All Blog Posts Tagged 'Islands' (6)

President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner of Argentina sought negotiations with the UK to establish several weekly flights from Buenos Aires to the Falkland Islands on Thursday, a move the Islands’ legislative chairman says is “about as likely as the Falklands Air Service landing flights on the moon”.
The independent federal elections agency in…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 10, 2012 at 6:46pm — No Comments

The Atlantic ran an interesting article discussing whether Central America should legalize drugs or not, in an effort to reduce the drug related violence in the region. Al Jazeera also took a look at rising drug related violence in Central America in the wake of a…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on March 1, 2012 at 7:44pm — No Comments

President Caledron of Mexico reportedly unveiled a large advertising board near the American border calling on the US to stop the flow of weapons into the country on Friday. On Sunday, a fight between prison inmates inside a jail near Monterrey reportedly killed some 44 people. On…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 23, 2012 at 7:08pm — No Comments

The Pentagon in the United States announced their plans on Thursday to change rules in the armed forces to open up more than 14,000 positions for women to serve as frontline medics, helicopter pilots and intelligence analysts, bringing them closer…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 16, 2012 at 8:17pm — No Comments

The Organization of American States (OAS) Permanent Council adopted proposals to strengthen the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights on Wednesday. Included in the non-binding proposals were three recommendations that threaten the reach and independence of the Special Rapporteurship.
Last Monday, security forces in Mexico…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on February 2, 2012 at 10:28pm — No Comments

The trial of Breanna (nee Bradley) Manning, the soldier allegedly responsible for leaking hundreds of thousands of secret state documents to WikiLeaks began this week in the United States. Manning is charged with 23 counts, including…

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Added by Rebecca Sargent on December 22, 2011 at 8:41pm — No Comments