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Upon requests from friends and family, the author has decided to reactivate this weblog after a long period of silence.This blog will continue to serve the same purpose as it originally served, with reflections upon world events that serve as a tool for reflection, introspection as well as global outward observation, meditation and a spur leading into action for both the author and any occasional

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Today, Tuesday September 12th, is Interdependence Day! The world's second Interdependence day main event was successfully celebrated in Rome, Italy this year, but there are also many other Interdependence celebrations such as concerts, picnics and marches taking place around the world to mark this special day. View & sign the Declaration of Interdependence today! Today's selection: A Turning

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It's been a long time since a noteworthy post has been added to this weblog; so many events of global impact have taken place during the past 3 months. What is interesting to notice in the realm of international affairs is that what once used to take months or years to address in diplomatic and other multinational circles, groups and communities of interest is now being addressed in a matter of

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Representatives of 180 nations attend the inaugural ceremony of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, June 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) Police block a few dozen people from aproaching the Anhembi convention center where the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday,

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Representatives of 180 nations attend the inaugural ceremony of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday, June 14, 2004. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) Police block a few dozen people from aproaching the Anhembi convention center where the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) takes place in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Monday,

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Today was Earth Day in the US (Although International Earth Day actually took place on March 20, the day of the Equinox in both Hemispheres); historical events have been taking place around the world throughout this season marking this special "springtime" for our planet. The earth today is experiencing events the like of which have never been seen; this season, this year and this decade

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The conflict in Sudan’s western Darfur region "is now the world’s greatest humanitarian and human rights catastrophe", a top UN official said in Nairobi on Friday. (UNHCR file) Words cannot describe the horrific daily acts that are taking place in this little-known region of the world; In little over a year, over ten thousand people are dead and over six hundred thousand people displaced as a

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Due to the fact that this weblog is exposed by search technology to many more people than ever imagined, the author would like to write a disclaimer for this weblog, that perhaps the nature of its postings may be more easily understood and these might not confuse anyone perusing its contents.First and foremost, this weblog is written by an individual, and does not officially represent the Baha'i

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Israel decided yesterday that it will not participate in World Court hearings on the legality of the country's construction of a massive barrier separating Israeli and Palestinian population centers. The hearings, requested by the UN General Assembly, are scheduled to begin Feb. 23 at The Hague, in the Netherlands. (Getty Images) In a defiant resolution, the Israeli government decided to sit

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The emergency Summit of the Americas which took place last week in Monterey, Mexico, drew the divided attention of the press worldwide; news stories from around the world after the closing of this historic event were as diverse as the group of leaders from 34 nations that met for this emergency Summit. While some leaders left the Summit feeling victorious, others left feeling conspired

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A formal relaunch of the stalled global trade talks was deferred for at least two months yesterday after the World Trade Organisation admitted that deep differences between rich and poor countries among its 146 members had yet to be settled(WN)...The Guardian As failed efforts to revitalize the Doha Round Trade Talks in Geneva, Switzerland this week brought about disillusion and skepticism

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A divided United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution asking the International Court of Justice to examine Israel's construction of a barrier that juts into the West Bank. The vote was 90 in favour, eight opposed with 74 abstentions, reflecting uneasiness in many nations on referring the issue to the world court, based in The Hague, Netherlands. (David Silverman/Getty Images) The UN

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The inaugural session of the eighth Free Trade Area of the Americas ministerial meeting at the Intercontinental Hotel in Miami, Florida. Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) member nations announced they had reached an accord at the ministerial summit here, one day ahead of the scheduled end of the meeting. AFP/Stephen Jaffe Miami riot police fire on a Free Trade Area of the Americas protest

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KIGALI: The leader of Hutu militia forces, which operate in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and are blamed for Rwanda’s genocide, has surrendered to the Rwandan army, officials told AFP here on Saturday Photo:(WN) The protracted war has displaced hundreds of thousands of people-AP The ruinous ethnic wars fueled by private, national and multinational interests over the past ten years

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U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick, left, talks to Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorin, during a private meeting at his office Friday, Nov. 7, 2003, in Washington. The countries with the largest economies in North and South America, the United States and Brazil, are locked in a trade dispute that threatens one of President Bush's top economic goals: creation of the world's largest

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German Defense Minister Peter Struck, left, congratulates NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson, after awarding him the ' Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany' in Berlin on Monday, Nov. 3, 2003. Robertson, NATO's outgoing leader urged U.S. and European defense officials to put aside differences that arose over the war in Iraq as they transform the alliance to

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Nasser Al-Kidwa, the Palestinians' U.N. observer , left, speaks to another diplomat while negotiating a vote during the tenth emergency special session of the United Nations General Assembly on illegal Israeli actions in occupied East Jerusalem and the rest of the occupied Palestinian territory Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2003, at the United Nations in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)-Copyright © 2003,

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, shakes hands with US Secretary of Energy Spencer Abraham at his residence in Novo-Ogaryovo outside Moscow, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2003. The Russian leader, who is attending the U.N. General Assembly session in New York that starts Tuesday, appeared optimistic about his upcoming talks with Bush at Camp David next week. US Secretary of Commerce Don Evans is in

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European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy addresses the media following the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003 after WTO talks collapsed. ' I would not say the Doha round (of trade talks) is dead, but it is certainly in intensive care' Lamy said. The talks, designed to change the face of farming around the world, collapsed Sunday amid differences between rich

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French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin, left, Secretary of State Colin Powell, center, and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan pose after a news conference following a foreign ministers meeting of the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, in Geneva, Switzerland, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2003. (AP Photo/Keystone, Sandro Campardo)-Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press -

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Hurricane Isabel, shown in this NOAA satellite image taken at 11:45 p.m. EDT Thursday Sept. 11, 2003, intensified Thursday into an extremely powerful Category 5 storm as it rolled westward across the Atlantic. Isabel's maximum sustained wind speed began the day at 145 mph, but by 5 p.m. the winds had grown to 160 mph with higher gusts. A hurricane becomes a Category 5, the top of the scale, if

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The Tribute in Light rises near Ground Zero in New York, Friday, Sept. 12, 2003. The twin beams of light pointing skyward were switched on at sunset, evoking the image of the twin towers in a reprise of a popular monthlong memorial unveiled in March 2002. (AP Photo/John Marshall Mantel-Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press) "Yet so it shall be; these fruitless strifes, these ruinous wars

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Anti-WTO demonstrator Kung Hae Lee, a Korean farmer, chants in protest only minutes before he stabbed himself in chest in protest of the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2003. He later died of his wound. Some 4,700 delegates from the WTO's 146 member nations were meeting for five days starting Wednesday to try to break the deadlock in the current round of

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Nude anti-globalization protesters spell 'No A La OMC' (No To The WTO) during a protest against the upcoming WTO meeting in Cancun, Mexico, Monday, Sept. 8, 2003. (AP Photo/Jaime Puebla-Copyright © 2003, The Associated Press) As thousands of protesters gather to protest the World Trade Organization's upcoming 5-day ministerial meeting in Cancun, security forces are beefing up in preparation

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Democratic presidential hopefuls, from left, Ambassador Carol Moseley Braun, former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean (D), Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo., Sen. Bob Graham, D-Fla., and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., participate in an AFL-CIO presidential forum on Aug. 5 in Chicago. Nine democratic presidential hopefuls participated in the forum. (AP/Stephen J. Carrera) Copyright © 2003,

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Baha'u'llah - Calligraphy by Splendid Art "Verily, We shall render Thee victorious by Thyself and by Thy pen. Grieve Thou not for that which hath befallen Thee, neither be Thou afraid, for Thou art in safety. Ere long will God raise up the treasures of the earth--men who will aid Thee through Thyself and through Thy Name, wherewith God hath revived the hearts of such as have recognized Him.

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