The Fight to Keep Toxic Mining—and the World Bank—Out of El Salvador
Complete with a giant inflatable fat cat, protesters rally outside the World Bank in support of El Salvador’s right to ban toxic mining along its principal watershed. (Photo: Ron Carver / Institute...
View ArticleTurkish Leader Says World Not Doing Enough
President Recep Tayyib Erdogan of Turkey addresses a meeting of the United Nations Security Council regarding the threat of foreign terrorist fighters during the 69th session of the U.N. General...
View ArticleObama: World needs to do more to tackle Ebola
US President Barack Obama has said the global community has not done enough to respond to the crisis posed by the Ebola outbreak that is currently spiralling out of control in West Africa. “There is...
View ArticleObama: ‘American Leadership The One Constant In An Uncertain World’
U.S. President Barack Obama has said the United States continues to be the world’s leading stabilizing force. In his weekly address on September 27, Obama said “American leadership is the one constant...
View ArticleFactionalism and Totalitarianism Are the Scylla and Charybdis of the Arab World
Mahmoud Abbas, leader of Fatah, does Arab unity no favors. (Photo: Olivier Pacteau / Flickr) At Asia Times Online, Ramzy Barzoud writes about the lack of what he calls Arab gallantry. … millions...
View ArticleThe Forgotten Christian World
Chapel of Saint Ananias, Damascus, Syria, an early example of a Christian house of worship; built in the 1st century AD.When we think of great historical events we naturally imagine them in visual...
View ArticleOur National Security State Knows Everything about You but Nothing about the...
(Photo: DonkeyHotey / Flickr) What are the odds? You put about $ 68 billion annually into a maze of 17 major intelligence outfits. You build them glorious headquarters. You create a global...
View ArticleThe plan many do not want is the USA to completely become a Third World Country
Tuesday, 07 October, 2014 EXOGEN >The plan many do not want is the USA to completely become a Third World Country or the possibility of having to complete your EXCHANGE in another country OUTSIDE...
View ArticleUN: world must act to prevent Kobane massacre
The UN envoy for Syria has urged the international community to act to prevent the “rape and massacre” of Kobane, as US-led air attacks failed to stop ISIL storming the Kurdish-Syrian town. Staffan de...
View ArticleEbola-hit states say world response is slow
Leaders of West African nations plagued by Ebola said the deadly virus is outpacing the world’s response to it, jeapordising the future of “perhaps Africa.” “Ladies and gentleman, unless we quickly...
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