In the tantrums thrown by the Western powers in the wake of the Russo-Chinese veto of their UN Security Council resolution on Syria, the US’s UN Ambassador, Susan Rice, expressed «disgust» at these two states’…
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What is the worst thing you could say or write about someone? Maybe alleging that they are a murderer. Perhaps it is labeling them a child molester. Both these accusations, when used without factual merit,…
Admonition to the Security Council: “First Do No Harm.” (The Russian Ambassador) “They were careless people – they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it…
At a conference in Philadelphia earlier this month, a Wharton professor noted that one of the country’s biggest economic problems is a tsunami of misinformation. You can’t have a rational debate when facts are so…
Housing affordability is an issue of basic human rights. A recent report in the UK, A Silent Killer by Sheffield University commissioned by a charity organisation, Crisis (21 Dec 2011) reveals that: “People who live…
The year is 2045 and the world is celebrated the 100th anniversary of the United Nations. Of course, some things have changed with the passage of time. The decline of the United States and the…
Preface The Korean peninsula is without doubt the most militarily fortified spot in the world, with over 2 million well trained uniformed forces on either side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), coupled with some 75,000…
Aboriginals from British Columbia have asked China’s president to quiz Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Canada’s human rights record during his visit to the Asian country. The Yinka Dene Alliance, a group of five First…
Slowly things are coming to a head. America, Israel, rogue NATO partners, and regional despot allies are itching for a fight with Syria. Russia and China stand firmly opposed. On February 3, Reuters headlined, “UN…
[anyplayer:url=http://rt.com/files/news/syria-un-security-council-211/ia41b01ea32eac8bdd8abc1e9d885675a_syria_portnaya_live_0200.flv] A major diplomatic battle over the fate of Syria has begun at the United Nations, with Russia and China the only permanent Security Council members challenging the UN’s right to ‘meddle’ in sovereign states’…