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Tibetan Riots March 2008 ? Causes and Consequences
2008-05-06 11:30:00
By Niall Duggan As Beijing continued its final preparations to play host to the 29th Summer Olympic Games, rioting and protests ignited across the Tibetan region(s) of China throughout the second half of March , the severity of which have not been seen since 1989. At least 25 instances of protests by ethnic Tibetan groups have been ...
More About: Consequences , Riots

We?re all Londoners! ? European Citizens for Ken Livingstone
2008-04-20 23:15:00
Estimates are that about 1 million Non-British EU Citizens live in London. Germans, French, Italians, Scandinavians, Poles and many more - all EU-nationalities live and work here. However, these Non-British EU Citizens are four times less likely to be on the electoral register than UK citizens. You might say this: ‘we don’t care about the society ...
More About: European , Livingstone , Ken Livingstone

The Middle East - Prospects for Peace?
2008-04-07 02:17:00
Watch Dr Rosemary Hollis of Chatham House and City University, London, debate the prospects for peace in the Middle East after the Annapolis Conference. The video also includes a response to her talk by Professor George Joffe (Global Policy Institute and Cambridge University).
More About: Peace , The Middle East

Independence of Kosovo: After the Party is over
2008-02-19 15:07:00
By Hannah Lucinda Smith So it’s finally happened: 11 years after ethnic tension exploded into ethnic conflict and cleansing, 9 years after the UN intervened to keep the peace, Kosovo has become an independent nation state. There was jubilation on the streets of Pristina following Prime Minister Hashim Thaci’s long awaited announcement; a stark contrast to ...
More About: Party , Independence , The Party

Where is Obama?s Substance?
2008-02-18 11:42:00
By Christopher McGuinness While many last week celebrated February 14 with a day of champagne, chocolates, and roses, no one generated more love than American presidential hopeful Barack Obama . He’s the winner of the last seven Democratic presidential primaries, and has picked up serious momentum in the closest nomination race in decades. Obamamania has taken over ...