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Futurist Fantascienza: La fina del mondo, 1921Looking to the year 2247, Volt applied Futurist ideas on war to what he saw as the logical conclusions that would arise from the Treaty of Versailles. This is no utopia, as Volt sees the positive capacities for human development being stifled... |
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Bank bill delayed in House, Senate divided...Black Caucus. He said caucus members were withholding support for the measure. Without them, the bill likely would be defeated. REP. WATERS CITES RECESSION Democratic Representative Maxine Waters , the top caucus member on Frank 's... |
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MarketWatch | 1 day ago
Outside the Box: The dark side of the BRICs
NEW YORK ( MarketWatch ) -- Emerging market stocks have been the stars of the global market rally, and the BRICs ( Brazil , Russia , India , and China ) have set the pace. Since their lows in late October 2008 -- they bottomed a few months...
In this article: Black Swan, Brics, S&P 500, Brazil, China, Instant coffee, Recession, Steroid, and University of Florida
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Guardian | 1 day ago
European Union: Fading presidential ambitions Editorial
... Netherlands and France scuppered the plan. But the ambition of providing Europe 's half-billion people with a new voice lived on through the Treaty of Lisbon , which limped through near-death in Ireland and eastern resentment to be signed and...
In this article: European Union, Tony Blair, Europe, Henry Kissinger, Beijing, Brussels, Washington, Democracy, Treaty of Lisbon, and Herman Van Rompuy
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Full print edition | 1 day ago
Tuna fishing: Changing tides
...responsibility for the bluefin to a different body, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora ( CITES ). This organisation has the power to ban trade in an endangered species such as the bluefin...
In this article: Endangered species, Extinction, Cites, International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas, and Atlantic Ocean
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boston.com - Today in History | 2 days ago
Today in History - Nov. 19
In 1831, the 20th president of the United States, James Garfield , was born in Orange Township , Ohio. In 1919, the Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 55 in favor, 39 against, short of the two-thirds majority needed for...
In this article: Indiana Pacers, Treaty of Versailles, Revolutionary War, World War II, Civil War, King Charles I of England, and Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
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San Jose Mercury News | 2 days ago
Green Q&A: What's the difference between watts and lumens?
In this article: CFCs, Birthday cake, Climate change, Montreal Protocol, Chlorine, CFL, Carbon dioxide, and Federal Trade Commission
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Miami Herald | 3 days ago
Philly dealer selling letter Lincoln wrote to boy
...his focus to America 's entry into World War I. But his idealistic vision for world peace fell apart when Congress refused to ratify the Treaty of Versailles or allow the U.S. to join the League of Nations. Cooper , acclaimed as the nation's...
In this article: Lincoln, Barack Obama, Abraham Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, Personality disorder, Washington, and Philadelphia
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CNN | 3 days ago
Noteworthy Senate debates throughout U.S. history
...of Maryland, says many of the greatest Senate debates were over foreign policy. In 1919, that foreign policy issue was the Treaty of Versailles , which ended World War I and created the League of Nations. But the League was met with...
In this article: Andrew Johnson, United States, Henry Cabot Lodge, Henry Clay, Treaty of Versailles, Library of Congress, League of Nations, and Daniel Webster
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Guardian | 4 days ago
Letters: Causes of Falluja's birth defects
...to wind and weather. Laws that are breached by the use of DU shells include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Charter of the United Nations , the Genocide convention, the convention against torture, the four Geneva...
In this article: Uranium, Falluja, US, Agent Orange, Defoliant, BBC News, Gulf War, Dioxin, Cancer, and Anencephaly
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washingtonpost.com | 7 days ago
The Senate hasn't voted on the Kyoto Protocol
...a common error by stating in your Nov. 8 lead editorial, "Small steps on climate change ," that the Senate "refused to ratify" the Kyoto Protocol , which set targets for greenhouse gas emissions. Nobody asked it to. Before the protocol was...
In this article: Kyoto Protocol, United States, Climate change, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and Bill Clinton
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Times Online | 7 days ago
EU set to ignore advice to ban bluefin fishing, says Greenpeace
...on fishing, they may relinquish control to the 178 nations that make up the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) which will be more likely to place a ban on trading the Mediterranean bluefin when it meets in March...
In this article: European Union, Greenpeace, Cites, Europe, Atlantic, and US National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
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The Japan Times: All Stories | 7 days ago
Japan, U.S. share goal of nuke-free world
...into force" of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and the "immediate commencement of negotiations on and early conclusion of" the Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty. To boost peaceful use of atomic power, they vowed to also join with...
In this article: Japan, United States, Barack Obama, Tokyo, Washington, Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty, Yukio Hatoyama, Pyongyang, and South Korea
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White House News | 7 days ago
United States-Japan Joint Statement toward a World without Nuclear Weapons
.../ Peaceful Uses of Nuclear Energy The Government of the United States and the Government of Japan reaffirm the importance of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and plan to cooperate so that the 2010 NPT Review...
In this article: United States, Japan, International Atomic Energy Agency, United Nations Security Council, Six Party Talks, Iran, North Korea, Nuclear power, and Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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Miami Herald | November 12, 2009
UVa center to record history of Bush presidency
In this article: George W. Bush, Medicare, Barack Obama, Fort Hood, Jimmy Carter, Teddy Roosevelt, Woodrow Wilson, and Bill Clinton
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MTV.com | November 11, 2009
Saluting Soldiers On Veterans Day: Wake-Up Video
...and lead to the end of both the Ottoman and Austria-Hungarian Empires. Ironically, the official treaty that ended the first World War (the Treaty of Versailles , signed in June of 1919) put such heavy sanctions on Germany that it indirectly...
In this article: Soldiers, Treaty of Versailles, First World War, Second World War, Drowning Pool, Germany, Europe, France, and United States
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Prime Newswire | November 09, 2009
Brooks Automation, Inc. to Present HCFC-Free Refrigerants(TM) at the AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition in San Jose, California on November 9th
...HCFC's. The role of R-22 in ozone depletion has become a prominent environmental concern, and R-22 is being phased out in accordance with the Montreal Protocol. Brooks ' patented innovation in refrigerant technology eliminates R-22 and other...
In this article: San Jose, California, Ozone depletion, Semiconductor, Montreal Protocol, and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
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The Chronicle | October 18, 2009
Professor proposes rules for drylands
...evaluate and address existing desertification problems and future issues. Despite criticism from the scientific community that the UNCCD lacks proper standards for effective action, the delegates did not pass the DDP at the conference.
In this article: United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, Desertification, Land degradation, University of Arizona, and Carnegie Mellon University
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EurekAlert! - Space and Planetary Science | October 06, 2009
Satellite data instrumental in combating desertification
...government ministers attending the Ninth Session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 9) of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification ( UNCCD ) in Buenos Aires, Argentina , from 21 September to 2 October. Desertification , land degradation and...
In this article: Desertification, Land degradation, Unccd, Climate change, Deforestation, European country, UN, and Portugal
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New Kerala | September 20, 2009
Investment in climate change is not charity: UN
...change will jeopardise the world's common future, the head of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification ( UNCCD ) has said. The ninth UNCCD conference opens Monday in Buenos Aires with a view to keeping the key issue of desertification...
In this article: Climate change, Unccd, Luc Gnacadja, Carbon, Buenos Aires, UN, Desertification, and Land degradation


