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Why is Paris BurningSaturday night was the 10th day of the spreading youth riots that have much of France in flames -- and it was the worst night ever since the first riot erupted in a suburban Paris ghetto of low-income housing, with 1295 vehicles -- from private cars to public buses -- burned last night, a huge jump from the 897 set afire the previous evening. And, for the first time, the violence born in the suburban ghettos last night invaded the center of Paris -- some 40 vehicles were set alight in Le Marais (the pricey home to the most famous gay ghetto in Paris, around the Place de la Republique nearby, and in the bourgeois 17th arrondissement, only a stone's throw from the dilapidated ghetto of the Goutte d'Or in the 18th arrondissement.
As someone who lived in France for nearly a decade, and who has visited those suburban ghettos, where the violence started, on reporting trips any number of times, I have not been surprised by this tsunami of inchoate youth rebellion that is engulfing France. It is the result of thirty years of government neglect: of the failure of the French political classes -- of both right and left -- to make any serious effort to integrate its Muslim and black populations into the larger French economy and culture; and of the deep-seated, searing, soul-destroying racism that the unemployed and profoundly alienated young of the ghettos face every day of their lives, both from the police, and when trying to find a job or decent housing.
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Posted by El-Diablo on Monday, November 07 @ 09:25:20 CST
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World not doing enoughMUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan — The top UN relief co-ordinator warned Thursday that bold initiatives are needed to save as many as three million people left homeless by the South Asian earthquake as winter approaches in the Himalayas.
The World Health Organization, meanwhile, reported three quake survivors died of tetanus, reinforcing fears that disease and infected injuries could drive the 79,000 death toll far higher.
Note: If you wish to donate to the relief effort please contact your local Red Cross or OxFam Canada
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Posted by El-Diablo on Friday, October 21 @ 10:01:13 CDT
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Press Releases: Prime Minister Fails to Announce a Canadian Plan for More and Better AidCanadian NGOs are deeply disappointed that the Prime Minister failed to announce, at the United Nations Special Summit today, a timetable for Canada to live up to its international commitments to help end global poverty.
The goals of the special summit were threefold: UN reform; peacebuilding and security; and progress made towards the Millennium Development Goals. Unfortunately, while the Prime Minister substantially addressed the first two, he had nothing new to offer the world's poor.
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Posted by capebretoner on Monday, September 19 @ 15:51:51 CDT
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Press Releases: Re-negotiate NAFTA or exit dealGreen Party Release:
The Green Party of Canada has consistently called for withdrawal from NAFTA if the multilateral agreement cannot be successfully renegotiated to protect Canada's sovereign right to protect our industries, workers and environment.
(Montreal, September 11, 2005) - Prime Minister Paul Martin should serve the six-month notice required to withdraw from NAFTA to show Canada is serious about re-negotiating a fair trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, said Green Party of Canada leader Jim Harris today.
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Posted by capebretoner on Thursday, September 15 @ 06:48:20 CDT
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The State of Natural Health Products in Canadaby Linda K. Beach C.H.
The FAO/WHO/Codex Ailementarius Commission has launched the first Joint FAO/WHO Project to construct an umbrella framework for establishing the safe upper levels for nutrient supplements globally.
The purported task of this scientific international collaboration is to assess the 'risk' of nutrients and related products as a measure to protect human health. Currently there are no established techniques to measure the 'risks'.
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Posted by capebretoner on Monday, August 29 @ 11:11:20 CDT
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Press Releases: Environment Canada News Release"ENVIRONMENT CANADA ANNOUNCES INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE WABAMUN LAKE DERAILMENT "
EDMONTON, AB , August 15, 2005 - Environment Canada has announced that investigations are being conducted under Section 5.1 of the Migratory Birds Convention Act, 1994, and subsection 36 (3) of the Fisheries Act, as a result of the CN train derailment that occurred on August 3, 2005 at Wabamun Lake, Alberta.
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Posted by capebretoner on Tuesday, August 16 @ 06:22:32 CDT
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MAURITANIA: Celebrating Taya's Ouster? Musical Chairs No Longer Fashionable In AThe Democratic world must welcome the new military putschists in Nouakchott with a firm hand. This new adventurers must be told "You either BELONG or BEGONE! It's a world now clearly and sharply divided between Democracy and Dictatorship; between Terrorism and Civility. there is no more room or hiding place for religious demagougery.
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Posted by capebretoner on Saturday, August 06 @ 00:00:00 CDT
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Press Releases: Environment Canada News Release "ENVIRONMENT MINISTER TO ADD 39 SPECIES FOR PROTECTION UNDER THE SPECIES AT RISK ACT"
OTTAWA, July 20, 2005 - The Honourable Stéphane Dion, Minister of the Environment, and the Honourable Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today announced the addition of 32 terrestrial species and 7 aquatic species to Schedule 1, the list of species protected under the Species at Risk Act (SARA). This is the second group of species added to the list since the Act was proclaimed in 2003
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Posted by capebretoner on Wednesday, July 20 @ 15:46:44 CDT
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Press Releases: ExxonMobil Response To Boycott CallJuly 12, 2005
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR)
ExxonMobil is a member of Arctic Power, and supports environmentally responsible development within the Coastal Plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR). We believe that with more than 30 years of industry experience on Alaska's North Slope and with recent technological advancements, ANWR can be developed with little threat to the ecology of the Coastal Plain.
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Posted by capebretoner on Thursday, July 14 @ 09:16:40 CDT
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Press Releases: GREENPEACE FOREST CRIMES UNIT SURROUNDS KIMBERLY-CLARK HEADQUARTERSGreenpeace Canada, Mississauga, 5 Jul 05
Greenpeace’s Forest Crimes Unit today set up a Forest Crime Scene at Kimberly-Clark’s Canadian headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario. Kimberly-Clark, the world’s largest manufacturer of tissue products and maker of the world famous Kleenex brand, is guilty of crimes against ancient forests, for making disposable products out of clearcut ancient forests including Canada’s Boreal forest
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Posted by capebretoner on Tuesday, July 05 @ 08:42:16 CDT
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