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Saving Passengers of the Good Ship “Titan… Earth”

On 15 April 1912, the Titanic, the largest ship afloat at the time it entered service, sank in the North Atlantic Ocean after hitting an iceberg on its maiden voyage. The large and unnecessary death toll – more than 1,500…

Bangladesh impasse – resolution lies with Gov’t

After a three-month long siege, Bangladesh Nationalist Party chief returned home April 5 from her Gulshan party office. How funny that game of the government where law enforcers confined her there with sand-laden trucks. Independent observers opine it was only to…

South Africa’s Ministry of Health sitting on lawsuits

The Health Ministry of South Africa is providing free primary health care to citizens in public hospitals and clinics. Though, it is under pressure to deliver service to about 80% of the population. Therefore, the government is responding with a…

Antanas Mockus the Master on Urban Democracy Spoke in New York

April 6 2015, The event was presented by NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study and Urban Democracy Lab. Together, Bogotá’s population participated in the shared creative project of addressing not only a soaring homicide rate and entrenched corruption, but also…

In Kenya’s war on corruption: some you win, some you lose

On the 26th of March this year, President Kenyatta shocked those watching and listening as he gave his “State of the Nation” address in parliament. Instead of a regular condemnation of corruption in government as normally happens by Kenyan politicians,…

Women’s bodies, who do they belong to?

Regarding the feminine as an object. Women’s bodies, who do they belong to? According to Silvia Federici, feminist historian and activist, in the Europe of the middle ages women still exercised undisputed control over their bodies and giving birth. It…

The roots of terrorism in Kenya: colonialism, once again…

No one is left without a sensation of horror at last week’s awful attack on Garissa University College, Kenya in which it seems that the dead number more than 150 young students who had their whole lives ahead of them.…

Iran, the Deal, and why it’s good for all

Background: All nuclear weapons require a primary nuclear explosive. There are only two materials that are used for that purpose: either Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) or plutonium of any kind (except plutonium-238). Highly Enriched Uranium Highly Enriched Uranium refers to…

AIIB – China’s new bank garnering wide support

The “AIIB” is the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank, a new multilateral development bank as proposed by Xi Jinping in a speech to the Indonesian parliament in October 2013. The concept as expressed then was: “to support the process of interconnection…

World body of parliaments highlights cyberwar and nuclear risks

By Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament. The Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), the world body of over 160 parliaments, today adopted a resolution Cyber warfare: A serious threat to peace and global security, following a year of consultations by the…

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