a meeting of the WIPO Advisory...

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IRAQ: Food insecurity on the rise, says official

BAGHDAD, 8 November 2009 (IRIN) - More and more people in Iraq are being affected by food insecurity, a senior official has said. Reduced domestic agricultural production, inflation, unemployment and a crumbling system of...

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Ban & reports of UN withdrawal from Afghanistan

6 November 2009 – Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today rejected any notion that the United Nations is leaving Afghanistan, amid reports that the world body is pulling out of the country following the announcement that it will...

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Dubai's Hospitality sector gears up to tap festival season

The hospitality sector in Dubai is once more in top gear for the coming high season, with packages and market-specific promos to lure tourists, said hotel industry executives. ) along with the hotel and travel industry has...

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Maritime Multilateralism: China's Strategy for the Indian Ocean

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been tirelessly working to dispel the ‘China threat’ perception, which appears to be increasing concomitantly with the country's rapid economic and military rise. Beijing argues that...

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Taken from sos_usa. Interesting stuff

The man that we 'elected' president. George W. BushThe White House, USAPast Work Experience-I ran for U.S. Congress and lost.-I produced a Hollywood slasher B movie.-I bought an oil company, but couldn't find any oil in Texas;...

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