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A sequel to the Decision at Doona, I enjoyed this book more. The main characters are the sons of the two main characters from Decision. The interplay and political intrigue is similar. A new alien species is introduced to complicate matters and fires the paranoia of the xenophobes of the home planets. Worth reading but not one that will keep you up at night trying to finish it.Body of work of Anne

As the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty turns 40, nuclear disarmament groups have called for real progress to be made in moving toward a nuclear - weapons - free world. The stakes could not be higher. According to Australian nuclear disarmament groups: "We welcome Prime Minister Rudd's initiative to create an International Commission on Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament to build on the w

It’s almost like the impossible has been achieved. Gordon Brown has said that “ratification will not take place… until we have the judgement” of the High Court on whether a referendum is required. Lord Justice Richards was launched an attack on the government’s actions in taking the treaty through both Houses of Parliament - with a lack [...]

We set out to make a video about the pros and cons of the Lisbon Treaty and found out to our horror the lies, manipulations and deceit behind the EU. From MEPs, legal experts and EU researches the true nature of the EU unfolded, how it really operates from behind closed doors and away from [...]

Because the minute they know they have rejected it, that same minute they are considering when a second vote could be made:BBC NEWS | Europe | EU vows to pursue Lisbon treatyIrish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said it is "far too early" to seek a solution to the Irish rejection of a European Union reform treaty.Speaking in Luxembourg, Mr Martin told reporters: "The people's decision has to b

The Times editorial has suddenly become a hotbed of direct democracy in response to Ireland No vote. It even goes so far as to claim that Eurocrats have somehow pre-cooked ratification in all states but Ireland:A few million Irish can indeed decide on behalf of 495 million Euro- peans. This is not simply because no one has asked those 495 million Europeans for their opinion. It is because the EU i

The voters of Ireland gave a resounding “no” to the Lisbon Treaty and, in so doing, gave a resounding no to efforts of members of the European Union from moving forward in efforts to enhance the power of the organization. By a margin of 53.4% to 46.6% Irish voters, who represent about 1% of total [...]

Irish people is going to decide the future of Europe.The population of the European Union is 490 million, according to the CIA World Factbook. If we imagine that 2/3 of the EU population is old enough to vote, that would work out at about 325 million. After the defeat of the EU Constitution in 2005 by Dutch and French voters (and the rejection of the first Treaty of Nice in Ireland in 2001), the e

Will Irish 'ayes' be smiling soon? 10 June 2008 By Shawn Pogatchnik in Dublin   The EU's Bernard Kouchner has stepped into the debate WARNING that the Irish would be the "first victims" if they reject the EU constitutional treaty in a referendum this Thursday, Bernard Kouchner, France's foreign minister, yesterday made the highest-profile intervention by a major European player in

We set out to make a video about the pros and cons of the Lisbon Treaty and found out to our horror the lies, manipulations and deceit behind the EU. From MEPs, legal experts and EU researches the true nature of the EU unfolded, how it really operates from behind closed doors and away from prying eyes. We discovered the massive power grab away from citizens and nations to the elites that is being

An Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) under quiet negotiation by several countries including the U.S and Canada is raising concern in some quarters after a leaked document, purportedly offering more details on the nascent agreement, was posted on the Internet. The document, titled "Discussion Paper on a Possible Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement" (download PDF), was posted last wee

Leaked documents are one of the banes of modern western politics. They reveal exercises and actions being proposed that are generally objectionable to the public. Such a leak occurred with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) which seeks to turn the internet into a virtual police state. Again, it's one of the few bastions of anti-corruption, Wikileaks, that has spilled the beans on this

Tomorrow sees the start of the Dublin Diplomatic Conference on Cluster Munitions, where world leaders will meet to attempt to ban the use of cluster bombs.Minister for Foreign Affairs Micheál Martin tells delegates on the conference's site "I look forward to welcoming you to Dublin, and can assure you that the Irish Government will spare no effort in working with all participants to achieve a suc

You are not saying no to Europe when you vote this treaty down you are saying yes to democracy Say No to the Lisbon Treaty lets have true democracy You are not saying no to Europe when you vote this treaty down you are saying yes to democracy Say No to the Lisbon Treaty lets have true democracy Similar [...]

We hear it from Hillary Clinton, B. Hussein Obama, even John McCain how we must be ever so tolerant and understanding of the plight of the illegal immigrants. After all according to our President illegal immigrants are hard workers and just trying to support their families. Like LA Mayor Villaraigosa says, “what laws [...]

It has become a byproduct of the Israel-Palestinian conflict for reports to circulate every few months about a seceret Israel initiative to Syria. an Israel government official, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer, hinted his nation might be planing to hold secret talks with Syria in an effort to end their long standing dispute over the Golan Heights. “All [...]

Marcus Brigstocke claimed on Question Time that most people in Britain had not read the EU's Lisbon Treaty.If you want to find out more about the treaty, which has just been ratified in the House of Commons, there is a link to a PDF of the text here.The BBC have provided a comprehensive guide.

The British Institute of International and Comparative Law will hold its Tenth Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference, May 9, 2008, in London. The topic is "Investment Treaty Awards - Post-Award Remedies: The Latest Swing of the ...

MPs have rejected proposals to hold a UK-wide referendum on whether to ratify the EU's Lisbon Treaty. Don't you just love democracy?We are governed by a party which has only 20% of the electorate's support. It is led by a part-time MP job-sharing with an MSP. This man has deceived the country over his relationship with Prudence, who left him and us in the lurch with the Northern Rock fiasco, bad lending policies, higher taxes and a general high-handed approach to opposition.There never was going to be a referendum. The treaty is being pushed through Parliament by two political weasels, David Miliband and Jim Murphy. The people are going to have to think of something else to regain our democratic control over our lives.Frank Field is right. Politicians are held in low esteem and they mostly

We Are Change Ireland attended the Training Day on the Lisbon Treaty on Jan 2008 in Dublin. This was organized by Irish MEP Kathy Sinnott. Danish MEP Jens-Peter Bonde exposes the lies and manipulations by the EU elites to hide the significance of the treaty by making it unreadable.8, 500 more words in the treaty.62 pages less (smaller type and spacing) = mini-treaty that no one is allowed to read. P'M's have signed yet not read?Not allowed to be printed and 450,000,000 signed no to this.

From euobserver: The French parliament has approved the new EU treaty, making France the first of the large member states to ratify the document and drawing a line under the shock ‘No’ vote of almost three years ago when French voters rejected the original EU constitution. Both the national assembly (336 in favour and 52 against) on [...]

Cox thought this clip from the BBC was very amusing - it shows Miliband going on his own to shake the hand of the EU president at the signing of the Constitution Reform Treaty. You can see the president blatantly asking where Brown is hiding why Brown isn't there - Miliband even looks at his watch in a "Brit trying to talk to a foreigner" kind of a way to explain that he's on his way.Barroso, the president, is a well informed man (he has enough civil servants to sink a battle ship) and probably knew exactly where Brown was and why he wasn't there. He knew all the cameras were there, flashing away and recording the moment. It seemed as though he just wanted to stick the knife in.

Vladimir Putin's cowboy foreign policy has recently had Russia flying Cold War-era bomber sorties and making bold moves in the Arctic. Now Russia's low-level saber rattling is starting to get less subtle- they pulled out of the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty Wednesday;Russia has formally suspended its participation in a key arms control agreement dating from the Cold War.The Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty sets limits on troops and weaponry across Europe.The suspension means Russia can move troops without notifying Nato. The bloc voiced "deep regret" over the move.Russia is unhappy with Nato expansion and US plans for missile defences in central Europe and says the treaty no longer serves its interests.The CFE treaty was signed by Western and former Warsaw Pact states in 1990, but was revised in 1999 to take account of former Soviet satellites joining Nato.However the alliance - unlike Russia - has refused to approve the updates until Moscow pulls its remaining troo

If litigious attorneys backed by environmentalist wackos can sue oil companies for causing hurricane Katrina, then we can sue Carbon Credit companies, Al Gore and bureaucrats who supported the Kyoto treaty for causing this week's ice storm. In fact, suing these people will finally prove that Al Gore is lying about everything. Follow my logic. The bureaucrats who support carbon credits,... Click the Headline Link to Visit Copious Dissent and Read the Full Story.

A few weeks ago, President Bush signed a deal (essentially a treaty), called a "Declaration of Principles for Friendship and Cooperation” with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki which guarantees long-term United States military protection for al-Maliki and his government in return for permanent military bases and "investment opportunities" for President Bush.It took a while, but six Democratic Senators have sent President Bush a letter reminding him that he may not promise indefinite protection for Prime Minister Maliki without the approval of Congress.Part of the letter reads:We believe a security commitment that obligates the United States to go to war on behalf of the Government of Iraq at this time is not in America's long-term national security interest and does not reflect the will of the American people. Commitments made during the final year of your Presidency should not unduly or artificially constrain your successor when it comes to Iraq.It's nice to see that Congress

I would like to follow up the previous post with a question: Is George W. Bush a dangerous globalist? Is the man who opposed “Nation Building” in his first run for president in to One World Government? Is the President who did not let the inaction of the U.N. keep him from acting in [...]

Well, it is probably not a new concern for everyone, but I am just now learning about it. It is new to me. It is called the Law of the Sea Treat (LOST?). I have begun to pay attention. Is this another threat to American Sovereignty? (As well as the sovereignty of [...]

If you study, work with or just like to read about the International Relations (IR), you know the importance of the Treaty of Westphalia for the contemporary concepts in IR, and not just for that, but also for the strengthening of many institutions of our days.The Thirty Years War (to know about the war, click on the link) devastated Europe from 1618 to 1648. The Treaty of Westphalia ended this conflict and had a profound impact on the practice of IR.There are three key developments caused by the treaty:1) The notion and practice of sovereignty;2) Growth of centralized control of institutions under military;3) Emergence of capitalist economic system.This week I am opening a discussion window to make knowledge exchanges possible about these three points, so we can understand how the notions that we have as core concepts in IR were "born" and how they are presented to us today.Please, don't hesitate to comment and give your opinion about this subject. Regards,GustavoREAD HERE THE COMPLE

Singapore needs to have the ET(extradition treaty) for at least five reasons. First, Singapore, as has been reiterated by many of its leaders, wants to project the image that it is a clean international financial hub. This amid the international business community's knowledge that many Indonesian white-collar criminals have taken refuge in Singapore, bringing their assets with them.Second, the ET will enable Singapore to erase its image in Indonesia as a safe heaven for many of Indonesia's corrupt officials and economic criminals. If Singapore ratifies the ET, there would no longer be a basis for such accusations.Third, ratifying the ET would mean that Singapore is a friend to Indonesia. Of course, this would not be the first time. The city-state assisted Indonesia in the aftermath of the tsunami and when the regional economic crisis struck in 1998. Fourth, ratifying the ET is in line with ASEAN solidarity. As members of ASEAN, bilateral ties between Singapore and Indonesia should n

July 14, 2007   Russia is pulling out of the arms control treaty. Sounds like fun! This only intensifies already tense relations between the U.S. and Russia and adds new friction to the dispute over a missile defense system in Eastern Europe.     "We're disappointed Russia has suspended its participation for now, but we'll continue to have discussions with them in the coming months on the best way to proceed in this area—that is in the interest of all parties involved and provides for security in Europe," Gordon Johndroe, a spokesman for the National Security Council, said in a brief statement. That sounds like a good idea. Maybe we should vote to condemn pulling out of the treaty. That would fix it.   So what treaty do I speak of? Russia and NATO signed the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty in Paris in 1990. The treaty, aimed at maintaining stability in Europe, puts limits on how many tanks, armored combat vehicles, attack helicopters and combat aircraft th

It took two days, but a “reform treaty” was agreed to by the 27 member states of the European Union. The deal will now go to an intergovernmental conference to sketch out the exact wording for final approval and adoption. (more…)

Merkel urges EU treaty compromiseExcerpt:"German Chancellor Angela Merkel sought on Friday to persuade Poland to compromise over a new treaty to reform the European Union after Warsaw dug in its heels to demand a change in the voting system."http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/europe/06/22/eu.summit.reut/index.html

It’s rather odd that only 20 years after Ronald Reagan called on the communists to “tear down” the Berlin Wall, which initiated the liberation of millions from oppression, that the European Union is slowly resembling anything but a democracy. (more…)

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono said Saturday the extradition treaty with Singapore would become a major help for his government s fight against corruption. Under the extradition treaty, fugitive businessmen who hide in foreign countries with a hug amount of money they had stolen from this country ... can be brought home to face justice, the president was quoted by leading news website Detikcom as saying during a visit to Bali. Susilo said four presidents before him have struggled to sign an extradition pact with Singapore, where an estimate of 20 fugitive businessmen accused or convicted of graft reside, and the signing took place after 37 years.Earlier: Signing of pacts marks new phase between S'pore, I...

A new security treaty with Indonesia could hamper Australia's ability to speak out about human rights abuses, a Sydney University report warns. Australia and Indonesia last year signed an historic security pact, known as the Lombok Treaty, which is currently being examined by a parliamentary committee. The wide-ranging treaty - which covers cooperation in areas such as defence, law enforcement, counter terrorism and intelligence - is the first formal security agreement since Indonesia tore up the previous pact during the 1999 East Timor crisis.As part of the treaty, both countries pledge not to support "in any manner" any activities which threaten the "stability, sovereignty or territorial activity" of the other, including separatist groups operating in their own territories.

Cybercrime is getting cheaper all the time, as shady characters sell tools to help criminals spam, phish, hack and crash. And a new treaty ratified by the U.S. Senate could wind up passing the costs of combating cybercrime directly to American businesses. From an economic standpoint, when the cost of crime goes down, [...]

The rift between Jakarta and Singapore, a tiny but wealthy nation seen by some quarters in Indonesia as cunning and exploitative, has flared again. This time the spat has been triggered by Indonesia's decision to ban sand exports. Indonesian officials have asked Singapore repeatedly to sign the extradition treaty, but the calls have fallen onto deaf ears, with Singapore giving various explanations. Tempo magazine, in its Oct. 26, 2006, edition, dubbed Singapore a safe haven for "problematic" tycoons, a euphemism for Indonesian businesspeople and officials involved in major debt laundering or corruption cases. These tycoons, according to Tempo, include Sukanto Tanoto, Sjamsul Nursalim, Liem Sioe Liong, Eka Tjipta Widjaja, Bambang Sutrisno, Agus Anwar, Lidia Muchtar and Pauline Maria Lumowa. It has been estimated that 18,000 of the 55,000 super-rich living in Singapore are from Indonesia. Their wealth amounts to approximately US$87 billion (approximately Rp 850 trillion), or Rp 150 t

Russia/Withdrawal from INF Treaty (Taken Question)Question: Have the Russians notified us that they are withdrawing from the INF treaty? Have they told us of their intention to do so?Answer: We have heard reports like this from various Russian sources in the past. We have not heard anything officially from the Russian government to suggest that it will withdraw from the INF Treaty.2007/109, Released on February 15, 2007INF (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces) TreatyTaken Question, Office of the Spokesman, Washington, DC. February 15, 2007Technorati Tags: State Department and Secretary of State or Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty and Russia, or INF Treaty and U.S. State Department or Condoleezza Rice

Source: EFF.org Date: Fri Jan 19 13:02:31 UTC 2007 Author: dereks@eff.org Subject: WIPO The 183 member states of the UN's World Intellectual Property Organization are gathered in Geneva this week to discuss the controversial draft WIPO Broadcasting Treaty[1]. EFF's main concern with the current treaty draft[2] - shared by the other 40 public interest groups, companies and industry groups that have submitted a joint statement[3] to WIPO this week - is that it is not limited to signal theft. Instead, it creates a set of broad and unwieldy intellectual property rights in the recording and use of fixed transmissions, which are likely to restrict the public's access to information in the public domain, preclude uses of works permitted under national copyright law, curtail consumers' use of lawfully-received programming in their home, and stifle technological innovation. Over the last year there has been widespread support for moving to an alternative signal-focused treaty. Last Octobe

We have signed a temporary treaty with all the armies for today only. The battle will resume tomorrow.Thanks to everyone who helped and sorry I couldn't get into the Dock until half an hour into the party since it was filled. We occupied almost every room in CP but ACP/RPF/Ice ...