Behind the Spin (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Just a year on from graduating, Richard Millington is now Social Media/Online Community Manager at the United Nations in Geneva. He tells how he built is CV to secure this opportunity.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | yesterday
Geneva - Some 50 United Nations peacekeepers implicated in cases of sexual abuse have been disciplined and punished over the past three years, a spokeswoman for the world body said Friday. This year alone 33 military personnel implicated in cases of ...
What Really happened (Free subscription) | yesterday
A 575-page blistering report by Justice Richard Goldstone detailing war crimes in Gaza last December is refusing to die despite an aggressive Israeli smear campaign to kill it. The report, which was favorably voted by the 47-member Human Rights Council in Geneva last month, received overwhelming support Thursday in the 192-member General Assembly. WRH permalink
Elder of Ziyon (Free subscription) | yesterday
The Guardian says that accused Fort Hood murderer Nidal Hassan was "the son of Palestinians from a village near Jerusalem." The New York Times says, "His mother’s obituary, in The Roanoke Times in 2001, said she was born in Palestine in 1952." This got me to wondering about a contradiction in the standard pro-Palestinian Arab narrative that the world has swallowed whole. We...
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | yesterday
GENEVA (Reuters) - Some pigs, turkeys and household pets have become infected with the H1N1 flu, but the pandemic virus does not yet appear to be spreading quickly among animals, the World Health Organization said on Friday.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
GENEVA (Reuters) - Three quarters of people in South Sudan have no access to medical care, and 10 percent of children there and in Darfur die before their first birthday, a World Health Organization (WHO) official said on Thursday.
Avian Flu Diary (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
# 3959 The World Health Organization has released their 15th Pandemic Briefing note, this time dealing with the hot subject of the H1N1 virus beginning to show up in farm animals, such as turkeys and pigs. This has been a frequent topic of conversation in this, an many other flu blogs, with my latest blog about this coming earlier today. Infection of farmed animals with the pandemic virus Pandemic...
SPICY IP (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Position: Legal Officer (P.3) Application Deadline: November 23, 2009 Duty Station: Geneva The position is under the supervision of the Head of the Traditional Creativity, Cultural Expressions and Cultural Heritage Section, Traditional Knowledge Division. Qualifications required: • University degree in law, preferably with a post-graduate specialization in intellectual property law, notably in...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
GENEVA -- The United Nations says at least 50 peacekeepers have been punished by national authorities over the last three years for committing sexual abuses on U.N. missions.
Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
GENEVA (Reuters) - Cases of the H1N1 pandemic influenza virus showing resistance to antiviral drugs are "isolated and infrequent," the World Health Organization said on Thursday.
Sify (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
/GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States will not agree to a deal in world trade talks unless other countries make better offers to open their markets, two U.S. trade nominees said on Wednesday.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Geneva - The United Nations telecommunications unit has announced it's found the solution to the lack of universality in chargers for mobile phones. The International Telecommunications Union in Geneva says it has approved an energy-efficient one-ch...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
In the Swiss city that is associated with the religious reformer John Calvin, some are seeking to update — even soften — his image on the anniversary of his birth.
No Right Turn (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
A couple of days ago I responded to Sue Bradford's final complaint about public attitudes to MPs by pointing out that they have collectively worked very, very hard to earn our contempt . And right on cue, Hone Harawira blows off work on a Parliamentary delegation to the European Parliament in favour of a taxpayer-subsidized sightseeing trip to Paris : Maori Party MP Hone Harawira is being investigated...
Angry Arab News Service (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
This woman was once a revolutionary. Look at her words now. This is how she refers to collaboration with Israel: " IPS: Maybe we can begin with the Goldstone Report on the Gaza invasion and in particular the political fallout from (Palestinian Authority President) Mahmoud Abbas's role in delaying debate on the report in Geneva. Leila Khaled: We have declared that it was a political mistake - a...
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bharatbook | 10/21/2009
GMP Capital Trust (GMP) is one of the leading independent investment dealers in Canada. GMP is principally engaged in providing investment services for corporate, institutional and individual clients through its operating subsidiaries or entities. The company carries out its business activities through five principal entities namely, GMP Securities, GMP Europe, GMP Private Client, EdgeStone Capital
aarkstore | 07/31/2009
Summary Merck Serono S.A., (Merck Serono) a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, manufacture, and marketing of therapeutic products for the treatment of human diseases, with a focus on the reproductive health, neurology, growth, and metabolism markets worldwide. The company, formerly known as Serono S.A., was founded in 1987 and changed its name to Merck Serono S.A. in January 2007. The...
aarkstore | 06/18/2009
Summary Merck Serono S.A., (Merck Serono) a biotechnology company, engages in the discovery, manufacture, and marketing of therapeutic products for the treatment of human diseases, with a focus on the reproductive health, neurology, growth, and metabolism markets worldwide. The company, formerly known as Serono S.A., was founded in 1987 and changed its name to Merck Serono S.A. in January 2007. The...
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