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• Mandelson’s blueprint for Internet 2.0

  
  Amused Cynicism — Authority: 115
  In a daring raid, Peter Mandelson’s blueprint for what will replace the internet has been stolen from the Prince of Darkness’s secret hideaway on his friend David Geffen’s luxury yacht. Here it is: (via Twitter )
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• Russian high court bans death penalty

  
  GenevaLunch — Authority: 495
  Russia’s decision to continue its ban on the death penalty was praised by the Council on Europe and media in Europe Thursday and Friday. The country’s Constitutional Court 18 November decided to continue indefinitely a country-wide moratorium on the death penalty, in place since 1999, which was scheduled to end in ...
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• Economic crisis, workers fight back

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 446
  This video is called The Real New York City - Insight into Homelessness. USA: New York City homeless population at an all-time high: here . Protests continued Friday at university campuses across California in opposition to a 32 percent hike in fees: here . The recent meeting at Schloss Merseburg between ...
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• 2010 State of the World’s Children Report Launched in Lesotho

  
  Net News Publisher — Authority: 157
  The 2010 report on the State of the World’s Children was officially launched in Maseru on Friday to mark the 20th anniversary of the UN General Assembly’s adoption of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). Deputy Prime Minister and Home Affairs Minister Lesao Lehohla performed the official launch in the ...
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• Sikh man could become first non-white member of British far-right group

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  By Dipankar De SarkarLondon, Nov 21 (IANS) An elderly Sikh man’s closeness to the British National Party (BNP) has set off furious speculation that he may become the first non-white member of the far-right group if and when it drops its whites-only criteria.Rajinder Singh, an anti-Islamic activist, is being ...
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• Canadian Curling Trials - TSN

  
  Beijing 2008 Stadium — Authority: 146
  The 2009 Canadian Curling Trials to determine Canada’s teams for the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver will be an eight-team roundrobin with playoffs for both men and women. This event will be held from December 6-13 at Rexall Place in Edmonton Continue .. CBC) Vancouver Olympic organizers have no power to ...
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• Iran Frees Two Women Converts

  
  Early Today — Authority: 418
  By Michelle A. Vu After nine months in prison, the two young female converts who have gained international attention were freed Wednesday afternoon in Iran , sources inside the country reported. Maryam Rostampour, 27, and Marzieh Amirizadeh, 30, were released at 3:30 p.m. local time without bail, according to ...
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• A (Partially) Dissenting View on the US “Observing” the ICC Review Conference

  
  Opinio Juris — Authority: 597
  by Kevin Jon Heller When I critique the US’s refusal to join the ICC in my international criminal law class, I make sure to emphasize not only that the US has traditionally played a very positive role in ICL — from Nuremberg to the SCSL — but also that the Rome Statute would be considerably worse but for the ...
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• Human Rights: Secret messages from Soviet officials to Helmut Kohl, led directly to "10 Points"speech

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 489
  National Security Archive - Secret messages from senior Soviet officials to West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl after the fall of the Berlin Wall led directly to Kohls famous "10 Points" speech on German unification, but the speech produced shock in both Moscow and Washington, according to documents from Soviet, German ...
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• Be That Woman

  
  Everyday Citizen — Authority: 514
  The Washington Area Womens Foundation , in partnership with RP3 Agency , produced this video depicting the tough circumstances women confront far too often, especially in urban centers like Dallas.But the story doesnt need to end there.Investing in the lives of girls and women pays off big time!
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• Bihar doctors continue strike despite rights panel’s threat

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 710
  Patna, Nov 21 (IANS) Bihar’s junior doctors, whose strike for increased stipend entered its 12th day Saturday, have decided to continue the stir despite the state human rights commission’s threat to file criminal cases against them.The doctors said the strike would continue till an amicable settlement is reached ...
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• Deficits DO matter.

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 451
  The $60 trillion in total public/private is already enough to drown this economy. Not a penny remains for the OTHER $70 trillion (or so) in “unfunded liabilities” which are NOW starting to come due with the retirement of the “baby-boomers”. It was economic heresy, and simply poor arithmetic for U.S. ...
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• Rights of The Child: Mandela adds $160,000 to his bank account for Decade Child Rights Heroes award

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 489
  Nelson Mandela and his wife have been named the winners of a global award for helping to promote childrens rights over the past ten years, the Namibian Press Agency (NAMPA) reported Friday.Mandela and Graca Machel will get about US$160,000 prize money of Decade Child Rights Heroes award.More than 7 million children ...
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• Obama Appoints First Black American Envoy To The Philippines

  
  Today's Drum - Positive Black News - African American News — Authority: 147
  Harry Thomas was nominated on Friday to succeed American envoy Kirstie Kenney, who has held the post in Manila since her appointment in 2006. Click on image to read article A former ambassador to Bangladesh, Thomas until late this year was concurrently director general of the Foreign Service and director of ...
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• Photo: Palestinian girls release balloons with messages attached, during an event organized by UNICEF to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

  
  Luciole Press Blog — Authority: 148
    Palestinian girls release balloons with messages attached, during an event organized by UNICEF to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child HERE
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• What’s Going On With Blackwater Massacre Case?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 445
  From all accounts the events that happened in Nisoor Square in Baghdad in 2007 when guards working for the Blackwater corporation opened fire on Iraqis and killed 17 it was evident there was no ambush and the guards over-reacted. Initial investigation of the events led the State Department to cancel contracts with ...
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• Which Way Pakistan Youth?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 445
  A recent report commissioned by the British Council reveals an alarming possibility in the coming decades as Pakistan witnesses its population increase by about 85 million. The result will be a society in which millions of young people lack the basis of a modern education and have scant knowledge of the economic ...
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• Who Helps Asylum Seekers?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 445
  There are an estimated 200 million migrants living in a country other than the one of their birth, and the exodus from one society to another continues even in the face of a world wide economic crisis. The situation in Asia is impacted by the war in Afghanistan which has sent thousands fleeing to distant lands ...
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• Have A US Passport, Get Hassled In Denmark!

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 445
  The Danish government is instituting tighter checks on individuals carrying American passports who enter their nation, particularly, anyone who is coming from the Middle East. US intelligence has indicated many terrorists are securing an American passport as a way to more readily enter a European nation. Ordinarily, ...
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• Is It Blasphemy To Mock Religion?

  
  The Impudent Observer - Global Liberal Issues — Authority: 445
  Many Muslim nations still have not gotten over the publication of some cartoons they believe mocked the Prophet Muhammad. Nations like Algeria and Pakistan have undertaken a campaign to have the UN General Assembly pass a treaty that would not allow religions to be mocked or satirized. They want an international ...
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