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Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban - United Nations- msnbc.com

Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West. Muslim [...]

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Climate change theory no excuse for misanthropy

I am concerned that the fear of man-made climate change is being used to foster misanthropy, such as the anti-human practices of abortion, contraception and population control. UNFPA (the United Nations Population Fund) issued a report this week which argued that climate change should be combatted by reducing population growth through contraception. UNFPA, one of the world's leading anti-life

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Long-term Peacebuilding in Africa: Challenges for the United Nations

There are multiple issues facing the UN, AU, multi-lateral and bi-lateral actors as they confront the huge peace-building challenges in Africa. To better under these complex dynamics, it is important to start by asking three basic but important questions. Answering these questions would help shape the discourse and policy tools for tackling peace-building on the continent and elsewhere: 1. What lessons...

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Franciscan Sisters of the Poor Foundation: Vatican Ambassador to the United Nations to Be Guest at Franciscan Foundation Christmas Concert

NEW YORK, NY (MARKET WIRE) His Excellency Archbishop Celestino Migliore, Vatican Ambassador to the United Nations, will be the guest of honor at The Musical Splendors of Christmas, a concert of Sacred Arias and seasonal favorites performed by operatic tenor Roberto Iarussi and soprano Christian Holms on December 3, 2009, at St. Francis of Assisi Church Manhattan. Proceeds from the evening will benefit...

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THE United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which celebrates its 20th anniversary tomorrow, is a document that means a lot in Wales.

Since 2004, it has been the foundation upon which all of our policies in respect of children and young people have been built.

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European Union to seek special status at United Nations

The European Union is pushing to upgrade its status at the UN to put it on a par with quasi-states such as the Vatican and Palestine.

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Venezuela blows up border bridges with Colombia

Tensions raised between two countries as troops dynamite rural walkways Venezuela claims are used by smugglers and militia Venezuela has blown up two pedestrian bridges on its border with Colombia in the latest sign of deteriorating relations between the Andean neighbours. Soldiers destroyed the walkways because they were being used by illegal militia and drug traffickers, said Eusebio Aguero, an...

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Climate Change Whores

In the desperate attempt to link every evil under the sun as caused by "climate change" ( the phrase "global warming" has suddenly become, ahem, unhelpful ), we've seen a lot of stupidity, but this instance -from the UN , natch - may take the cake : The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous...

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UNFPA Report Highlights Relationship Between Family Planning, Women's Health And Climate Change

"Providing access to contraception for 215 million women, mainly in developing countries, would help to stabilize population growth and significantly reduce the effects of climate change," according to a report released Wednesday by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Nature News reports (Gilbert, 11/18).

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20 years after UN pact, many children still suffer

EDITOR'S NOTE _ The United Nations adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child 20 years ago Friday, yet hundreds of millions of children still suffer from violence, hunger and disease. Associated Press correspondents around the globe interviewed... United Nations - Convention on the Rights of the Child - Child - Children Youth and Family - Multilateral

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Afghanistan is world's worst place to be born: U.N.

GENEVA (Reuters) - Eight years after a U.S.-led invasion ousted the Taliban from power in Afghanistan, the war-ravaged state is the most dangerous place in the world for a child to be born, the United Nations said on Thursday.

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Police nab mastermind of Islamabad suicide attacks, including WFP bombing

Islamabad Police Friday announced the capture of a terrorist mastermind who has confessed to his role in recent suicide attacks in the capital city, including suicide hit at WFP office, besides involvement in terrorist activities in Swat. (..) These four suicide hits, confessed by the terrorist Jamshed, include suicide hit on United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) office in which five UN workers...

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Xenophobic Attacks Draw Condemnation From UN Agency

The United Nations refugee agency today condemned the latest xenophobic attacks that have driven some 3,000 foreigners, including refugees and asylum-seekers from Zimbabwe, from a community in South Africa.

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Students Worldwide Host Holiday Food Drives to Help Their Communities and the World

WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Doubletree Hotels and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the world's largest humanitarian organization, have teamed up to motivate students to help fight hunger this holiday season through a unique relationship that will collect food for local food banks in the United States and raise funds for WFP's hunger relief operations abroad. The “Community Drive...

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How To Get From Climate Change to AIDS in Two Easy Steps

Yes, you can go from one potential global disaster to a global epidemic in just two steps, if you are a U.N. Official. Climate change increases HIV/AIDS infection. So says a representative from the U.N. . The effects of climate change have driven women in communities in coastal areas in poor countries like the Philippines into dangerous work, and sometimes even the flesh trade, a United Nations official...

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Real Estate: investment in holiday villas in Sicily

Real Estate: investment in holiday villas in Sicily - paskcw

Sicily - Italy ’s number one tourist destination in 2009 - is becoming more and more popular for those who want to buy a house. British and German buyers, that are also being joined by people coming from eastern Europe, are finding a good opportunity to invest in the island’s properties, the possibility to make their wish come true and change their lives at the same time. A recent article published...

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British Firm fined for breaching UN Sanctions in Iraq, corruption in Jamaica. Ghana.

[Print] [Email] British firm fined for breaching UN sanctions in Iraq, corruption in Jamaica, Ghana Associated Press 09/25/09 1:35 PM PDT LONDON — A British bridge-building company was fined 3.5 million pounds ($5.6 million) on Friday for breaching United Nations sanctions in Iraq and for corruption offenses in Jamaica and Ghana. The Serious Fraud Office said the case against Mabey & Johnson Ltd. was...

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Dr Peter MacRae – specialist registrar in psychiatry

Dr Peter MacRae – specialist registrar in psychiatry - wellbeingnewseditor

Wellbeing Newsline: Contributors > Under the 1951 United Nations Convention on Refugees, a refugee is a person who has left the country of their nationality ‘owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion’ and is unable or unwilling to return. In the UK, an asylum seeker is a person who has applied...