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Caribbean Talks Conservation On Branson’s Island
Caribbean Talks Conservation On Branson’s Island By May 17, 2013
In a bid to safeguard biodiversity and the Caribbean’s tourism-based economy, regional political leaders and corporate executives will gather Friday on billionaire Richard Branson’s private island with the aim of protecting...
US, Canada To Boycott UN Disarmament Talks — After Iran Is Appointed Chair
US, Canada To Boycott UN Disarmament Talks — After Iran Is Appointed Chair By
MONTREAL — Canada and the United States are boycotting the United Nations Conference on Disarmament, which will be taken over by Iran later this month. The conference, which runs from May 27 until June 23, is the world’s most important forum for nuclear disarmament...
UN General Assembly Censures Syria, But With Less Support Than Previous Resolutions
UN General Assembly Censures Syria, But With Less Support Than Previous Resolutions By
The United Nations General Assembly passed a resolution condemning Assad’s regime Wednesday, as the death toll in the war-torn nation hit at least 80,000. “At least 80,000 have perished since the start of the hostilities, with most of those casualties believed...
UN Says: Why Not Eat More Insects?
UN Says: Why Not Eat More Insects? By
The U.N. has new weapons to fight hunger, boost nutrition and reduce pollution, and they might be crawling or flying near you right now: edible insects. The Food and Agriculture Organization on Monday hailed the likes of grasshoppers, ants and other members of the insect...
Inside The DPRK: How A Caste System Structures Everyday Realities For North Koreans
Inside The DPRK: How A Caste System Structures Everyday Realities For North Koreans By
There is a strange phenomenon that lingers over every North Korean. For the past five decades, an arbitrary determination decides where they will live, what hospitals they will go to if they are sick, if they can go to college, if they can marry and even if they will receive...
Group Threatens To Sue UN Peacekeepers For Bringing Cholera To Haiti
Group Threatens To Sue UN Peacekeepers For Bringing Cholera To Haiti By
A Boston-based human rights group said Wednesday it will sue the United Nations in 60 days if the world body does not agree to compensate Haitian cholera victims, apologize to the Caribbean nation for introducing the disease through its peacekeeping force, and launch...
Encroaching Sea Already A Threat In Caribbean
Encroaching Sea Already A Threat In Caribbean By
The old coastal road in this fishing village at the eastern edge of Grenada sits under a couple of feet of murky saltwater, which regularly surges past a hastily-erected breakwater of truck tires and bundles of driftwood intended to hold back the Atlantic Ocean. For Desmond...
Anonymous Intelligence Sources, Syria Accuse Israel Of Collaboration With Terrorists
Anonymous Intelligence Sources, Syria Accuse Israel Of Collaboration With Terrorists By
Allegations have surfaced that Israel organized its recent bombing campaign against the Syrian military in collaboration with terrorists fighting Bashar al-Assad’s government. The latest attack escalates the two-and-a-half year conflict that has already resulted in the...
UK Starts Launching Armed Drones From British Soil
UK Starts Launching Armed Drones From British Soil By
As debate rages in the U.S. over the morality and legality of drone use overseas, the United Kingdom is announcing its first armed drone attack targeted at Afghanistan from British soil, representing a new era in U.S-U.K. military strategy. While the British Ministry...
April Was The Deadliest Month In Iraq Since June 2008, Reports UN
April Was The Deadliest Month In Iraq Since June 2008, Reports UN By
BAGHDAD — The United Nations mission to Iraq says more people were killed in violent attacks across the country in April than in any other month since June 2008. The U.N. figures released on Thursday underscore concerns that security is quickly deteriorating in Iraq,...