IPS - Concern is mounting in Kenya that the government has leased a big slice of agricultural land to Qatari foreign investors to produce food for export. -- The area in question is fertile land, with abundant fresh water in the Tana River delta, about 15
Even if China and the United States make nice in bilateral meetings, they are spending as if a new Cold War is just around the corner. It's time for the rest of the world to demand that Beijing and Washington take leadership on this issue. The United Stat
"In fiscal year 2008, the foreign military sales program sold $36 billion in weapons and defense articles, an increase of more than 50% over 2007," writes FPIF columnist Frida Berrigan in Weapons: Our #1 Export? "Sales for the first half of 2009 reached $
If developed sensibly, nuclear power could be truly sustainable and essentially inexhaustible and could operate without contributing to climate change. In particular, a relatively new form of nuclear technology could overcome the principal drawbacks of cu
REPORT: 100 NEW REACTORS WOULD RESULT IN UP TO $4 TRILLION IN EXCESS COSTS FOR U.S. TAXPAYERS AND RATEPAYERS Read the June 18, 2009 news release. Read the new report by economist Dr. Mark Cooper, a senior fellow for economic analysis at the Institute for Energy and the Environment at Vermont Law School.
Andrew Mack "... in the case of Kissinger and his collaborators, there is also a coldly "realist" calculation: that in a nuclear-free world, the United States would be the world's pre-eminent military power - one no longer be vulnerable to annihilation
Maxime Verhagen: "In recent times, nuclear energy has become more and more important. The “nuclear renaissance” is not just a trend, it is a fact of life. For several reasons more and more countries want to use, develop or import nuclear energy. Diversifi
Hans M. Kristensen | www.nukestrat.com: " the New York Times reported from Seoul on December 11 that it had virtually been an "open secret that American military forces here have been racing to dismantle what for three decades constituted the last line o
Att bärga livet undan livets ström. En läsning av Bertil Malmbergs lyrik mellan 1916 och 1929. Texten skrevs våren 2001 som en C-uppsats i litteraturvetenskap vid Litteraturvetenskapliga institutionen i Uppsala. Analys av "Dårarna" (1929). - Ingår i snygg
Dawn.com 4 July '09. "Perhaps the story of the Siachen Glacier, the highest battlefield in the world, is the most appropriate metaphor for the insanity of our times... "
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed suit against the Department of Justice today,[24 June 2009] demanding the public release of the surveillance guidelines that govern investigations of Americans by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
Dagens industri 25.6.2009. Nu börjar skivbolagens jakt på dem som olagligt laddar ner musik på nätet. Det är budskapet från branschen sedan bredbandsleverantören Ephone nu tvingas lämna ut uppgifter till fem bokförlag om vem som använt ett visst ip-nummer
SvD 28.11.2008. IPRED. Det här är en alldeles för grov åtgärd för ett relativt lindrigt brott, säger Pär Ström, IT-expert på stiftelsen Den nya välfärden - Det finns också en oro för att den nya lagen ska kunna användas för helt andra syften än riksdagen
"Toutefois la vraie question est de savoir si le projet de domination mondiale par un seul Etat, sans précédent dans l'histoire, est possible, et si l'écrasante supériorité militaire américaine est susceptible de l'établir et de la maintenir. La réponse a