by Caoimhin O'Flute ©

   It is estimated that 80% of the world's population will live in urban areas by the year 2020, another prediction has the population of the planet approaching 10 billion, a 150% increase over today's numbers, by the year 2050.  Today, we can all see that the unsustainable use of critical resources, ie.

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By Ashin Mettacara

Karadzic was one of the world's most wanted war crimes fugitives. He is a former Bosnian Serb president and a masterminded man of the ethnic cleansing .

More than 8000 Muslims were killed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war. But the latest research says about 100,000 people were killed in this war. Karadzic was arrested on early Tuesday morning in a sweep by Serbian security forces.

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by Caoimhin O'Flute ©

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The rumor mill is flying with varied reports that Sen. John McCain may be ready to pick his running mate. Will this develop--or will trial balloons be floated?

A Republican dream team could be McCain-Secretary of State Condi Rice. However, Rice has previously declared she won't run.

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There has been a fair bit of news coming out of France over the past week with much of it making the international headlines.

Of course a great deal of attention has been directed towards a certain two-wheeled sporting event that's slowly but surely wending its way around the country (note, no mention of the "D" word). And there was the polemic surrounding the case of a Moroccan woman, refused citizenship because her wearing of the burqa was deemed as evidence that she hadn't "assimilated enough into French society."

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"Advertising companies have a responsibility to society for propaganda and showing the country's image. Order in the Olympic advertising market directly connects to the national image," the Government said.

Banned advertisments included those for products which claim to increase sexual potency of the performance of sexual organs, and for cigarettes, it added.

Instead, advertisers should concentrate on the Beijing Olympics' main themes, such as the "green Olympics" and the "cultured Olympics", the statement said.

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By, Uwe Paschen.

Once the dominant Religion in the World was Christianity mainly due to massif forced conversions at first. Forcing out all other religions through out Europe with barbaric religious War that went on for over 800 years.

This was followed by Missionaries going around the World with Colonising Army's from Spain, Portugal, France, Great Briton for the most part, again forcing Christianity onto Native Populations and slaves.

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By Ashin Mettacara

The United Nations has been diplomatically trying to persuade Burma leaders for a long time. They tried by sending envoys. They talked with beautiful diplomatic words, but people have already known in advance that they cannot realistically hope for anything before the UN envoys come. The UN could not do anything for Burma. They could not count even death after last September’s uprising. Since then we have deeply disappointed by the UN's failure.

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by Caoimhin O'Flute ©

Radovan Karadzic was arrested for war crimes by the Serbian security forces Monday after eluding his pursuers for over 10 years.  He is being incarcerated in Belgrade today to face the War Crimes Court on several charges including genocide.

Karadzic, as leader of the Bosnian Serbs during the 1991-95 war, is to be prosecuted for a 1995 incident in which 8,000 men and boys were slaughtered in the town of Srebrenica.  More criminal charges are to be brought against him for extermination, persecution, and inhumane acts, among others.

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