UN urges end to US Cuba embargo (Updated)

" NEW YORK.—The UN General Assembly today approved by an overwhelming majority the resolution demanding an end of the U.S. blockade of Cuba, a vote passed by the Assembly over 17 years, the news agencies report. ...The resolution calling for an end to the blockade...

US teen sailor takes on the world

Pretty ambitious stuff for a 16 year old, good luck to him." US teen sailor takes on the world ...

Global warming threatens more than just coral

"Rising sea levels from global warming will threaten the livelihoods and homes of more than 200,000 people who live on coral atolls in coming generations, the PACNEWS reported on Monday. The warning came from Australia`s University of Queensland archaeologist and expert on...

Inhabited Island Vanishes Beneath the Waves; Global Warming Blamed

Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of the Earth. The obliteration of Lohachara island, in India's part of the Sundarbans where the Ganges and the Brahmaputra rivers empty into the Bay of Bengal, marks the...

Global Warming claims tropical island

I hope that the world will soon awaken to the imminent danger that is global warming.  It is truly terrifying that this is already happening:"Rising seas, caused by global warming, have for the first time washed an inhabited island off the face of the Earth. The...

"This persistent, unconstructive, biased approach"

Dr Anne Bayefsky at Eye on the UN comments on Friday's U.N. resolution condemning Israel and U.S. ambassador John Bolton:On November 17, 2006 the UN General Assembly "reconvened" its "Tenth" Emergency Session to condemn Israel. The Tenth Session began in 1997and has now been...

Today in history - Nov. 1

"Today is Wednesday, Nov. 1, the 305th day of 2006. There are 60 days left in the year. This is All Saints Day. Today's Highlight in History: On Nov. 1, 1765, the Stamp Act went into effect, prompting stiff resistance from American colonists. On this date: In 1512,...