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• Giving Thanks … by J. D. Longstreet

  
  American Conservative Daily — Authority: 502
  Giving Thanks. A Commentary by J. D. Longstreet ******************************* The "War on Thanksgiving" never seems to end. In the spirit of full disclosure allow me to set the record straight: I am part Native American -- as are so many, many, Americans. BOTH my grandmothers were, at the very least, half ...
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• Review of Land Mine Treaty ‘to Take Some Time,’ State Dept. Says

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 905
  The State Department revised a statement saying that it had concluded that the United States needed antipersonnel mines.
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• Experts view on FM statement on Tax treaty renegotiation with 77 countries

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 451
  This tax treaty controversy is snowballing. First it was just the India Mauritius Double Tax Avoidance Treaty that was under a shadow and has been that way for a couple of years then the proposed Direct Tax Code released in August this year proposed... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website ...
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• Lavranos: Case-Note on BITs Judgments of the ECJ

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 145
  Nikos Lavranos (European Univ. Institute) has posted Case-Note on BITs Judgments of the ECJ (American Journal of International Law, forthcoming). Heres the abstract: Taken together, two cases before the European Court of Justice (ECJ) — Commission v. Austria and Commission v. Sweden, both decided March 3, 2009 ...
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• Sloss: The Role of Domestic Courts in Treaty Enforcement: A Comparative Study

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 145
  David Sloss (Santa Clara Univ. - Law) has published The Role of Domestic Courts in Treaty Enforcement: A Comparative Study (Cambridge Univ. Press 2009). Contents include: David Sloss, Introduction Sean D. Murphy, Does international law obligate states to open their national courts to persons for the invocation ...
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• Asia Cast for Sunday 22nd November

  
  Asia Cast — Authority: 127
  Towns in China are dangerously choosing to not acknowledge and report H1N1 outbreaks. (By myuibe/Flickr) In this Bulletin… - China not acknowledging H1N1 outbreaks; - Top CCP officials indicted for torture and genocide of Falun Gong; and - Vietnam is stepping up its internet blockade. But first, here’s our SOH ...
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• USA Treaty Priorities?

  
  EXCESS COPYRIGHT — Authority: 458
  Its been widely reported via Reuters that: Somalia has announced it plans to ratify a global treaty aimed at protecting children, leaving the United States as the only country outside the pact , UNICEF said on Friday. Somalia and the United States have long been the last hold-outs to the ...
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• EU Heads of Government Name 1st Full-time President

  
  CafeSentido.com — Authority: 501
  Despite months, even years, of speculation the job would go to the former 2.5-term British prime minister, Tony Blair, the European Union has named Belgium’s new multilingual, largely unknown Flemish prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, its first full-time president. Van Rompuy’s role will be daunting and complex, ...
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• The War for American Soil

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 551
  The United States recognized the Native American’s as sovereign nations. This meant that the US government could create treaties and have paternalistic authority over the Natives. The US government has continuously harassed the Natives into giving up their lands and moving westwards for their own needs. This ...
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• The United States and Their Insatiable Need of Land

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 551
  The United States recognized the Native Americans as sovereign nations. This meant that the US government could create treaties and have paternalistic authority over the Natives. The US government had continuously harassed the Natives into giving up their lands and moving westwards for its own needs.  In the ...
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• The Right to Development and Intellectual Property

  
  International Law Observer — Authority: 118
  Since the Senegalese jurist Keba M’baye first advanced it in 1972, the idea of a ”right to development” has been the focus of an extensive but largely theoretical debate. Jurists from the South enumerated the possible subjects and objects of this right while jurists from the North questioned whether it existed ...
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• United States and Swiss Confederation Release Criteria for Disclosing Names

  
  Federal Tax Crimes — Authority: 493
  This blog was updated on November 18, 2009 The criteria for the Swiss and UBS to apply in disclosing accounts held by U.S. persons is set forth in a document released yesterday. The criteria document is here . The criteria document is an annex to an agreement makes the IRS request under the double tax treaty and ...
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• Glowing Bacteria Could Join Rats, Dogs, and Watercress in De-mining Agricultural Land

  
  Green Options — Authority: 148
  The complexity and cost of clearing land mines, which are still responsible for to twenty to thirty thousand casualties a year, has lead to a microorganism based detection method that should speed the location mines. The awesome power released by a detonating mine The New Mine Detection Technology ...
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• Glowing Bacteria Could Join Rats, Dogs, and Watercress in De-mining Agricultural Land

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  The complexity and cost of clearing land mines, which are still responsible for to twenty to thirty thousand casualties a year, has lead to a microorganism based detection method that should speed the location mines. The awesome power released by a detonating mine The New Mine Detection Technology ...
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• Swiss Release Criteria for Disclosing Names

  
  Federal Tax Crimes — Authority: 493
  The reports are coming in that the Swiss have released the criteria for disclosing the approximately 4,450 names related to UBS accounts. I provide links below for some news reports that include reports as to the selection criteria . As I parse these reports, the criteria apply for the period 2001-2008 and are: ...
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• Amnesty International Pushes "Gay Marriage" Down Under

  
  Particular Baptist Kev's Random Thoughts — Authority: 138
  By Piero A. TozziWASHINGTON, D.C., November 12, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Activist organization Amnesty International is putting its weight behind an Australian bill seeking to legalize "same-sex marriage" in that country, claiming that "internationally recognized" non-discrimination norms dictate such a result. In ...
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• Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao to visit Bangladesh

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 725
  New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao will visit Dhaka on Saturday.Rao will meet Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and Leader of Opposition Khaleda Zia during her two-day visit.Rao will also hold talks with Bangladesh Foreign Minister Dipu Moni and her Bangladeshi counterpart Touhid ...
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• Alan Watt: The Wise Men’s Dream, Kill ‘em All, Save the Cream (Nov. 12, 2009)

  
  www.TruthRing.org — Authority: 132
  Don’t forget about the Alan Watt Audio page.
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• Australia Signing on To Hague Convention on Service of Process

  
  GlobalTort — Authority: 424
  Australian law firm Clayton Utz explains the situation here.
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• Affolder: The Private Life of Environmental Treaties

  
  International Law Reporter — Authority: 145
  Natasha Affolder (Univ. of British Columbia - Law) has posted The Private Life of Environmental Treaties (American Journal of International Law, Vol. 103, no. 3, p. 510, 2009). Heres the abstract: The gravitational pull of environmental treaties is felt not only by states. Yet international lawyers almost ...
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