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UN suggests new possibilities for environmental fix
September 12, 2009UNITED NATIONS-Good news on the environmental front is rarely forthcoming. Instead, nearly every credible, science-based report foretells of an ever-closer environmental cataclysm, and for good reason. Given all this, today's report from the UN Environment Program...
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WORLDNOTES: Poland, Mexico, Kenya, Israel, India, Cuba
September 8, 2009Local media reported last week that the U.S. government likely will relocate long-range interceptor missiles planned for Poland to the Balkans, the Middle East, or placement upon naval vessels. The change affects radar installations intended for...
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Japan’s voters sweep out ruling party
September 8, 2009The Japanese Communist Party maintained its nine seats in the Diet after the historic elections Aug. 30 that swept the Liberal Democratic Party from power. For a half a century the LDP has ruled Japan.
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Cuba constructs environmentally sustainable socialism
September 5, 2009During a recent visit to Cuba, we stopped by an agricultural cooperative on the outskirts of Havana. Its farmers and cooperatives across the country are part of what’s widely acknowledged as the world’s largest organic farming...
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Time to end obsolete policies on Cuba
September 5, 2009When President Barack Obama pledged a more diplomatic United States that respects the sovereignty of other nations, I, along with 142 other U.S. citizens and residents took him up on that claim.
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