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Israel: 60 Years of the Modern Nation-State ( 2008-05-14 ) Israel is currently celebrating 60 years of existence as a Nation-State.
“At midnight on May 14, 1948, the Provisional Government of Israel proclaimed the ne... (read more) |
 | UNHCR Emergency Response in Myanmar- Update ( 2008-05-13 ) UNHCR staff in Mae Sot, north-western Thailand, help load emergency shelter supplies on a convoy bound for Myanmar on Saturday. © UNHCR/V.Dithajohn
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U.S.: Winter Soldier on the Hill ( 2008-05-13 ) Congress has heard from politicians, pundits, and generals, but not, up to this point, from the average boots-on-the-ground soldier.
On May 15th, Iraq Vetera... (read more) |
Preventing an arms race in outer space ( 2008-05-13 ) AS WORLD WAR I broke out, Henry James identified an inexorable current that had been running below international events, leading to the "monstrous scene" of Aug... (read more) |
 | Kidney for Bread in oil-rich Iraq ( 2008-05-13 ) BAGHDAD
Iraq, a member of OPEC with the world's third-biggest oil reserves, earned $38 billion in oil export revenue last year.... (read more) |
ISIS: Deadly gift from Monsanto to India ( 2008-05-13 ) To follow up on your articles, Organic Cotton Beats Bt Cotton in India ( SiS 27) and Message from Andra Predesh:Return to organic cotton & avoid the Bt cotton t... (read more) |
 | Sand Creek Massacre story hits air waves ( 2008-05-13 ) CENTENNIAL, CO -- Award-winning filmmaker, Donald L. Vasicek's interview about his award-winning film, "The Sand Creek Massacre", will be aired in two parts on ... (read more) |
U.S.: Help Protect Utah's Redrock Canyonlands ( 2008-05-13 ) Right now the U.S. Senate is considering legislation (S. 2834) that would permanently protect a spectacular stretch of wildlands in southwestern Utah. But the b... (read more) |
 | Pentecost Sunday (Whitsunday) (Pinkster) ( 2008-05-11 ) Illustration: The Descent of the Holy Spirit in a 15th century illuminated manuscript. At the top is a dove, representing the Holy Spirit. The Virgin Mary stand... (read more) |
Mother’s Day 2008 ( 2008-05-11 ) When we arrived, it was our mothers who first taught us who we are and what we should do.
Then, later, a few of our fathers – or their leaders – taught us wa... (read more) |
 | WORLD MIGRATORY BIRD DAY 2008 ( 2008-05-10 ) Migratory Birds - Ambassadors for Biodiversity
10-11 May 2008
Migratory bird numbers plummeting globally - warning signs of a changing environment
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 | Malcom Lagauche: REMINISCING TARIQ AZIZ ( 2008-05-09 ) Tariq Aziz is about to go on trial for the murder of 42 people in Iraq in 1992. The verdict, as with all the so-called trials of the Ba’ath regime members, is a... (read more) |
 | Lebanon: Hizbullah Rejects Hariri Initiative ( 2008-05-09 ) BEIRUT
As fighting rocked the Lebanese capital for a third day on Friday, May 9, the Hizbullah-led opposition rejected a four-point initiative proposed by p... (read more) |
Myanmar courts political disaster ( 2008-05-09 ) CHIANG MAI, Thailand
With political, economic and social tensions already running high, the devastating impact of Cyclone Nargis and the military government... (read more) |
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