World needs to stabilise population and cut consumption, says Royal Society | Environment | The Guardian

Finally authorities dare to address our most obvious primary problem. No-one dared to oppose religious authority - overpopulation was hushed down at the last UN conference. It is now staring us in the face.Contraceptives must save our species - from war, hunger and poverty. We ca …

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Measure Progress in Happiness, Not Money, Bhutan Urges - IPS ipsnews.net

The phrase "gross national happiness" was first coined in 1971 by the fourth king of Bhutan, Jigme Singye Wangchuck, who declared, "Gross national happiness (GNH) is more important than gross domestic product." That concept implies that sustainable development should not depen …

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Church airbrushes out leader's $30K watch from photo

Sharp-eyed Russian bloggers noticed the timepiece's reflection in the pic, forcing the church to apologize and leading to coverage in the NYTimes. Kirill though has told journalists he has never worn the watch and images of him with it on were in fact the ones that were doctored …

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Doubling Time: Interest and Population Growth. | J.C. Moore Online

  In the past, population growth was considered a good thing. More people meant more workers, more soldiers, and more offspring to carry on our values and our genetics. Times have changed, but the old thinking remains.

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Feminist Daily News 2/6/2012: International Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM/C Day

Internationally, an estimated 100 million to 140 million women and girls have undergone an FGM procedure, with the practice widely being regarded as a human rights violation.

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Scientists Urge Reform for a Broken Global System - IPS ipsnews.net

Unless governments work actively to build a brighter future for humanity, climate change, poverty and loss of biodiversity will worsen and continue to exacerbate existing global problems,

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Building Sustainable Future Needs More Than Science, Experts Say - IPS ipsnews.net

sustainability will not be achieved without "engaging people in numbers and at levels that have never been done before". New social media tools like Facebook may help with such a monumental task, as "people certainly don't like to come to public meetings".

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EUROPE-DEVELOPMENT: The Indignados

.. an unemployment epidemic, finally bore fruit on Jan. 30 when Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, proposed an ambitious jobs scheme. "We cannot accept that almost a quarter of Europe’s young people are unemployed," ...

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Obama-GOP battle turns ruthless - CNN.com

This is a short summary, very well written, unbiased account of the latest and unprecedented happenings in our government. How long will this last? Can the election solve this; Or do we need an alternative perspective; Or third party?  Solutions? Answer please.

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Financial Transaction Tax Sparks Hopes That Obama Will Play Robin Hood In 2012

WASHINGTON -- Advocates of a tiny but lucrative tax on financial transactions are increasingly hopeful that President Barack Obama's need to more firmly establish himself as the Main Street candidate in 2012 will lead him to back the measure. The tax -- though nearly incons …

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IT'S OFFICIAL: Keynes Was Right

After the experience of the past five years, it certainly seems like John Maynard Keynes was right, doesn't it? It seems hard to conclude anything else.

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Feminist Daily News 11/17/2011: MA State Legislature Passes Transgender Rights Bill

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GAO: The Federal Reserve Is Crooked

Federal Reserve directors influence the Fed to directly benefit their own corporations and themselves. The Fed unilaterally provided a total $16 Trillion in secret loans to foreign banks and corporations from South Korea to Scotland. The Fed even issued conflict of interest wai …

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Taxpayers Buy $75 TRILLION Junk Derivatives from B of A

In the largest transfer of liability in the history of the world, Bank of America’s massive $75 trillion book of risky derivative contracts has just been dumped onto the FDIC by the Federal Reserve.

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Feminist Daily News 9/13/2011: Hearing Begins Against KS Doctor for Abortion Referrals

An agenda against a doctor with mental deficient patients.

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