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International Criminal Court Begins its 1st Trial of an Accused War Criminal
Washington, DC – Citizens for Global Solutions congratulates the International Criminal Court (ICC) on the beginning of its first trial of an...
What the World Needs to Handle the Financial Crisis
By Daniel Turner The earlier post by Lenka Andrysova draws attention to the Nov 15 Summit about the financial crisis. While the...
Nigerian Children Branded as “Witches” to Save Community
What happens when extreme religious fervor mixes with entrenched communal beliefs in black magic? - Innocent children are stigmatized for bringing misery...
U.S. Government Knows, Human Trafficking Is Not an Issue of the Past
Although many of us may think of human trafficking as a problem of the past, even today destinies of millions of people...
Gabrielle Giffords (AZ-08) returning for a second term
Freshman Gabrielle Giffords, from Arizona's 8th District, won a resounding victory against challenger Tim Bee. Congresswoman Giffords was a member of Global...
Albert Einstein on Universal Altruism
"A human being is a part of the whole called by us universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences...
ICTY Case against Karadzic proceeds forward
Much excitement was generated earlier this year when Radovan Karadzic, former Bosnian Serb leader was arrested in Belgrade and charged by the...
UN Expert Warns: Torture is still Common Practice
October 23, 2008 - NEW YORK - On Friday, the Third Committee of the UN General Assembly held an interactive discussion with...
Africa: Democracy Drowning in Oil?
By Lenka Andrysova and Simone Pereira Scholars all around the world have been searching for years for reasons why most countries on...
WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS PROVIDES OPPORTUNITY FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION
This month's near-breakdown of the global financial system is a classic example of a pattern that has occurred periodically since the eighteenth...
GLOBAL 2 LOCAL: Climate Change & Pollution take their Toll on Local Communities
Climate change is often discussed as a global problem. We constantly hear catch-phrase warnings such as 'melting ice caps,' 'rising sea levels,'...