International Cooperation

AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Continue Talks to 'Win The Peace' in the North 2008-07-03

The Ugandan government responded by ruling out further negotiations, stating that a treaty has already been agreed to and is simply awaiting Kony" ...

PR-Inside.com News: Refer to a friend 2008-07-03

1998 - A UN conference produces a draft treaty on a world criminal court that would grant the prosecutor sweeping authority, a measure vigorously opposed ...

PR-Inside.com News: Internationale Religionsführerkonferenz anlässlich des G8-Gipfel ... 2008-07-03

(From the global multi-religious Declaration adopted at the Religions for Peace First World Assembly in Kyoto , Japan, 1970.)

Hindu: Armed action against Iran unacceptable: Mukherjee 2008-07-03

New Delhi virtually rebuked Israel for its "aggresive actions" in Palestinian areas and said both countries must live in peace in the demarcated boundaries.

Journal of Turkish Weekly: GUAM Summit Ending With Question Mark Over Its Future 2008-07-03

GUAM has already lost one member -- Uzbekistan -- which withdrew several years ago, citing poor organization. Voronin gave no public reason for his absence ...

Reuters India: Czech Republic - Factors To Watch on July 3 2008-07-03

Mlada Fronta Dnes, page B1 PRESIDENT AGAINST LISBON TREATY : Czech President Vaclav Klaus said he hoped that approval of the Lisbon Treaty in the Czech ...

Reuters India: FACTBOX: Climate change high on G8 agenda in Japan 2008-07-03

The talks aim to conclude with the adoption of a new treaty in Copenhagen in December 2009 that would bind all nations to emissions curbs from the beginning ...

TamilNet: Knowledge books mistreat Tamil history 2008-07-03

In January 2008, the government officially withdrew from the ceasefire, and has begun engaging the LTTE in the northern portion of the country.

San Francisco Chronicle: Leaders seek global emissions deal Bush administration pushing ... 2008-07-03

... when he ruled out US participation in the Kyoto Protocol. Other countries, and US environmental groups, regarded that treaty as an essential first step ...

Bloomberg: Japan to Boost Spending on China, India Clean-Energy Projects 2008-07-03

G-8 leaders want to reach an agreement when they meet next week that will lay the groundwork for a successor to the 1997 Kyoto treaty on climate change.

FinFacts Ireland: Thursday Newspaper Review - Irish Business News and International ... 2008-07-03

The radical Left party, which opposed the treaty in parliament, this week withdrew a request for a court order to ban the president from signing the treaty ...

Irish Independent: Shameful take on McCartney family 2008-07-03

YOUR correspondent Maurice O'Connell suggests that Bruce Arnold is "badly wrong on a number of counts" concerning his stance on the Lisbon Treaty (Irish ...

Los Angeles Times: Tribunal orders release of Congolese militia leader 2008-07-03

From AP THE HAGUE -- Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday ordered the release of the first suspect the tribunal took into custody ...

Inner City Press: On Darfur, While US Lobbies for Lockheed, Sudan Says No, That UK ... 2008-07-03

Abdalmahmoud Abdalhaleem Mohamed also told Inner City Press that UK Ambassador John Sawers believes that International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno ...

Boston Globe: War crimes suspect ordered released 2008-07-03

THE HAGUE - The International Criminal Court yesterday ordered the release of the first suspect it took into custody, saying he cannot get a fair trial ...

Allentown Morning Call: More Holiday Events In The Lehigh Valley Region 2008-07-03

This annual event on July 13 celebrates the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Easton, signed in the city's Centre Square in 1758.

Kommersant: Estonian President Draws Russia 2008-07-03

Estonian President Toomas Hendrik Ilves has called on the country"s parliament to ratify the treaty on the Russian-Estonian border and exclude the preamble ...

MiamiHerald.com: At the nuclear crossroads: How much longer will the 'have- ... 2008-07-03

Forty years ago this week, on July 1, 1968, in Washington, London and Moscow, world leaders signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weap ...

Allmediascotland: More Thrills than Skills - A Half-life in Journalism, Part Eleven 2008-07-03

Croatia, a land of some three and a half million now warring souls, had, of course, been lumped into the Yugoslav federation imposed by the Treaty ...

Business Spectator: The McKibbin protocol 2008-07-03

The shortcomings of Kyoto , the teething problems and the rorting of the European emissions trading scheme and various UN mechanisms has made more people ...

Detroit Free Press: Around the world 2008-07-03

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Wednesday ordered the release of former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga, saying he can't get a fair ...

New Vision: ICC releases its first suspect 2008-07-03

INTERNATIONAL Criminal Court judges ordered the release of their first suspect, a Congolese militia leader, on Wednesday because prosecutors are withholding ...

New York Times: Congo: Court Orders Release of Former Militia Leader 2008-07-03

By AP Judges at the International Criminal Court in The Hague ordered the release of Thomas Lubanga, a former Congolese militia leader, saying that he could ...

Malaysia Sun: Hague court releases accused child soldier recruiter 2008-07-03

The International Criminal Court in The Hague has ordered the release of its first suspect since its establishment in 2002. Thomas Lubanga, a Congolese ...

Bloomberg: Canada's Harper Says Climate Treaty Must Include All Emitters 2008-07-03

Climate change will be a key topic at the G-8 meeting, as leaders seek to drive global efforts to come up with a successor to the 1997 Kyoto climate treaty .

Birmingham Star: US used Chinese confession techniques on suspects 2008-07-03

... can also terminate treaties with a mere announcement as George Bush did renouncing the important ABM Treaty with the former Soviet Union; in additi ...

BBC News: ICC orders Congo warlord release 2008-07-02

The International Criminal Court has ordered the release of the first-ever war crimes suspect to face trial before it, Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga.

guardian.co.uk: Bush seeks progress on long-term climate goal at G8 2008-07-02

The clock is ticking for a climate deal to succeed the Kyoto Protocol, which expires in 2012. International negotiators at last December's meeting in Bali ...

guardian.co.uk: Embassies told to cut back on pricey tableware 2008-07-02

Associated Press in Tokyo Judges at the international criminal court ordered the release of Democratic Republic of Congo militia leader Thomas Lubang ...

Grist Magazine: Summit like it hot 2008-07-02

Meanwhile, the world is getting antsy about whether a new deal will be in place when the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. International negotiators at ...

Black Agenda Report: In Memorial: íAnother Pyrrhic Victory for White Supremacyì 2008-07-02

Do you really think that the God of Christianity as revealed in the Bible is unconcerned about the environment, or war and peace , and injustice and poverty?

Black Agenda Report: In Memorial: íAnother Pyrrhic Victory for White Supremacyì 2008-07-02

Do you really think that the God of Christianity as revealed in the Bible is unconcerned about the environment, or war and peace , and injustice and poverty?

Democracy Now: Forty Years After Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, US Tops World ... 2008-07-02

He was a musician, labor organizer, peace activist and co-founder of his local homeless shelter. He also was an archivist, a historian and a traveler ...

American Muslim: De-Nuclearize Iran by Taking Out its Oil Industry: Pros and Cons 2008-07-02

Perhaps the International Criminal Court would indict both Olmert and Bush for a similar crime if they opted for a backfire strategy by bombing Iran ...

MWC News: Hezbollah affirms prisoner exchange 2008-07-02

Siniora has often said Lebanon would be the last Arab country to sign a peace treaty with Israel. On the same day as Nasrallah's speech ...

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty: Pakistan Blames IMU Militants For Afghan Border Unrest 2008-07-02

Speaking on June 28, Gilani stated that "foreign elements hailing from Central Asian republics are disturbing peace in the tribal areas.

AlterNet: We Are Through the Looking Glass: Guantánamo as Alice in Wonderland 2008-07-02

Post-9/11, with the Geneva Conventions shredded by the administration, the prisoners at Guantánamo -- "detainees" held as "enemy combatants" without right ...

Huffington Post: The Kyoto Treaty Of Design 2008-07-02

... there on the plane, to write a " Kyoto Treaty " of design, a call to action for the design industry to turn away from environmentally irresponsible ...

PR-Inside.com News: EUROPE NEWS AT 1800GMT 2008-07-02

THE HAGUE, Netherlands _ Judges at the International Criminal Court order the release of the first suspect the tribunal took into custody, saying he c ...

Vanity Fair: Believe Me, It"s Torture 2008-07-02

... and women were introduced to the sorts of barbarism that they might expect to meet at the hands of a lawless foe who disregarded the Geneva Conventions .

Xinhua: Palestinian president to pay first visit to Slovenia 2008-07-02

The conference discussed key issues of the dispute -- borders, the status of Jerusalem and Palestinian refugees -- with the goal that a peace treaty ...

Advocate Weekly: American dreams: WCMA brings the founding documents to life 2008-07-02

... as Jennys' "Portrait of Colonel Benjamin Simonds" with the " Treaty of Peace ," and Copley's "Portrait of Revered Samuel Cooper" with Cooper's "A Sermon.

The National: Ad agency"s Israeli ties draw ire 2008-07-02

Despite the confusion, the suspicions have already cast a shadow on the festival in a country that signed a peace treaty with the Jewish state in 1994 ...

Midnorth Monitor: Honouring warriors past and present 2008-07-02

The history of the Peace Pole goes back over 300 years to an agreement signed at Montreal in 1701. The treaty wasn"t over land. It was a peace accord ...

Reuters AlertNet: World Vision: Continue talks to "win the peace" in northern Uganda 2008-07-02

The Ugandan government responded by ruling out further negotiations, stating that a treaty has already been agreed to and is simply awaiting Kony' ...

RIA Novosti: Russia says sovereignty over Southern Kurils is unquestionable 2008-07-02

... Hokkaido island was annexed by the Soviet Union after World War II and the dispute has prevented the two countries from signing a formal peace agreement.

Daily News Egypt: Arab singers to boycott Jordan festival over Israel 2008-07-02

Although Jordan and Israel are bound by a 1994 peace treaty , many Jordanians are opposed to normalization of ties with the Jewish state. êAFP.

Associated Press of Pakistan: Just and fair settlement of Kashmir issue vital for Indo-Pak peace ... 2008-07-02

He mentioned PPP contributions to peace making in the sub-continent and recalled Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto had signed the most lasting peace treaty with ...

Xinhua: Russia disapproves Japan's attempts to discuss territorial dispute ... 2008-07-02

... it is necessary to develop multifaceted relations with Japan in order to create a favorable atmosphere and realize progress in signing a peace treaty .

InTheNews.co.uk: EU reform treaty - on hold 2008-07-02

The Berlin Declaration signed on March 25th marked the 50th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome, allowing leaders to look back at " peace and prosperity" ...

Sify: Prisoners of the Left 2008-07-02

Peace was restored in the year 821 with the conclusion of a Treaty , which laid down clearly the boundaries between China and Tibet.

The Baltic Course: Ilves: all cultures are equal 2008-07-02

The President stated that he has always been against the reference to the Tartu Peace Treaty in the preamble. íI think I was the only one who said back ...

Xinhua: China's top political advisor meets Japanese guest 2008-07-02

This year also marked the 30th anniversary of the signing of the China-Japan Peace and Friendship Treaty and the year of the China-Japan youth friendly ...

afrol News: South Sudan deploys to stop Ugandan attacks 2008-07-02

... leader Joseph Kony refused to sign a peace deal saying the International Criminal Court should withdraw warrants of arrest on him and other LRA leaders.

Reuters AlertNet: World Vision: Continue talks to "win the peace" in northern Uganda 2008-07-02

The Ugandan government responded by ruling out further negotiations, stating that a treaty has already been agreed to and is simply awaiting Kony' ...

Telegraph.co.uk: Flatscreen televisions fuel increase in global warming 2008-07-02

But it is not covered by the Kyoto protocol because it was only made in tiny amounts when the agreement was signed in 1997. Professor Michael Prather ...

Telegraph.co.uk: Where did it all go wrong for the International Criminal Court? 2008-07-02

Mr Justice Fulford, as he is styled when sitting at the Old Bailey, is far and away the most experienced trial judge at the International Criminal Court .

Islam Online: Guantanamo: "Torture Team" in Action 2008-07-02

"[The techniques] are plainly incompatible with the Geneva Conventions and that was why the administration had to get rid of Geneva and they did that on ...

Islam Online: Guantanamo: "Torture Team" in Action 2008-07-02

"[The techniques] are plainly incompatible with the Geneva Conventions and that was why the administration had to get rid of Geneva and they did that on ...

Reuters UK: ICC orders first suspect freed; prosecution appeals 2008-07-02

The judges' decision will overshadow a celebration planned in The Hague on Thursday to mark the 10th anniversary of the court's founding treaty ...

Reuters: Before G8, Britain says CO2 emissions understated 2008-07-02

The G8 summit in Hokkaido and the larger Major Economies Meeting on its fringes are aimed at boosting efforts for a new global climate change treaty next ...

Reuters South Africa: ICC to free first suspect unless prosecutor appeals 2008-07-02

AMSTERDAM, July 2 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court ordered on Wednesday the release of their first suspect, a Congolese militia leader ...

Reuters South Africa: CAR could offer rebels government posts, Patasse amnesty 2008-07-02

... from prosecution for war crimes or crimes against humanity which might be initiated by the International Criminal Court (ICC), based in The Hague.

Vitalfootball: The Low Down On Gulf Air 2008-07-02

The Foundation Treaty signed by the Kingdom of Bahrain, State of Qatar, the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the Sultanate of Oman gave each government a 25% sh ...

The Zimbabwean: A WARNING to those who fail to act! 2008-07-02

The text of Article II of the Genocide Convention was included as a crime in Article 6 of the 1998 Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court .

Pacific Free Press: How to Get Away with Anything: Supreme Crime, Supreme Impunity 2008-07-02

As former US attorney general Ramsey Clark points out, the NPT was actually an abolition treaty : not only was it designed to prevent the emergence of new ...

The Nation, Pakistan: Japan"s self-defence 2008-07-02

This was also an accomplishment of the US-Japan security treaty . Therefore, treaty itself seems to be a defence of Japan as stipulated in Article 5 of ...

Financial Times: Merkel backing for France over EU treaty 2008-07-02

The radical Left party, which opposed the treaty in parliament, this week withdrew a request for a court order to ban the president from signing the treaty ...

The Daily Yomiuri: Wishing upon a star for upcoming G-8 summit 2008-07-02

The home-grown Kyoto Protocol remains the most tangible--if utterly unenforceable--global commitment to emissions reduction targets for a key group ...

Arms Control Today: The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Then and Now 2008-07-02

North Korea did join the NPT as a non-nuclear-weapon state but later withdrew and tested a nuclear weapon that appeared to be in part the product of ...

Arms Control Today: High-Level Panel Calls for Stronger IAEA 2008-07-02

... on additional responsibilities while nuclear-weapon states have failed to fulfill their nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) commitment to disarmament.

Arms Control Today: Rethink European Missile Defense 2008-07-02

Over Russian objections, Bush withdrew from the treaty in 2002. Since then, the administration has poured roughly $8 billion a year into the Pentagon" ...

VietNamNet Bridge: PM"s successful US tour opens new chapter for VN-US relations 2008-07-02

... that the economic and commercial ties play an important role in the bilateral ones, agreeing to launch negotiations on the Bilateral Investment Treaty .

7thSpace Interactive (press release): íThe United Nations is essential for the world, and the Europe ... 2008-07-02

Europe wanted to convince all partners, in particular the emerging countries, to implement the Kyoto Protocol. Before the end of the year, its Presidency ...

7thSpace Interactive (press release): CALLS FOR CONCRETE ACTION TO ADDRESS PROBLEMS AFFLICTING ... 2008-07-02

It had also voluntarily assumed its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. Kazakhstan called urgently for the development and adoption of a United Nati ...

Christianity.ca: Another Side to a Sometime-Sorry Story 2008-07-02

On account of treaty disputes between the French and the English he had to return to France, only to find himself, five years later, among the Huron people ...

Spiegel Online: Optimism Grows in Iraq as Daily Life Improves 2008-07-02

In Tehran, he has promised to do everything in his power to ensure that the upcoming security treaty with the United States will not infringe on Iran' ...

Canada Free Press: A Conservative"s Presidential Inaugural Address 2008-07-02

I will sign no treaty that conflicts with the US Constitution. And I will order that any current treaty that does conflict with the constitution to ...

Transitions Online: Tackling the Tinderbox 2008-07-02

The land blockade is also, quite possibly, illegal, as it seems to breach Turkey"s undertaking in the 1922 Treaty of Kars to keep its border-crossings ...

Inner City Press: In UN Council, Zimbabwe Added to Vietnam President's Agend ... 2008-07-02

On International Criminal Court indictments, Inner City Press asked Le Luong Minh if he or the Council have received letters from the Congo's Jean-Pierre ...

Rocky Mountain News: What's it like to be waterboarded? 2008-07-02

... and women were introduced to the sorts of barbarism that they might expect to meet at the hands of a lawless foe who disregarded the Geneva Conventions .

JURIST: Belgium court transfers former Congo rebel leader to ICC 2008-07-02

... Bemba [ICC profile; JURIST news archive] to the International Criminal Court (ICC) [official website] where he will face prosecution for war crimes.

TransWorldNews (press release): International Criminal Court Orders Release of Warlord 2008-07-02

The International Criminal Court ordered the release Wednesday of the first person to be imprisoned by the tribunal on the grounds that prosecutors ...

Radar Online: Hitchens Gets Tortured Again 2008-07-02

... and women were introduced to the sorts of barbarism that they might expect to meet at the hands of a lawless foe who disregarded the Geneva Conventions .

RTT News: ICC Orders Release Of Congolese Warlord Thomas Lubanga 2008-07-02

(RTTNews) - The International Criminal Court on Wednesday ordered the release of Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga over the prosecution's failure to h ...

ScienceBlogs: Evolution, Life Sciences, Science Education, Human Evolution, ... 2008-07-02

... and women were introduced to the sorts of barbarism that they might expect to meet at the hands of a lawless foe who disregarded the Geneva Conventions .

Wicked Local Roslindale: Top Latin student taking lessons he"s learned to Yale 2008-07-02

... sites in Europe like the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands, the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam and the Krakow concentration camp in Poland.

Inside Costa Rica: Costa Rica Reports On First Semester in UN Security Council 2008-07-02

He added that another goal will be to discuss some issues that both the Council and the International Criminal Court . Regarding reforms to the Security ...

New York Times Blogs: Fighting Words 2008-07-02

... although they might íreduce the prisoner to animal level concerns,ì they are not ícruel treatmentì prohibited by Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions .

Namibian: SMSes Of The Day : Wednesday 2008-07-02

PRESENTER of the Chat Show June 30 2008 suggested to the caller that Mugabe can't be taken to International Criminal Court (ICC) as he isn't a signatory.

ISN: Balancing Act: The other Wilsonian 2008-07-02

And since globalization created a set of common, global problems, solving them required common, global solutions: the International Criminal Court ...

Stamford Advocate: Gitmo victims 2008-07-02

Our Constitution and the Geneva Conventions exist to protect, not the guilty, but the innocent. The Bush administration has ignored the established national ...

ISN: The Czech radar "miracle" 2008-07-02

In May, for example, the Czech daily Lidove noviny reported that the ODS would block ratification of the International Criminal Court until the junior Green ...

Dispatch Online: Zille works on taking Mugabe to court 2008-07-02

... to take all necessary steps for Robert Mugabe to be tried at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the Hague for his crimes against humanity.

National Post: Arbour won't be missed 2008-07-02

--indicting Hezbollah at the International Criminal Court ?" Ms. Arbour has become the archetype of a recognizable breed: The Canadian "honest broker" ...

Embassy: Axworthy, Arar Heap Criticism on Tory Positions 2008-07-02

The CCIJ was founded in 2000, soon after Canada ratified the International Criminal Court treaty. The NGO seeks to "ensure that those present in Canada ...

World Socialist Web Site: US appeals court emphatically overturns military tribunal ruling 2008-07-02

... as an íenemy combatant,ì the category invented by the Bush administration to evade the Geneva Conventions on the treatment of prisoners of war.

7thSpace Interactive (press release): íThe United Nations is essential for the world, and the Europe ... 2008-07-02

Europe wanted to convince all partners, in particular the emerging countries, to implement the Kyoto Protocol. Before the end of the year, its Presidency ...

African Path: Was Ghana Right in Suggesting Military Intervention in Zimbabwe 2008-06-30

Mugabe is very astute at skirting the lines of the Geneva conventions and of the UN accords to the extent that military intervention there is not an option.

Common Dreams (press release): CCR Files Four New Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuits Targeting Military ... 2008-06-30

We believe their actions and the acts of torture of their employees clearly violated the Geneva Conventions , the Army Field Manual, and the laws of ...

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: African Union Urged to Act on Zimbabwe 2008-06-30

There has been some talk of referring Zimbabwe to the International Criminal Court , ICC, in The Hague. However, as Zimbabwe has never signed up to ...

Institute for War and Peace Reporting: Peace Deal Unraveling 2008-06-30

Nkunda"s top commander, Bosco Ntaganda, has been indicted by the International Criminal Court , ICC, in The Hague, but remains at large and is actively ...

AllAfrica.com: South Africa: DA Wants Mugabe to Be Tried for Crimes Against Humanity 2008-06-30

... there was an "overwhelming case" for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to be tried at the International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity.

Mathaba.Net: US- Israeli Attack on Iran Imminent? 2008-06-30

But it never answers why Israel is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and how it came to have between 200 and 420 nuclear weap ...

Asia Times Online: Smoke and mirrors in the Khyber Valley 2008-06-30

The Khyber Agency borders Afghanistan and is a vital transit point for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) supplies going into Nangarhar province ...

Buzzle: 'If You Want to Help Iran, Don't Attack' 2008-06-30

On the doorstep of the BBC's Bush House in central London, though, an American tourist waves the Nobel peace laureate and her entourage aside ...

Monthly Review: Arroyo Welcomes More US Participation in the "Killing Fields" ... 2008-06-30

Under the framework of the RP-US Mutual Defense Treaty of 1951, the Joint RP-US Military Advisory Group (JUSMAG) continues to this day to be one crucial ...

Online Journal: Carthago delenda est 2008-06-30

I bring up the episode because of recent noises made by John McCain, to the effect that a League of Democracies would ensure world peace -- apparently ...

Liverpool Echo: MP's go mop-top ahead of Beatles Day 2008-06-30

Forget the European treaty , the credit crunch and even MPs' expenses, the most heated debate in Parliament and around the Cabinet table has been in answer ...

The Market Oracle: The End of the Anglo-American Empire? 2008-06-30

There had not been a major international conflagration since the Napoleonic Wars which ended with the Treaty of Vienna in 1815. Despite inequities in income ...

Future Movies: Taxi To The Dark Side 2008-06-30

We learn how the Geneva Conventions , protecting human life and dignity since the end of World War 2, were dismantled by America, Land of the Free.

International Herald Tribune: A Sarkozy spin as France rejoins NATO command 2008-06-30

Specifically, Irish voters' rejection of the Lisbon Treaty on EU reorganization disables a measure called "structured permanent cooperation" that would ...

Palestine News Network: Creative Palestinian nonviolent resistance: Euro Cup final match ... 2008-06-30

This is one camp that will not give up the resistance to the illegal occupation and its practices, condemned under the Geneva Conventions , the Universal ...

The Cutting Edge: Burma Victims in Food Line 2008-06-30

According to the Global Justice Center, Burma is clearly violating these resolutions ê and is also in breach of the Geneva Conventions , the Genocide ...

Salon: Bush's top general quashed torture dissent 2008-06-30

... meant to help protect US soldiers from enemies who disregarded the Geneva Conventions -- for use in prisoner interrogations by the United States.

EUobserver.com: Big personality and big problems to mark French EU presidency 2008-06-30

But its six month term will operate under the twin black clouds of Ireland's rejection of the EU Lisbon Treaty as well as rising discontent among Europe ...

Washington Post: Syrian minister laments Israel's nuclear edge 2008-06-30

Unlike Syria, Israel has not signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty . It is widely believed to have the only nuclear arsenal in the Middle East, developed over ...

Manila Bulletin: Philippines-Japan Friendship Month 2008-06-30

DIPLOMATIC relations between the Philippines and Japan, disrupted during the war, was restored when the Treaty of Peace with Japan and the Reparati ...

Earthtimes (press release): National Archives to Display the Treaty of Paris on Aug. 29 - Sept. 3 2008-06-30

In France , war-weary American and British negotiators met to negotiate peace . Founding Fathers Benjamin Franklin , John Jay , and John Adams locked horn ...

Globe and Mail: The foreign policy myth 2008-06-30

Lester Pearson, future Nobel Peace Prize winner and prime minister, was among them. A common thread runs through their backgrounds that has never been ...

Louisiana Weekly: No Attack on Iran! 2008-06-30

For a few moments, the drumbeat of war recedes only to emerge again with the same rationale: Iran is allegedly a threat to the USA and to world peace .

Los Angeles Times: EGYPT: Lawsuits over Egypt-Israeli gas deal 2008-06-30

Since its 1979 peace treaty with Israel, Egypt has had strained relations with its Jewish neighbor, especially over the Palestinian question.

New Brunswick Business Journal: It's great to be Canadian, eh? 2008-06-30

Coming out of the Great War's Treaty of Versailles, the League of Nations was founded to promote peace through collective security and disarmament.

Shanghai Daily: 7 killed in missile attack in Pakistan's tribal region 2008-06-30

The peace talks between Pakistani government and tribal elders irked the United States-led North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, who claimed th ...

New York Times: Israel"s Diplomatic Offensive 2008-06-30

True, it was Anwar el-Sadat"s surprise 1977 visit to Jerusalem that led to the breakthrough peace treaty between Egypt and Israel two years later.

Calcutta Telegraph: THE GUEST IS AKIN TO GOD 2008-06-30

Allegedly, Nepalis face írampant discrimination, State indifference and lack of public awarenessì, notwithstanding the 1950 Indo-Nepal Treaty of Peace ...

The Australian: Warrior statesman 2008-06-30

He says the Bush administration's objection to the International Criminal Court is a case in point. The Howard government supported the ICC.

Los Angeles Times: Pakistani operation against militants raises questions 2008-06-30

The move against Bagh was praised by North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials in Afghanistan. They have complained for months that cross-border ...

WELT ONLINE: Zimbabwe leader's reality: Only God can unseat me and I am alway ... 2008-06-30

... time to the Charles Taylor case,í Holland said. Former Liberan leader Taylor is being tried for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court .

Independent Online: 'Bob an emotionally weak man' 2008-06-30

... to the Charles Taylor case," Holland said. Former Liberian leader Taylor is being tried for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court .

Reuters: RPT-ANALYSIS-France starts EU presidency with dampened ambition 2008-06-30

Paris had also expected to play midwife to the Lisbon Treaty overhauling EU institutions, which was due to come into force on Jan.

Reuters South Africa: South Sudan tells Ugandan troops to leave 2008-06-30

Kony and two of his deputies are wanted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for war crimes including massacres, rapes and the abduction ...

Bloomberg: India, Resisting Calls for Carbon Cut, Plans Climate `Missions' 2008-06-30

India, like other developing countries, has no emissions limits under the Kyoto treaty to stem global warming and has rejected adopting goals without ...

Metromix: Celebrate like it's 1776 2008-06-30

Heritage Day: This annual Easton event will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Treaty of Easton, signed in the city"s Centre Square in 1758.

Sydney Morning Herald: In the wake of the surprisingly large swing against Labor in ... 2008-06-30

Ratifying the Kyoto agreement was easy. For starters, the evidence indicates that Australia was meeting its Kyoto targets during the Howard Government' ...

Mongabay.com: The Importance of Immediate Action for Climate Mitigation 2008-06-30

A strong long-term climate treaty is absolutely necessary. We should be working tirelessly to move negotiations forward towards a post-2012/post- Kyo ...

Stockhouse: Uranium spot price down last week 2008-06-30

Over in Asia, the Group of Eight is busy discussing North Korea"s nuclear program at a two-day meeting in Kyoto in preparation for the July G8 summit.

France24: The priorities of the French presidency of the EU 2008-06-30

This would allow the EU to take on the world leadership when negotiating the ípost- Kyoto ì agreement in Copenhagen at the end of 2009.

ThomasNet Industrial News Room (press release): Alcoa Chairman Alain Belda among Global Executives Calling for G8 ... 2008-06-30

The executives also requested that a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol involve all major economies including the US, China and India to make ...

Newstrack India: India releases national plan on climate change 2008-06-30

Under the existing Kyoto agreement, India is exempted from emission cuts but as Kyoto Protocol is about to lapse in 2012, India has been under constant ...

Waterloo Record: • Carter deserves better than being ... 2008-06-30

He negotiated a major nuclear arms treaty with the Soviets on the one hand and took a tough stand against their invasion of Afghanistan on the other.

Indianapolis Star: Treading carefully in trans-Atlantic relations 2008-06-30

On June 12, the people of Ireland defeated a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty , which torpedoed, for now, the latest attempt at furthering Europe ...

Nation Multimedia: Search keyword section 2008-06-30

The Asean chair, Singapore, has recently officially invited North Korea to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. Its ascension would streng ...

Environmental Leader: "Large Rhetorical Statement" On Emissions Reductions Expected At G8 2008-06-30

Even Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda conceded recently that the G8 would not set targets on cutting post- Kyoto protocol GHG emissions.

Tehran Times: Israeli officials wanted in Spain 2008-06-30

As a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Spain has passed a law which allows war crime lawsuits to be filed within its borders.

SW Radio Africa: African observer missions declare Zimbabwe poll not free and fair 2008-06-30

The aim is to establish a commission of enquiry to investigate the rights abuses, so that the matter can be referred to the International Criminal Court ...

Xinhua: UN senior official hails Austria's active role in int'l affairs 2008-06-30

In the fields of human security and the rule of law, Austria helped the establishing of the International Criminal Court , Kerim said.

Sydney Morning Herald: Appeal will test genocide court 2008-06-30

... the Sierra Leone war crimes trial and the International Criminal Court , the head of the Khmer Rouge tribunal's defence office, Rupert Skillbeck, said.

Xinhua: Israel tells some officials not to visit Spain over int'l arrest ... 2008-06-30

Spain is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) based in The Hague. According to the ICC's constitution, any of its members has the universal ...

Orlando Sentinel: Report: $400M spent to destabilize Iran 2008-06-30

"In implementation of the Geneva Conventions . . . the necessary measures are being taken to provide for the burial of enemy soldiers," the Mehr news agency ...

Independent Online: Try Mugabe for abuses - DA 2008-06-30

Also, Zille wanted the matter referred to the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court in order to open a criminal probe into crimes against ...

iAfrica.com: The Lighter Side 2008-06-30

"Even people who are good at accents don't always get them right on the night," said Advocate Etienne Lafayette of The Hague's International Criminal Court ...

iAfrica.com: Disown Mugabe - Cosatu 2008-06-30

... DA election observers in Zimbabwe, presented a case for Mugabe to be tried at the International Criminal Court at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

The South African Star: Zim leader doesn't have a mandate, says Cosatu 2008-06-30

... DA election observers in Zimbabwe, presented a case for Mugabe to be tried at the International Criminal Court at The Hague for crimes against humanity.

Center for Research on Globalization: Iranians Float an Offer the West Should Not Refuse 2008-06-29

The Islamic Republic, citing the provisions of the Non Proliferation Treaty , which it has signed, has always responded that it has the right to enrichment ...

PEJ News: Stop War on Iran 2008-06-29

On June 4, George Bush, with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert at his side, called Iran a "threat to peace ." Two days before, acting as a proxy for ...

Lebanon: The year for a settlement in Cyprus? - Daily Star 2008-06-29

What better way to demonstrate the EU's relevance after the Irish treaty rejection than by bringing peace to Cyprus? Spreading democracy and prosperity h ...

International Solidarity Movement: PCHR submits lawsuit against Israeli officials via Spanish ... 2008-06-29

... offense in the UK under the Geneva Conventions of 1949) Almog arrived in the UK on 10 September 2005, after a warrant had been issued for his arrest.

Reuters: ANALYSIS-France starts EU presidency with dampened ambition 2008-06-29

Paris had also expected to play midwife to the Lisbon Treaty overhauling EU institutions, which was due to come into force on Jan.

Reuters South Africa: Darfur rebels hope new mediator can kickstart talks 2008-06-29

The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for a Sudanese government minister and allied militia leader for war crimes but Khartoum refuse ...

Nazret.com: Ethiopia - THE DIRE HUMAN RIGHTS AND HUMANITARIAN SITUATION ... 2008-06-29

Common article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 prohibits torture during internal armed conflict. States are also required to bring those responsible ...

Australia.TO: Boumediene v. Bush: Guantánamo and justice 2008-06-29

... the detainees at Guantánamo would not be entitled to the protection of the Geneva conventions , nor of habeas corpus or the prohibition of torture (known ...

Adelaidenow: Downer attacks UN for shirking Zimbabwe 2008-06-29

... a resolution into the United Nations Security Council to send Mugabe and his henchmen to the International Criminal Court to face murder charges.

Los Angeles Times: Nigerian conflicts tighten oil bottleneck 2008-06-29

Some senior US military and North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials have urged the Bush administration to build up Nigeria's weak coastal navy ...

MaximsNews Network: WITH PATIENCE AND DETERMINATION THE EU CAN STEER PROGRESS IN ... 2008-06-29

First, will the Irish "no" to the Lisbon Treaty affect enlargement too? Second, has Europe got enlargement right in the Western Balkans?

Hindu: Prachanda for stronger relations with India on the basis of new ... 2008-06-29

The treaty was in need of review in the light of the new realities and the emerging order at the conclusion of the peace process that was still under way ...

Earthtimes (press release): Israel denies Palestinian claim of bilateral talks in Washington 2008-06-29

"The peace that our people are looking for is the peace that is able to achieve their hopes and aspirations as well as achieving the ambition of ...

Livemint: Govt likely to announce action plan on climate change today 2008-06-29

(Photo: Maitreyee Handique/Mint) Some developed countries are bound by the Kyoto Protocol to limit their greenhouse gas emissions and they want developing ...

Tehran Times: Iran is not North Korea 2008-06-29

The Islamic Republic is a signatory to the NPT but North Korea withdrew from the treaty in 2003 and did not allow IAEA inspectors to visit its nuclear ...

Nation Multimedia: Is north korea's nuclear declaration a breakthrough 2008-06-29

The Asean chair, Singapore, has recently officially invited North Korea to accede to the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation. Its ascension would streng ...

PRESS TV: Israel not in position to attack Iran 2008-06-29

Iranian officials insist that as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)

Tehran Times: Irish FM urges continued talks between Iran, Group 5 2008-06-29

... Safari underscored the need for support of Dublin, as a signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty , for producing nuclear energy by all world states.

gulflive.com: Searching for Farragut Father of famous admiral sacrificed for h ... - The Mississippi Press 2008-06-29

1783 -- ( Treaty of 1783 terms A complete recognition of the independence of the United States; the recession by Great Britain of Florida to Spain;

Bangkok Post: Preserve the Integrity of Preah Vihear 2008-06-29

Even if the Constitutional Court judged that the joint communique' (see attached copy of the communique) is equivalent to an agreement or a treaty as ...

CTV.ca: North Pole ice may completely melt away this summer 2008-06-29

All countries with claims to the Arctic have ratified the treaty , with the exception of the United States. Oh but how can that be?

VietNamNet Bridge: PM wraps up visit to the US 2008-06-29

The two sides announced that they will initiate negotiations toward a Bilateral Investment Treaty , signaling their commitment to fair, non-discriminatory ...

Independent Online: Mugabe's hatchet men 2008-06-29

If there should be an indictment in an international criminal court for the genocidal massacre of at least 20 000 Ndebele in southern Zimbabwe in the early ...

Independent Online: Inside Bob's mind 2008-06-29

Former Liberan leader Taylor is being tried for crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court . - Sapa-AP.

Arab Times: Arabs must end internal disputes, act fast to meet global challenges 2008-06-29

... urgent moves to stop such Israeli practices and to halt the Separation Wall, which it billed as a breach of international laws and Geneva conventions .

New York Times: If Only Mugabe Were White 2008-06-29

African leaders should make clear that in that case, they will back an indictment of him and his aides in the International Criminal Court .

The Dominion: The Road Begins at the Bottom of Your Feet 2008-06-28

The Treaty of Ruby Valley, a treaty of peace and friendship with the Western Shoshone covering 60 million acres, was written and signed that year.

BBC News: Can compromise save the whale? 2008-06-28

By Richard Black So it's official - both sides want peace . Or do they? As the International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting came to a close, not everyone ...

Antiwar.com: A Legacy to Die For: Gordon Prather 2008-06-28

You see, way back in 1992, North Korea threatened to withdraw from the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, largely because of disputes with ...

bit-tech.net: Civilization Revolution 2008-06-28

When you quash a rebellion or break a peace treaty ê what does that say about you as a person? I"ve always loved how these decisions are reflected in ...

Washington Post: Justice Off Course In Darfur 2008-06-28

By Julie Flint and Alex de Waal Is the International Criminal Court losing its way in Darfur? We fear it is. Chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo's approach ...

The Independent: Economy booms, inflation spikes. 2008-06-28

Since the comprehensive peace treaty between the Sudan Peoples" Liberation Movement (SPLA) and the regime in Khartoum, Uganda"s exports to Southern Sud ...

Tracy Press: Conflict with Iran more than likely 2008-06-28

It would be nice if Israel could sign a lasting peace treaty with Palestine somehow, but I don"t see it happening any time soon. US foreign policy in th ...

Jamaica Gleaner: Peace treaty a smart move 2008-06-28

Much is being said about the peace treaty signed by several area/corner leaders in August Town a few days ago. The arguments being advanced, question ...

Dar Al-Hayat: Will Moderate Leaders Pay the Price for Appeasement Deals in ... 2008-06-28

It is indeed time to end the hypocrisy, to stop claiming resistance or a desire for peace . If Israel truly wants peace , why then does it undermine ...

BloodHorse: Renda Rachel and Trifecta King, Maiden Watch Hits the Stakes 2008-06-28

Stakes races are old hat for Trifecta King ( Peace Rules - Mamita by Unbridled) who broke her maiden in the Cinderella Stakes. However, in the Landaluce ...

Boothbay Register: Bayville Beat 2008-06-28

Ending the late unpleasantness with the Harbor and ushering in a new era of peace and prosperity, the agreement comes after several years of hard work ...

Mangalorean.com: India to Pak: Violence-free atmosphere must for better ties 2008-06-28

Both Qureshi and Mukherjee sounded upbeat about the deepening of the peace process in the coming days that could see the two sides cooperating on a wide ...

New York Times: News Analysis A Diplomatic Success That Defies the Critics 2008-06-28

Mr. Bush has invested his personal prestige in a peace treaty between the Israelis and Palestinians after years of unambiguous support for Israel"s toughest ...

San Francisco Chronicle: North Korea blows up cooling tower Trade sanctions lifted, but U ... 2008-06-28

(06-28) 04:00 PDT Kyoto , Japan -- North Korea dynamited the dirty gray cooling tower at its deactivated Yongbyon nuclear facility Friday, a made-for-TV ...

Inspire Magazine: New team boosts development agency's communications 2008-06-28

He will be working alongside Media Officer Jo Barrett (below), formerly at the NGO Coalition for the International Criminal Court and an intern at the New ...

Irish Independent: EU and UK: very different stories 2008-06-28

As a 20-year-old voter, the referendum on Lisbon was the first time I had made my mark on a ballot concerning an EU treaty . I voted 'No' because I thought ...

Irish Independent: 'No' vote kept judicial bulldog on a leash 2008-06-28

However, having said that, I secretly wondered if it was public fear and suspicion of the additional powers the treaty would endow on the European Court ...

Los Angeles Times: Global warming expert calls on California to do more to cut ... 2008-06-28

The US, meanwhile, has declined to sign the Kyoto Protocol, an international climate treaty signed by most industrial countries.

Newnan Times-Herald: Religious groups gaining higher profile at UN 2008-06-28

"Before a treaty is agreed by member states, it generally takes a number of years of discussions, negotiations and consultations before consensus is arrived ...

Globe and Mail: We stand on guard for what? 2008-06-28

... and 9/11 was an attack on a NATO member and our NATO treaty obligations require us to respond to an attack against one as an attack against all.

Globe and Mail: Caught between feuding enemies 2008-06-28

Mr. Saakashvili forged a personal bond with US President George W. Bush and pushed for inclusion in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, both of ...

Aljazeera.com: G8 Addresses Middle East, Sudan and Myanmar 2008-06-28

"We urge the government of Sudan and all other parties to participate fully with the International Criminal Court in order to put an end to impunity for ...

The Public Record: Yoo's Congressional Testimony Contradicted By Details In His Book 2008-06-28

íJudge Advocates General [JAG"s] worried that if the United States did not follow the Geneva Conventions , our enemies might take it as justification ...

San Diego CityBEAT: Gitmo-a-go-go 2008-06-25

This was the case about whether the Geneva Conventions apply to prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay. The Bush administration argued that the Gitmo detainee ...

Los Angeles Times: Afghanistan attacks up 40% in east, Pentagon says 2008-06-25

... training of Afghan security forces and aggressive counter-terrorism missions are conducted by the US rather than the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Mail & Guardian Online: Europe"s century 2008-06-25

Last week saw not only the Irish rejection of the Lisbon treaty , forcing a crisis summit to chart an alternative path to European Union continuity ...

Victoria Star: Good neighbours: a short history of the CanadaêUS boundary 2008-06-25

The AtlanticêPacific boundary was determined by the 1783 Paris Peace Treaty , the 1818 Convention of Commerce and the 1846 Oregon Treaty .

Dose.ca: Scientists make climate plea to Harper 2008-06-25

... Panel on Climate Change report from 2007 which was awarded a share of the Nobel Peace Prize for raising awareness about the threat of global warming.

Telegraphnepal.com: Merging India into Nepal! 2008-06-25

Third, I would like to highlight that no mention has been made free movement or open border in the Nepal-India Peace and Friendship Treaty -1950.

People's Daily Online: China's top legislature to ratify SCO treaty 2008-06-25

The 26-itemed treaty pledges to intensify cooperation in maintaining regional peace and stability and prohibit members from undertaking activities in their ...

Kuwait Times: Egypt to keep Rafah closed 2008-06-25

... to halt weapons smuggling from the Sinai peninsula into Gaza, an issue that has strained ties between the two states which have a 1979 peace treaty .

Sault This Week: Canada in court for violating federal climate change law 2008-06-25

The Kyoto Protocol is an international agreement that has been ratified by 180 countries to date and sets targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Woodbury Bulletin: Viewpoint: Have an open mind on global warming 2008-06-25

[once] wrote a letter stating that the United States [was] very close to adopting an international agreement [the Kyoto Treaty ] that íwould ration use ...

VietNamNet Bridge: Vietnamese PM and US President have talk 2008-06-25

The two leaders stated that the two sides will begin negotiation for the Bilateral Investment Treaty (BIT). President Bush affirmed that the US ...

Houston Chronicle: Obama, like McCain, lets expedience trump principle and ... 2008-06-25

Obama has good reason to be wary of such groups, known as 527s, in an era when respect for the truth ë like observance of the Geneva Conventions ë ...

Feministe: Tricky Dick Deuce 2008-06-25

And he doesn"t know shit about the Geneva Conventions .ì Participants in meetings in the White House counsel"s office, in the days immediately ...

New York Times: Congo: Former Warlord"s Trial Halted 2008-06-25

By MARLISE SIMONS Lawyers at the International Criminal Court in The Hague fought over the possible release of Thomas Lubanga, a former warlord in Congo ...

Inner City Press: UN's Sudan Envoys Question ICC's Timing, Call for Chad Soluti ... 2008-06-25

On the question of the International Criminal Court , Salim Ahmed Salim said that while "impunity must never be allowed to prevail," the "timing of any ...

AllAfrica.com: Uganda: Sudan Attempts to Woo Kony 2008-06-23

The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant for Kony and other LRA leaders for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

History News Network: Supreme Ignorance: America"s Highest Court Disregards the Law ... 2008-06-23

... which contains íauthoritative guidance to military personnel on the customary and treaty law applicable to the conduct of warfare on landì derived ...

History News Network: What We Can Learn from Henry L. Stimson to Avoid Another Atomic ... 2008-06-23

Today, international efforts to control the bomb, as represented by the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty , the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty ...

History News Network: The Lessons Obama Should Learn from Kennedy Before Talking to Iran 2008-06-23

Efforts to broker a treaty between Israel and its Arab neighbors stalled under the Eisenhower administration and, to regain momentum, Kennedy embarked on ...

The Progress Report: The Truce and the Noose 2008-06-23

Palestinian extremists reject any peace treaty with Israel regardless of the borders and other terms. They seek the elimination of Israel and the expulsi ...

International Herald Tribune: Monday, June 30 2008-06-23

... the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina by six months, citing US concerns over the establishment of an International Criminal Court .

Sydney Morning Herald: Govt defends MP over 'Sadat' letter 2008-06-23

... Egyptian president Anwar Sadat, who some believe betrayed Palestinians in 1979 by signing a peace treaty with Israel, the newspapers reported.

Grand Forks Herald: Viewpoint: Good border makes good neighbors 2008-06-23

The AtlanticêPacific boundary was determined by the 1783 Paris Peace Treaty , the 1818 Convention of Commerce and the 1846 Oregon Treaty .

Khaleej Times: Rice to tour Asia as NKorea breakthrough hopes rise 2008-06-23

... a lifting of US sanctions, the establishment of diplomatic relations with Washington and a peace treaty formally ending the Korean war five decade ago.

Khaleej Times: Mubarak, Olmert to discuss Gaza truce 2008-06-23

... utmost to halt weapons smuggling from the Sinai peninsula into Gaza, an issue that has strained ties between the two states which have a 1979 peace treaty .

Ha'aretz: New dam planned as Kinneret water level drops 2008-06-23

The water is intended for some of the Jordan Valley communities, and nearly 50 million cubic meters of it are transferred to Jordan under the peace treaty ...

Los Angeles Times: Pakistan militants target NATO 2008-06-23

North Atlantic Treaty Organization officials said five rockets were fired at one of their bases in Khowst province overnight.

Middle East Times: World Opinion Rejects Torture But Their Leaders Do It 2008-06-23

All of the countries polled are signatories to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and parties to the Geneva Conventions forbidding torture and other ...

Financial Mirror: House President participates in Lisbon meeting 2008-06-23

... Garoyian said issues created by the referendum in Ireland on the Lisbon Treaty should be overpassed creatively so that our actions could be focused ...

Corpus Christi Caller Times: We're in bad company on global warming 2008-06-23

Most of the world's industrial countries are part of the Kyoto agreement to combat global warming. Those countries are part of an effort to lessen ...

Daily Herald: World briefings 6.23 2008-06-23

Last month, the government endorsed a draft treaty banning cluster munitions that was adopted at an international conference in Dublin attended ...

Publishers Weekly: Nonfiction Reviews 2008-06-23

... for the Japanese armchair traveler of the 19th century, displaying the delights of a journey along the famous scenic route connecting Edo and Kyoto .

New York Times: Treaty on Ice 2008-06-23

Some nongovernmental organizations and academics say that we need an íArctic treaty ì along the lines of the treaty system that governs Antarctica.

Business Report: SA's carbon mammoths back global rescue plan 2008-06-23

The framework is intended to succeed the Kyoto protocol, which expires in 2012. It calls for global emissions to at least halve by 2050 and seeks ...

Business Report: Corporate leaders seek united plan to fight global warming 2008-06-23

A new climate change treaty was needed with incentives to capture and store carbon dioxide and protect forests, the 99 companies said in a statement ...

New York Times: Years Later, Climatologist Renews His Call for Action 2008-06-23

A treaty was enacted and an addendum, the Kyoto Protocol, was added. Even as the scientific picture of a human-heated world has solidified, emissions of ...

Register Pajaronian: Court ruled correctly for habeas corpus rights 2008-06-23

We support the Geneva Conventions to protect our armed forces and our enemies. We believe each person is a human being, and a part of the world community.

Rocky Mountain News: Share this site 2008-06-23

German POWs did not have American legal rights, but they were treated in compliance with the Geneva Conventions - the same laws of war the Bush ...