Jan 06 2010
UN Warns of Threats to Earth’s Biodiversity
On New Year’s Day, the United Nations designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. Citing the rapid extinction rates of plant and animal life accelerated by human activities, the year will officially launch next Monday in Berlin, Germany. Shortly thereafter, an international gathering will convene on the issue at the Paris headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural …
On New Year’s Day, the United Nations designated 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity. Citing the rapid extinction rates of plant and animal life accelerated by human activities, the year will officially launch next Monday in Berlin, Germany. Shortly thereafter, an international gathering will convene on the issue at the Paris headquarters of the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural …
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Iranians are continuing their uprising into the New Year with on-going street demonstrations. Last week at least 8 people were killed in clashes with government forces, and over a dozen people arrested. On Sunday, the Shi’ite sacred day of Ashura, thousands of people demonstrated. Among those killed in recent weeks is Seyed Ali, the nephew of opposition …
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Thirty years ago today the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan and sparked what was to be a 10 year-bloody occupation, claiming the lives of 10,000 Soviet soldiers, and more than a million Afghans. Often referred to as the USSR’s “Vietnam,” it served as a a sober lesson to many Russians, and, today also being the 3000th day of the US …
The United States Senate voted 60 to 39 yesterday morning on the last of several procedural votes paving the way for a final Christmas Eve vote on the massive healthcare overhaul that has occupied much of Congress and the White House this past year. In overcoming the last hurdle to a filibuster-proof 60 votes, Democrats made sweet-heart deals …
While the issue of women’s reproductive health has become a political football in the healthcare bill being tackled in Congress, multiple attacks on the same issue have been launched by anti-abortion groups nationwide. In Kansas the on-going case against the alleged killer of Dr. George Tiller has rallied right wing groups to assert that it is …
