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...powers like Germany - are doubtful. If the E.U. can't present a unified front at Brussels, it won't be able to do so in Poznan. "You can see the U.S. and China moving [on climate change]," said Nicholas Stern, a leading British climate economist, at Poznan. "We will destroy or undermine that movement if we go flaky in Europe...
...coined in 1944 by Polish lawyer Raphael Lemkin, who combined the Greek genos (race) with the Latin cide (to kill). Despite its murderous implications, the word, as defined by the CPPCG, does not necessarily always involve the killing of individuals. Genocide denotes crimes committed "with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group." Forced sterilization or other measures designed to prevent births, the removal of children from a group, or conditions of life inflicted on a group to bring about its demise could also be considered genocidal acts. The definition also stipulates that...
...privacy regulation should be based on the fundamentals of English common law. We agree with Dr. Pentland’s basic ideas: that an individual possesses his or her own online data, has the right to control data collection by any interested observer, and also has the right to destroy or remove this data. Implementing these principles is imperative, because the potential consequences of inaction are chilling. According to the New York Times, software developed by web-based firms like Facebook, Google, and even the software division at Apple have the potential to be abused—and this...
Waite said his core message is to “destroy the UC,” a slogan that harkens to the now-legendary 2006 “Kill the UC” campaign of Tim R. Hwang...
Yesterday morning, the leaders of India’s right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party, called for a United Nations mandate “to destroy the edifice of terrorism in Pakistan” through intervention. There were cries of popular support. Sound familiar? It echoes the rhetoric of 9/11, but this time such bombast will not be successful...