December 2010

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A Coal-reliant Nation Faces Tough Times

Original source: China Daily

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What Now? Thoughts on the Politics of 2010

We are living in a time of starkly contradictory trends.

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All Quiet on the Western Front – Once Not so Quiet

December 5th one or two hundred people left a movie theater in Berlin, mostly silent and deeply moved though the film they had seen was first released in 1930.

North Korea’s Unlawful Acts

Original source: Akahata (Japan)

China Can Help Africa Escape Colonial Legacy

Original source:  Global Times

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Economic Consequences of Environmental Degredation

EarthTalk® From the Editors of E/The Environmental Magazine Dear EarthTalk: In my business courses in college, we were taught that ecological degradation was an “externality”—something outside the purview of economic analyses.

World Youth Festival: From Prague to Pretoria in Search of Dreams

Several generations of young people have participated for the last 63 years to festivals which have taken them from Prague to Pretoria, passing through Budapest, Berlin, Bucharest, Warsaw, Moscow, Vienna, Helsinki, Sofia and return to Berlin.

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The DREAM Act Will Create Economic Opportunities and Expand U.S. Economy

Washington D.C. - There are an estimated 2.1 million undocumented children and young adults in the United States who might be eligible for legal status under the Development, Relief, and Education for Alien Minors Act (DREAM) Act.  Each year, tens of thousands of them graduate from primary or secondary school, often at the top of their classes.

Broad Coalition Urges Passage of DREAM Act

With comprehensive immigration appearing less and less likely during the "lame duck" session of Congress, many are pushing for passage of the DREAM Act this month as an important partial measure.

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