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Global Visas: The Age of Global Mobility Has Come Crashing to a Halt

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM (MARKET WIRE) Kofi Annan when he was the leader of the United Nations predicted the world was entering the second phase of the Globalisation and called it the "Age of International Mobility". He could not have been further from the truth and little could he foresee the dramatic down turn in Global Mobility since he spoke those famous words. As Governments in the UK,...

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Mo Ibrahim says some African states are not viable

African Mobile Phone tycoon Mo Ibrahim spoke at a two day conference promoting good corruption free government in the African continent. Ibrahim says that governments need to integrate or else their states would perish. Ibrahim urged conference attenders ask if their leaders are really serious about solving problems. From Reuters writer Katrina Manson attended the conference and gives us some quotes...

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Kenya: After the Events of 2008, We Can't Claim Sovereignty

IN RECENT DAYS, SOME POLITI-cians have been trying to convince the world that Kenya is a sovereign nation that cannot be dictated to by foreign powers and individuals. They claim that the likes of Luis Moreno-Ocampo and Kofi Annan are foreigners meddling in Kenyan affairs.

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Greg Craig Stepping Down As White House Counsel

White House Counsel Gregory Craig, who once lawyered for clients like Ted Kennedy, Bill Clinton (during the impeachment), John Hinckley Jr., Kofi Annan, and Elian Gonzalez's dad, will step down Friday. The most high-profile defection from the Obama White House yet, Craig's departure will end what the Washington Post calls "an embattled tenure in which he struggled to lead the closure of the Guantanamo...

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Remembering the legacy of late PLO Chairman Arafat

Yasser Arafat with Kofi Annan at the 2001 World Economic Forum. Photo: Flickr user WorldEconomicForum Palestinians marked the fifth anniversary of the death of PLO leader Yasser Arafat today, as deep uncertainty hovers over the future of the peace process with Israel. In the West Bank, thousands held a rally to honor Arafat. Meanwhile, Palestinian president Mahmoud [...]

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Films tackle sorrow and the City | Jessica Reed

Works by film-makers such as Michael Moore at the Sheffield Documentary Festival illustrate society's erosion of individuality There is a striking moment in Greg Barker's Sergio , his documentary about Sergio Veira de Mello showcased last weekend at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival , in which the late Brazilian United Nations ambassador is asked by a journalist whether or not the UN's...

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Berlin Wall Season: Not important enough to Obama

German newsmagazine Der Spiegel notes that US President Barack Obama shelved apparent plans to attend the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, of which Toby Harnden at the Daily Telegraph said: Perhaps Obama felt that celebrating the role of the United States in bringing down the wall would be a bit triumphalist and not quite in keeping with his wish to present America as a declining world...

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Countdown to UN Climate Change Summit in Copenhagen

The UN Climate Change Summit is 26 days away. Greenpeace has an online petition for everyone to sign. You can sign the petition at http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/climate-change/take_action/leaders-go-to-copenhagen-climate-summit'0 The world needs to change from its addiction to coal and other fossil fuels , preserve forests and agree sustainable targets on reducing carbon emissions...

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Global Index Reveals Gap in Effectiveness of Humanitarian Aid as Economic Crisis Bites

Almost half of the world's main donor governments are not doing enough to ensure that public funding for humanitarian assistance is reaching those most in need, when they need it most, according to DARA's 2009 Humanitarian Response Index (HRI)(TM), launched today in Washington DC. Now in its third year, the Humanitarian Response Index annually measures how well 22 of the world's main donor governments...

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Racism is a lawful freedom of expression...

Racism is a lawful freedom of expression According to Race Relations commissioner Joris de Bres, the Human Rights Commission [pdf], racism is a lawful freedom of expression under some circumstances, and Hone Harawira was within his rights to be racially offensive, because his comments were not insulting, abusive, or likely to bring contempt to any group. This is despite quite a few people considering...

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Remember the Women

As Congressional Democrats prepare to reinstate the reign of back-alley wire-hanger abortions, Ann Jones in The Nation reminds us how difficult it is to overcome lethal misogyny, whether here or in Afghanistan. At this critical moment, as Obama tries to weigh options against our national security interests, his advisers can't be bothered with--as one US military officer put it to me--"the trivial...

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ICC assigns judges to Kenya post-election violence situation

[JURIST] The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Friday that it has assigned three judges to the situation involving the violence perpetrated in the wake of Kenya's 2007 presidential elections. The decision came in response to a Thursday letter from chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo in which he said that he intends to request formal authorization in December to initiate an investigation...

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Nigeria: Tackling Climate Change

THE recent call by former Secretary General of the United Nations (UN), Kofi Annan, for global cooperation to avert the catastrophic consequences of climate change ought to be heeded by Nigeria as the country falls within the category of vulnerable and least developed nations that would bear the brunt of the greenhouse emissions, if appropriate actions are not taken.

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ICC prosecutor seeking formal investigation into Kenya post-election violence

[JURIST] International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday announced that he will ask the ICC to open a formal inquiry into violence perpetrated in the wake of Kenya's 2007 presidential elections. Following a meeting to discuss the ICC inquiry with Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki and opposition leader Raila Odinga, Moreno-Ocampo said that crimes against humanity committed...

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Diabetes Threat is Ignored and Under-Funded Across the World: Kofi Annan

Diabetes Leadership Forum 2009 seeks solutions to reduce long-term public healthcare costs "A recent survey sh