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Rainforest Communities Send Message to the World: Save Yasuni National Park From Devastation by Oil Industry (Popularity:  )
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Indigenous communities from Yasuni National Park, home to some of the most biodiverse rainforest on the planet, have sent a message to the world pleading to save the park from devastation by the oil industry. Lead by Ecuador's Vice President Lenin Moreno Garces, nearly 100 people spelt the words "Live Yasuni" as a helicopter carrying photographers hovered overhead. The images will be sent to the Live Earth world feed. The ...
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USIBC Hails Commissioning of INS Jalashwa as Major Milestone in Bilateral Relationship (Popularity: )
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With the commissioning of INS Jalashwa on Friday, formerly the U.S.S. Trenton, India joined a select group of countries operating a 'landing platform dock' in high seas. Ambassador to the U.S. H.E. Ronen Sen did the honors, thereby providing the country's navy the enhanced capability to transport troops, personnel and equipment to greater distances. The Jalashwa was acquired from the U.S. when the Cabinet Committee on Security approved the acquisition ...
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ATFL Chairman Amb. Thomas Nassif Meets with Secretary of State Rice (Popularity: )
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American Task Force for Lebanon (ATFL) Chairman Thomas A. Nassif, a former US ambassador to Morocco, was among a group of nine Arab-American leaders that met with Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Washington. Ambassador Nassif thanked the Secretary for the Administration's rapid response in getting equipment to the Lebanese army, which has been locked in battle with the militant Fatah al-Islam since May 20. He also thanked the Secretary ...
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Remarks by President Bush at Roundtable on Humanitarian and Volunteer Efforts (Popularity: )
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The following is a transcript of remarks by President Bush at a roundtable on humanitarian and volunteer efforts: THE PRESIDENT: I want to thank the good folks of Sant'Egidio for joining us. Sant'Egidio is one of the great faith-based organizations in the world. And we're here to talk about our common commitment to help the poor, feed the hungry, and help eradicate disease. The United States is firmly committed to ...
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On Eve of Deportation to Bangladesh District Court Imposes a Temporary Restraining Order Against Homeland Security (Popularity: )
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The US District Court Central District of California late Friday night, issued a temporary restraining order (TRO) against US Department of Homeland Security, forcing them to stay the deportation of Mohiuddin "Din" Ahmed (http://www.freedin.org) a man who is being forced back to his homeland of Bangladesh, where he will face certain death upon his return. The court will "stay his deportation pending Congress' consideration of a private bill introduced on ...
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Radio Address by President Bush to the Nation (Popularity: )
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The following is a transcript of President Bush's radio address: THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. Next week, I will travel to Europe to attend the G8 summit. At this meeting, the leaders of industrialized nations will discuss ways we can work together to advance trade, fight disease, promote development that works, increase access to education, and address the long-term challenge of global climate change. It is in America's interests to help ...
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Peace Activists Decry NATO Chief's Meeting with President Bush; Demonstration Planned Sunday, May 20, 3 p.m. in Crawford, Texas (Popularity: )
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When Jaap De Hoop Scheffer of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization visits the Bush Ranch in Crawford, Sunday, May 20, peace activists will be on hand to decry the Iraq war and NATO's role in the so called "war on terror." A White House press release declared, "The President looks forward to discussing with the Secretary General NATO's crucial role in advancing freedom and security." They will discuss operations in ...
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Republican Candidates Weak on War on Terror, Says Democratic National Committee (Popularity: )
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The following was released today by the Democratic National Committee: By telling the Associated Press that catching Bin Laden "is not worth moving heaven and earth," Mitt Romney crystallized exactly why Republican presidential candidates are weak on the war on terror, and why America needs real and strong leadership in the White House. [AP, 4/26/07] Romney's comments in New Hampshire on Thursday parallel the Bush Administration's decisions to back down ...
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United Nations: Commission On Limits Of Continental Shelf Concludes Nineteenth Session (Popularity: )
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United Nations Division for Ocean Affairs and the Law of the Sea -- The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its nineteenth session at United Nations Headquarters from 5 March to 13 April, pursuant to the decision taken at its eighteenth session (CLCS/52, paragraph. 53) and paragraph 45 of General Assembly resolution 61/222. The plenary part of the session was held from 26 March to 5 April, ...
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Amnesty International Charges That Vast Humanitarian Crisis is Looming With More Than Three Million Iraqis Displaced (Popularity: )
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Amnesty International today warned that the Middle East is on the verge of a massive humanitarian crisis unless the European Union, United States and other countries take urgent and concrete measures to assist the more than three million people forcibly displaced by the conflict in Iraq. In a briefing released in advance of an international conference being convened by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva, April ...
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