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New York activists expect massive September climate march at UN
July 7, 2014"Make it bigger, make it bolder, make it more challenging, because literally the whole world will be watching."
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Vietnam appeals to public for help on China conflict
June 20, 2014China sent a deep-water oil rig into Vietnamese marine territory, along with 80 ships, including military vessels, infuriating Vietnam, which has been trying to resolve the crisis diplomatically.
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Time for a 21st century U.S. foreign policy
March 25, 2014With 16,000 of the world's 17,000 nuclear bombs in the U.S. and Russia, the U.S. should certainly not be fanning the fires for a new cold war after the distressing events in Crimea and the Ukraine.
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Nuclear disarmament policy a mixed bag, at best
March 11, 2014The ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the negotiation of a Fissile Materials Treaty, both of which the Obama administration favors, have been held up, one by the U.S. Senate, the other by another...
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U.S. unionists back domestic worker from India
February 6, 2014A group of U.S. unionists made it quite clear to India's ambassador to the U.S. that his nation's diplomats should stop treating their own domestic workers as serfs.
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