Mandela to Meles to Beijing?
July 18 is Nelson Mandela Day. Found a few of these pictures/events telling. In confronting Apartheid over a decades long struggle…
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Youth Empowerment in the Philippines
Poverty reduction and retaining an empowered youth workforce is the goal of a new programme of the United Nations: Alternatives to…
Enhancing Biosphere Reserves
UNESCO added 20 new sites of biosphere reserves and extended several others last week. Biosphere Reserves were inscribed in Haiti,…
US to Execute Persons with Disabilities?
It is a violation of death penalty safeguards to impose capital punishment on individuals suffering from psychosocial disabilities…
In China Will UNSG "Pound the Table"?
The UN Secretary General first met with the Chinese people, so to speak, through the Chinese social media web-site Sina Weibo. He …
RED Camera Demo at LJFFF
La Jolla Fashion Film Festival News: According to Hollywood moguls and tech masters, RED Camerarepresents the top of digital cinem…
Congo: Proxy Wars & Attack Helicopters?
Rwanda and Uganda have been accused of supporting/instigating a renegade arm of Congos (DRC) military and former rebel group M23 i…
Bosnia Economy Weakness Linked to Political Instability
Bosnia Herzegovina is above default but its debt carries one of the lowest credit ratings in the non-investment grade range (or w…
Moscow Asserts Kosovo-Syria Opposition Links?
Syria's Assad, Libya's Gaddafi and Iraq's Saddam Hussein maintained some of closest relationship with Milosevic's Serbian Regime d…
Lower Growth Prospects & Higher Risks-Global Economy
According to the IMFs just released report on global economic health, the prospects for growth have been substantively reduced and…
