Greenpeace Turns 40
On Saturday September 15, 2011, Greenpeace celebrated its 40th anniversary in Vancouver, Canada, the city of its birth. Sadly, Canada is now exploiting Alberta’s tar sands and actively working against other countries who are trying to develop meaningful climate targets. Forty years ago, not only was Greenpeace formed, but a then-obscure corporate lawyer (later appointed [...]
UN experts condemn public execution of juvenile and reiterate call for immediate halt on death penalty
International condemnation of the public hanging of 17-year old Alireza Molla Soltani that took place on Wednesday (21 September) in Tehran, continues. According to a statement by the UN Office of the High Commissioner of Human Rights, four United Nations experts condemned the public execution by hanging of 17-year-old Alireza Molla Soltani, and the ongoing [...]
Newsletter: Georgian National Investment Agency
Georgian National Investment Agency’s monthly newsletter: the September 2011 edition of GNIA newsletter, Supplement To Georgia Today Newspaper: Download newsletter Blog this! Bookmark on Delicious Recommend on Facebook Tip on Hyves Share on Linkedin Share on technorati Tweet about it Print for later Bookmark in Browser Tell a friend
Gender parity must be insisted in institutions
The next month of August promises to be one of the most eventful months on the gender calendar in the Southern African zone. According to the press communiqué that has been circulated by the Southern African Gender Protocol Alliance there will many celebrations while at the same time this will be a women’s month that [...]
Giving a child a shot at life
Saving a the life of a child is truly simple, yet all too often children suffer and die needlessly. This year alone across the globe some two million children will die from preventable diseases. These children will suffer and die from diseases that here in the United States are nothing more than a faded memory, [...]
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