Foreign Affairs

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• We are all anarchists now

  
  Liberal Conspiracy — Authority: 645
  The 193 governments that met at Copenhagen were unanimous about one proposition. And it’s a remarkable one – that whereas anarchy is a bad idea within national borders, it’s a good idea across borders. The anarchist says: “We don’t need government. Private contractual agreements between individuals are ...
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• Brownback should speak out on Uganda

  
  WE Blog — Authority: 484
  Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kan., is admirably outspoken on Sudan (see commentary in today’s Opinion pages) and on other human-rights issues around the world. So why has he been so quiet about the push in Uganda to criminalize homosexuality and imprison people who fail to report homosexuals to authorities? Brownback ...
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• Photos: Around the World in the Month of Christmas

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 141
  LONDON, ENGLAND: Christmas shoppers pack Oxford Street on December 19, 2009. The last weekend before Christmas is expected to be the busiest of the year as many high street retailers hold sales and are discounting many goods to lure customers. (Photo by Dan Kitwood/Getty Images)Christmas shoppers pack Oxford Street on ...
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• UN Chief says Climate Change Accord is Real Deal

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 137
  Text Source: VOA News (Lisa Bryant, Paris, 19 December 2009) – UN Chief says Climate Change Accord is Real Deal Ban Ki-moon hailed a controversial accord reached in Copenhagen after all-night talks among world leaders. The agreement has drawn sharp criticism from environmentalists and poorer nations. United ...
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• Cambodia deports Uighur asylum seekers back to China

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Phnom Penh, Dec 20 (DPA) The Cambodian government deported 20 Uighur asylum seekers to China on the eve of the Chinese vice president’s arrival in Phnom Penh on a state visit Sunday, drawing immediate criticism from the UN.The 20 Chinese Muslims, who arrived in Cambodia last month from the far western Xinjiang ...
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• Crew finds Centaur shipwreck

  
  Ohaiyo Business Magazine — Authority: 136
  A search team has discovered the wreck of Australian wartime hospital ship Centaur. The WWII ship was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1943 and sank off the south-east Queensland coast. Of the 332 people on board the AHS Centaur only 64 survived. This morning, seven days into an official search, the crew of the ...
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• World-Famous, Royalty & Celebs Line Up for Maori Hongi From Tiger Woods, Tua, Elle, Tom Cruise to Prince William

  
  pacificEyeWitness.org — Authority: 141
  After supermodel Tyra Banks visited New Zealand, and received a traditional Maori hongi, we went in search of other celebs and world-famous people, as well as homegrown varieties, who have also received a hongi in front of the media’s lenses. Here’s what we found from the past and the present:In Happier Days? NEW ...
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• UN Report: From Bad to Worse in War-Torn Congo

  
  The Entrepreneur - Cameroon's Premier Economic & Business Journal — Authority: 134
  A confidential report, by a UN- mandated group of experts on the Congo has been leaked to the press. The report raises significant issues about the conflict epecially the way minerals finance the fighting. This article places particular emphasis on the need to block financial flows to Tutsi rebels, since the money ...
  22 hours ago

• US company helps fuel Congo War

  
  The Entrepreneur - Cameroon's Premier Economic & Business Journal — Authority: 134
  Civil conflict in Congo is driven by violent struggle for control of natural resources. One of the deadliest conflict minerals is col-tan, which used in mobile phones and other electronic devices. A leaked UN report on DRC identifies the key players in the col-tan trade. Niotan, an electronics company based in Nevada, ...
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• Moonbat(s) of the Week

  
  Liberally Conservative — Authority: 126
  Al Gore Jr. An Inconvenient Liar (TN) and Climate Liars Around the World In Copenhagen this week liar Gore stated: There is a 75% chance that the entire north polar ice cap, during the summer months, could be completely ice-free within the next five to seven years. Some of the models suggest to Dr. [Wieslav] ...
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• Copenhagen FAIL

  
  QandO — Authority: 139
  A lthough the professional “spinners” are at work trying to shape what happened – or more precisely, didn’t happen – in Copenhagen as a success, I think the chief negotiator for the 130 countries that comprise the G77 characterized it best (and brutally honestly): Lumumba Di-Aping, chief negotiator for ...
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• Todays Climate Change Cartoons

  
  A Blue View — Authority: 151
  This one is from Germany:
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• Obama Brokers "American-led Copenhagen Accord"

  
  A Blue View — Authority: 151
  Its weird how similar this sounds to whats happened with the health reform. From the  London Times : The UN climate conference in Copenhagen today approved a deal to tackle global warming proposed by world leaders, after an accord Barack Obama brokered with China, India, Brazil and South Africa. But the UN ...
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• Hopes dashed at Copenhagen climate summit – video report 19 Dec 2009

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 137
  From the Danish capital at the Copenhagen climate talks, the global agreement reached is being called a failure and a betrayal by many developing nations and environmentalists, but Barack Obama, the U.S. president, says the accord is an unprecedented breakthrough. Mr. Obama said that what was achieved in Copenhagen ...
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• Iran Sanctions Are a Threat to US Security

  
  joerobertson.com — Authority: 118
  Here we are entertaining war with Iran because of the “potential” for nuclear weapons… the potential.What will sanctions do? Is Congressman Paul correct? Will it simply embolden the Iranian leaders and unify the Iranian people against the US?Not to mention… “We’re Broke!” These sanctions (by members ...
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• Deal to Save Forests Could Be Copenhagen’s Bright Spot

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 137
  Source: VOA News (Natasha Saini, London, 18 December 2009) – Deal to Save Forests Could Be Copenhagen’s Bright Spot U.N.-backed REDD program could mean billions of dollars for developing countries and forest communities as rich nations buy carbon offsets to meet their emissions reduction obligations at home. ...
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• Why India should send troops to Afghanistan

  
  The Acorn — Authority: 556
  It’s about strategy, not popularity There is often a negative correlation between popularity and good policy: what is popular is often not good policy, and vice versa. This is especially true when it comes to foreign policy. For instance, the Times of India thinks nothing of publishing an op-ed article titled ...
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• Iran, Not at All Afraid of America Under Obama, Seizes Iraqi Oil Well

  
  Blogs For Victory — Authority: 512
  The result of the new diplomacy : Iranian forces took control of a southern Iraqi oil well on a disputed section of the border on Friday, US and Iraqi officials told AFP. “There has been no violence related to this incident and we trust this will be resolved through peaceful diplomacy between the governments of ...
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• neo-liberal-tarian-ism

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 641
  Okay – so for our neoliberal and liberaltarian readers and contributors – I’d be curious to know what you think the distinction between these two political positions might be?  Is there a substantive difference between the two? Random Posts... Good show Cardinals… A Portion For The (Megan) Foxes why ...
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• Online Voting: The John Grisham Novel of Civic Responsibility

  
  The League of Ordinary Gentlemen — Authority: 641
  EKOS Research has a new poll out looking at the opinions of Canadians towards online voting in federal elections that outlines strong support for the idea, Canadians strongly favour the introduction of voting over the internet according to a major poll of Canadians conducted by EKOS Research Associates for the ...
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