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...over how all-encompassing the ICC's role really is. It was set up in 2002 after just 66 countries out of 195 ratified its founding statute - and Russia, China and the U.S. have still not done so. Its ad hoc predecessors may have prosecuted leaders from around the globe, but so far the ICC has only indicted Africans: in the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan and Uganda. "That," says African Union chairman, Jean Ping, "is a problem...
After you watch a few episodes of her program, it becomes clear why Orman believes that men are responsible for most of the economic carnage rippling across the globe. One of the viewers who called in--Nancy from Sacramento--had just related a sad tale: she and her husband had taken out a $100,000 equity line of credit on their house and invested all of it in shares of one company. It was now worth $700. (See the 100 best TV shows of all time...
...Berkman Center Web site seeks to compile data on web access and censorship around the globe. Herdict.org—whose name is a portmanteau word of “herd” and “verdict”—allows Internet users to record when a Web site appears inaccessible to them. They can also see if other users around the world are experiencing the same problem, creating a real-time database that catalogues and monitors which Web sites are down or restricted. By calling on Internet users to report their experiences, Herdict utilizes a burgeoning...
...challenge is how do we get to these people—these [changemakers]. How do we get to the influential schools in a country, how do we get to [the] 15 to 20 most influential people in every key country around the globe? If we do that, we can tip the whole country...
...think [Bosworth] would be a very good appointment. He has had experience in the most senior levels." - Selig Harrison, director of the Asia Program at the Center for International Policy. Boston Globe...