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• Of What Meaning, Canadian?

  
  ThePolitic.com — Authority: 471
  There’s a new guide for new Canadians, Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship .  It’s a change from the document that used to be handed out.  It’s more demanding, and, arguably, more political. The 62-page guidebook, years in the making, replaces the “anemic, slim, ...
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• A Remembrance Day Message from Space: Canadian astronaut Robert Thirsk thanks veterans

  
  dailyQi — Authority: 137
  Canadian Astronaut Robert Thirsk, currently aboard the International Space Station, recorded a video message from space, sharing his observations about Canadian John McCrae’s poem “In Flanders Fields” and thanking Canada’s war veterans and the men and women serving with the Canadian Forces in this November 11 ...
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• Shake Hands With the Devil: Upcoming Movie Trailer

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 612
  Shake Hands With the Devil is a movie based on Roméo Dallaire ’s novel Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda , and is about Dallaire’s experience in 1994 during the Rwandan genocide. Dallaire was a part of a peacekeeping force that was in Rwanda and during his time there he had a ...
  6 days ago

• A Year of Living Dangerously: Obama’s U.N. Policy

  
  The Foundry — Authority: 760
  On the anniversary of the November 2008 election, it seems appropriate to assess the impact of the Administration on America’s relationship with the United Nations. After all, one of President Obama’s sharpest criticisms of the Bush Administration was its supposed resistance to multilateral efforts—particularly ...
  1 week ago

• Yoko Ono teams up with the UN Peacebuilding

  
  UN Dispatch — Authority: 478
  The Plastic Ono Band and its record label are re-publishing "Give Peace a Chance" and donating the proceeds to the UN Peacebuilding Fund. This year is the 40th anniversary of the John Lennon-Yoko Ono classic, "Give Peace a Chance." To commemorate the event, the Plastic Ono Band and its record label ...
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• Canada named one of the most peaceful nations

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 507
  WASHINGTON — Canada has been named one of the most peaceful nations in the world for its support of UN peacekeeping missions, low levels of violent crime and political stability.
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• Cyprus supports India’s bid for permanent UNSC membership

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Nicosia (Cyprus): On the last day of her six-day state visit to London and Cyprus, President Pratibha Singh met Cyprus President Demitris Christofias at the Presidential Palace in Nicosia, and was told that Cyprus supports India’s bid for permanent membership in the UNSC.India has the world’s second largest ...
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• UN renews sanctions against Ivory Coast

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New York, Oct 30 (DPA) The UN Security Council renewed Thursday for another year its arms embargo and financial and travel sanctions against Ivory Coast, citing the persistence in human rights violations.The Ivory Coast’s UN Ambassador Alcide Djedje called the decision by the 15-nation council “anachronistic” ...
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• India announces $263-mn credit for Congo

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Oct 29 (IANS) India Thursday said it will offer $263 million line of credit for three projects in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and also set up an IT excellence centre in the Central African country.This was decided in a meeting between the visiting Congo Foreign Minister, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, and ...
  2 weeks ago

• Seychelles Officers Complete Peacekeeping Operations Training

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 155
  Twenty-three Seychellois police and fire officers have received their certificates after training to take part in overseas peacekeeping operations. The UN peacekeeping course was organized by the East African Police Chiefs’ Cooperation Organisation (EAPCCO) with the help of Interpol and the Africa-based Institute ...
  2 weeks ago

• 10 killed, 62 injured in Peshawar bombing (Second Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least 10 people were killed and over 60 injured Wednesday afternoon when a massive blast tore through a bustling market in this Pakistani city.The explosion took place in Peepal Mandi in the old city of Peshawar, which is the capital of the restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP). Ten ...
  2 weeks ago

• Two dead, 10 hurt in Peshawar blast (Lead)

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Peshawar, Oct 28 (IANS) At least two people were killed and over 10 injured Wednesday when a powerful blast ripped through a crowded market in this Pakistani city.The blast took place in Peepal Mandi in the old city of Peshawar, which is the capital of the restive North West Frontier Province (NWFP).Two people were ...
  2 weeks ago

• Human Rights Video (13): Samantha Power on the US Response to Mass Atrocities

  
  P.A.P. Blog - Human Rights Etc. — Authority: 433
  Samantha Power on the evolving nature of the response of the US government and US citizens to mass atrocities such as genocides. The second part of the video is about Sergio Vieira de Mello . Other posts on caring for what happens in the world and doing something about it, are here , here , here  and here . ...
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• Lebanon, Israel exchange fires

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Beirut, Oct 28 (IANS) A Katyusha rocket launched from southern Lebanon Tuesday hit Israel but no one was hurt, an official said. The Israeli forces retaliated with artillery fire.The UN interim forces in Lebanon confirmed the rocket was fired from the Houla area in southern Lebanon and it landed near the Kiryat ...
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• War on terror cost Pakistani economy $40 bn: Minister

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  Lahore, Oct 27 (IANS) The Pakistani economy has suffered a loss of $40 billion due to the war on terrorism, a minister has said.Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, provincial minister for finance and planning and development, said that terrorists are trying to destabilise the country’s economy, The News International reported ...
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• New African Union Convention Protects Internally Displaced People

  
  Refugees International blogs — Authority: 117
  On October 23rd the cause of protecting internally displaced people made a major advance. At the conclusion of a Special Summit in Kampala, Uganda, the African Union (AU) approved the Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa. The Convention, to be known as the Kampala ...
  2 weeks ago

• Peace

  
  Stella Arnaldo's Blogspot — Authority: 122
  AFTER all the news and blogs about the more recent inefficiencies in government service, heres some good news for a change. Lets celebrate our fine soldiers who have just taken over peacekeeping duties in the Golan Heights! Last Oct. 22, the Polish forces lowered their national flag and gave way to the Philippine flag ...
  2 weeks ago

• Rights group criticises appointment of acting Nepal army chief

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 708
  New Delhi, Oct 24 (IANS) A Delhi-based regional human rights group has criticised Nepal government’s appointment of a senior officer accused of alleged human rights abuses as the acting chief of the army staff.The Nepal cabinet had Friday approved Major General Toran Singh as the acting army chief, with the ...
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• Brigadier Moinuddin Hit Ordered By Delhi

  
  Pak Alert Press — Authority: 554
  An emergency personnel checks an army jeep with bullet holes splattered on the windshield after it was attacked by gunmen in Islamabad, October 22, 2009. — APPakistanKaKhudaHafiz.comMore proof of Indian fingerprints on terror attacks in Pakistan.ISLAMABAD: Suspected Taliban militants shot and killed Militants shot ...
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• UN Peacekeepers: Helping to Bring Haiti Out of Poverty and Isolation

  
  Refugees International blogs — Authority: 117
  On October 13th, the UN Security Council voted unanimously to extend the UN peacekeeping mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) for another year. Noting improvements made toward the stabilization of the country over recent months, the Council recognized a fragile security situation that “continues to constitute a threat to ...
  2 weeks ago

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