Diplomats for Human Shields in Syria
Diplomacy has not worked very well for Syria. So how about rethinking the whole diplomacy thing in Syria-Diplomats not talking so …
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Death Penalty as National Holiday?
Gambias long-term authoritarian ruler who took over in a military coup announced that his prisons would soon/within month promptly…
South Africa Mines Safety Needs Improvement-UN Expert
More efforts could be made to better implement existing mining regulations, especially when it comes to the health and safety of m…
Have Lessons of Holocaust Become Lost in Politics?
Holocaust denial ignores the lessons of this great genocide/crime for all mankind. Jews are not the only group that can heed lesso…
Sanity v. Extremism in Norway's Breivik Judgment
This photo is found on sites labeled as "patriotic," "Christian" or simply to "Save America." To most, the focus will be on the pr…
UN Climate Fund Seeking Country Home:
Germany, Mexico, Namibia, Poland, Republic of Korea, and Switzerland are vying to host the Green Climate Fund (GCF) which was crea…
Chile's Forced Disappearances Still Inadequately Sanctioned?
Very few of the convicted perpetrators are effectively serving a sentence, due to the low penalties imposed or other benefits gran…
Native Americans Must be Consulted over "Sacred" Land Sale: UN Expert
The Sioux peoples had been acknowledged their rights to the Black Hills via an 1868 Treaty with the US Government until gold was d…
Giving Up My Right to Be Me: Young Afghan Girls Pose As Boys to Gain Social Acceptance
Imagine donning short hair and wearing clothes traditionally worn by a man...as a female. How far could someone go to achieve thei…
Should Women/Girls Fear Arab Revolutions
There is no guarantee that revolutions are exclusively progressive. Rather, they are a reshuffling of the status quo and all inter…
