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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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Family and friends remember U.N. officer killed in Afghanistan

MIAMI LAKES, Fla. (WSVN) -- Family and friends gathered to say goodbye to a man they said died as a hero in the line of duty. Hundreds came out on Saturday to honor and say goodbye to Louis Maxwell, 27, at Vista Memorial...

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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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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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Goldstone debates Dore Gold and loses

At Brandeis, Israel's guilt and innocence on display By Jeff Jacoby Boston Globe November 7, 2009 TO BRANDEIS University last night, South African jurist Richard Goldstone brought his international reputation as a legal...

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Culture Min suggests UNESCO should protect Non-Armenian monuments

Armenian Culture Minister suggests that UNESCO should assess real situation with protection of cultural monuments of other nations in Armenia 2009-11-07 16:13:00 ArmInfo. Armenian Culture Minister Hasmik Poghosyan suggests that...

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CONCERN GROWS OVER PALESTINIAN POSSIBLE UNILATERAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE - NETANYAHU TO...

BY BARAK RAVID and NATASHA MOZGOVAYA Haaretz Concerns are growing in Israel’s government over the possibility of a unilateral Palestinian declaration of independence within the 1967 borders, a move which could potentially be...

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LETTER: What will U.S. do about depleted uranium?

The UN Day for the Prevention of the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict is Nov. 6 and is the International Day of Action in the campaign to ban depleted uranium (DU) weapons which are anti-tank shells.

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