Global food prices are on the rise again, the United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization (FAO) reported today, with the agency’s food price Index registering four straight months of increases. According to the FAO’s latest food outlook, the index- a “food basket” composed of cereals, oil seeds,dairies, meat & sugar- averaged 168 points in November [...]
Part 1: Storm Troopers and Tea Partiers. This is the first installment of a detailed examination of parallels between the Nazi movement in Germany and the new Republican methodology since the election of Obama.
At least 127 people were killed today in Iraq and hundreds wounded in five powerful car bombing. The US still has 115,000 soldiers in Iraq, yet the security situation has not improved as Iraq seems to be, once again, on the brink of a civil war. The first blast occurred at 10:25 AM local time [...]
We heard the news twenbty none years ago today. The shocking death of John Lennon never killed his musical and political legacy,
Today, 56 major newspapers in 45 countries took the unprecedented step of speaking with one voice on the urgency to act on climate change and global warming through a common editorial. This extraordinary initiative from publications which usually compete for readership marks how critical Copenhagen is for the future of humankind. If our generation fails [...]
