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February 10, 2007 04:46 PM EST -- Wary of the fast-deteriorating human rights conditions in Colombia, church leaders and aid groups in the United States are calling for the Bush administration to reconsider its current policy toward Bogota. . . . more
February 07, 2007 02:19 PM EST -- Attorneys for the first commissioned officer to refuse to serve in Iraq plan to appeal if he's convicted at a court martial this week on a U.S. military base at Fort Lewis, Washington. "It's . . . more
July 30, 2008 01:36 PM EDT -- Hey guys, Do you know how Obama and McCain stand on global issues you care about?  Find out by reading the latest OneWorld Perspectives Ezine's look at the presidential candidiates' . . . more
March 30, 2007 06:44 PM EDT -- For those in the United States and Canada who stand for sustainable modes of production and consumption of natural resources, including seafood, there is good news from the oceans this week. Though fish . . . more
March 18, 2007 10:46 AM EDT -- Canada, like the United States, is facing international scrutiny for its treatment of indigenous people. This week, a United Nations treaty body took the rare step of telling Canada to change its behavior . . . more
May 21, 2007 05:01 PM EDT -- Thousands of children in the African nations of Chad and the Central African Republic could be turning from the battlefield to the blackboard as a result of international negotiations over the past two . . . more
March 12, 2007 11:40 AM EDT --  The United States' four-year-old occupation of Iraq has considerably worsened the lives of the country's women, charges a new report from an international human rights group. The New York-based . . . more
March 18, 2007 10:51 AM EDT -- Politicians in Washington are debating the issue of immigration this week. Many Democrats want to create a guest worker program through which undocumented immigrants would be able to earn legalization . . . more
March 06, 2007 12:06 PM EST -- This post is dedicated to people who are unaware of the coming centuries biggest market. I’ve tried to cover in basic terminology, what carbon trading is in this post. Problem: Carbon emissions . . . more
March 24, 2007 07:10 PM EDT -- Holding scores of rallies and sit-ins around world, environmental and community groups Thursday made fresh calls for drastic actions to protect the world's rivers and other water resources from the . . . more
April 17, 2007 02:54 PM EDT -- Dubbing the battle against climate change a moral test for the United States, global anti-poverty and religious leaders called on U.S. politicians Monday to take drastic and immediate action to reduce . . . more
March 06, 2007 11:56 AM EST -- A U.S. plan to develop a new hydrogen bomb could spark production of new nuclear weapons by other countries, including several foes of the Bush administration, warn some of the nation's leading arms . . . more
February 19, 2007 01:08 PM EST -- Trade unionists on both sides of the Pacific expressed relief Thursday after a seventh round of free trade negotiations between South Korea and the United States ended without an agreement. "A majority . . . more
April 04, 2007 01:45 PM EDT -- The Bush administration's plans to increase biofuel imports could add to the suffering of millions of impoverished peasants in Brazil and other developing countries, food rights and environmental groups . . . more
February 15, 2007 02:28 PM EST -- Human rights groups spoke out this week, condemning the United States Special Envoy to Sudan, Andrew Natsios, for claiming the crisis in Darfur no longer constitutes genocide. "The term genocide . . . more
February 22, 2007 12:52 PM EST -- Zimbabwe's education and healthcare sectors are lying almost completely dormant this week, and government repression of political opponents continues. A strike looms as the nation's teachers . . . more
March 02, 2007 11:34 AM EST -- A delegation of U.S. religious leaders called Monday for Washington to negotiate with Tehran, following the delegation's landmark two-and-a-half-hour meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. . . . more
April 02, 2007 09:42 PM EDT -- Trade unionists on both sides of the Pacific expressed disappointment Monday after the United States and South Korea agreed the biggest U.S. trade pact in 15 years with only minutes to go before a deadline. . . . more
February 19, 2007 01:18 PM EST -- While already finding it hard to get into the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, aid groups say it is becoming increasingly difficult to help displaced people in neighboring Chad as well. "In some . . . more
April 25, 2007 05:48 PM EDT -- Most people associate April with tax day, but it’s also national Financial Literacy Month. More people may be paying closer attention to their personal investing strategy, but what about political . . . more
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