Call for clear, coherent governmental policies on Climate Change

Statement issued by Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats on Climate Change at the conclusion of their Feb. 10-14, 2012 workshop held in Makati City, Philippines. , following on our previous workshops in Bangkok, Thailand (November 28 - December 1, 2011) and Cagayan de Oro/Bukidnon, The Philippines(February 10-14, 2012);

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The Human Dimension

Making children child-adultsbefore adulthood...

There’s a debate on in the USA over child beauty pageants - should such contests be held at all? Apart from turning children into child-adults, such contests have been known to bring uncalled-for pressure and stress into the lives of children taking part.

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The deliberate targeting of Sri Lanka:

How, why, and the use of Auxiliary Forces including Channel 4

[Continued from March 20, 2012]

Let me deal with what they have presented as their most damning evidence, the pictures of the dead body of Prabhakaran’s son. The killing of a child is always shocking and, unlike the celebrated Elie Wiesel, who excused the killing of members of Osama bin Laden’s family on the grounds that ‘it was bin Laden himself who placed them in harm’s way’,

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