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Unborn children for sale in S Korea
New York City :: NY :: USA | 1 day ago
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The few cases that have surfaced have alarmed the government so much so that Al Jazeera has learned it has formed a special taskforce to bring human trafficking laws up to date. One of the challenges, Al Jazeera's Steve Chao reports, is how to give authorities...
Tags: Al Jazeera, unborn children, New York City, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Treaty, Social Issues, Politics, Human rights abuses, Smuggling, Human trafficking, Child labour, Crimes, Crimes against humanity
AP: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban
Geneva :: Switzerland | 4 days ago
Credibility Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially, a ban on blasphemy. Documents obtained by The Associated Press show that Algeria and Pakistan have taken the lead...
Tags: Switzerland, Geneva, International relations, International law, Treaty, Politics, Religion Belief, Human Interest, Crimes, Religious law, United Nations, Islam and other religions, International organizations, Blasphemy
Quick end to treaty talks brings bigger benefits for First Nations, BC: report
Vancouver :: Canada | 4 days ago
Credibility British Columbia is losing more than a billion dollars annually by not settling treaties with its First Nation communities, a new report claims...Treaty Commission, estimates lost opportunity costs of about $1.5 billion in 2009 alone. Continued Below...
Tags: B.C. First Nations, Sophie Pierre, B.C. Treaty Commission, Tsawwassen First Nation, nation communities, economically benefit, treaties talks, Canada, Vancouver, First Nations, Treaty, Tsawwassen British Columbia, Status of First Nations treaties in British Columbia, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Lower Mainland, International law
Climate poverty hearing demands 'justice'
Copenhagen :: Denmark | 9 days ago
Credibility Residents of Bangladesh's chars or river islands, at a poverty and climate hearing on Saturday, urged the government to push hard in Copenhagen for emission cuts by developed countries and at least $200 billion per year for poor countries in mitigation...
Tags: Copenhagen, climate change, development countries, Denmark, Districts of Bangladesh, Carbon dioxide, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Gaibandha District, Kurigram District, Diplomatic conferences, Carbon finance, Environment, Kyoto Protocol, Clean Development Mechanism, Protocol, Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, Global warming, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Treaty, European Union, Politics
KRG Supports International Transparency Efforts at Anti-corruption Global Forum
Doha :: Qatar | 10 days ago
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Tags: stolen assets, Doha Sheraton Hotel, corrupt meeting, Qatar, Doha, Iraqi Kurdistan, Internet forum, Kurdish people, Religion Belief, Fertile Crescent, Political corruption, Tearfund, World Trade Organization, Non-governmental organization, Corruption, United Nations Convention against Corruption, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, International asset recovery, Fiji Independent Commission Against Corruption, Money laundering, Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering, Politically exposed person, International finance, Business Finance, Financial regulation, Tax avoidance, Tax haven, Finance, Offshore finance, International taxation, Jordan, Tax avoidance and tax evasion, Bribery, Treaty
Iran Bid’s Farewell to Proposed Nuclear Plan
In a recent attempt to get Iran and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to accept a UN drafted plan that would reduce the stockpile of nuclear fuel that they possess; it was turned down with a stern underlying tone. Most believe Iran will be using this nuclear...
Tags: Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, United States, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Obama, nuclear weapons, government, politics, Russia, France, war, peace, treaty, plan, proposal, elections, China
Africa Asks for Bold Climate Leadership from Industrialized World
If the world's major economies are not able to come up with an effective climate treaty to replace Kyoto this December, they may see members of the African Union walk out of the climate negotiations. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has stated...
Tags: Africa, African union, United States, global warming, Copenhagen, treaty, polluters, disease, drought, Obama, clean energy, Meles Zenawi
Obama Supports Treaty Outlawing Gun Possession
Infowars May 3, 2009 As Lou Dobbs notes here, Obama is in favor of the ratifying CIFTA, the Inter-American Convention Against Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms. On its face, the treaty sounds reasonable because it would “prevent,...
Tags: CIFTA, OAS, Constitution, senate, obama, treaty, outlawing gun possession
The European Constitution- Treason in Two Acts
It seems, following the European voters' overwhelming rejection of the proposed EU Constitution, and the Irish rejection of the repackaged constitution (the "Lisbon Treaty"), that it has been decided that the people gave the wrong answer. By whom...
Tags: EU, Euro, election, Lisbon, treaty, constitution, Ireland, Klaus, treason
The Controversial question of the Internationalization of the Amazon
Foreword I believe that everyone at some point in life had a classmate who was prematurely involved with politics; one who always made smart comments...
Tags: water, policy, politics, Amazon, river, resources, development, sustainable, treaty, environment, fresh water
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