Iran and Afghanistan - Dec 3
-Obama Adds Troops, but Maps Exit Plan
-Iran vows to expand its nuclear program
-A strategy to encourage Afghans and allies alike
-Iran left out in the cold
Archive for December, 2009
DEVELOPMENT: Global Challenges Require Innovative Partnerships
NAIROBI, Dec 2 (IPS) - The High-level United Nations Conference on
South-South Cooperation kicked-off here Tuesday, with U.N. Deputy
Secretary-General Asha Rose Migiro calling for practical
solutions and reinforced South-South and North-South partnerships
to address the demands of our “deeply interconnected
world.”
Michigan Conference Envisions Local Future of Resilience and Sustainability
Randy Udall, Dr. Robert Costanza, Albert Bates, Richard Douthwaite, Stephanie Mills, Michael Brownlee, Megan Quinn Bachman, and Thomas Greco tackle peak oil, climate change, and monetary collapse at the Conference on Michigan’s Future: Energy, Economy and Environment 2009.
LATIN AMERICA: Summit Does Not Recognise Elections in Honduras
ESTORIL, Portugal, Dec 1 (IPS) - The hard-line stance taken by Brazil, Argentina and
most other Latin American countries has clashed with U.S. efforts
to push for international recognition of the elections organised
Sunday by the de facto regime in power in Honduras since the Jun.
28 coup.