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Medical Marijuana: Is This Watched Pot About to Boil?

Wednesday, 25 March 2009 19:00 Shawna L. Swanberg, Ph.D.

Cost factor may prove the most potent ingredient yet in the long-awaited change to medical marijuana policy. Although President Obama has publicly affirmed he is 'not in favor' of the legalization of pot, the President's position on medical use is unambiguous: "Federal resources should not be used to circumvent state [marijuana] laws."

Last Updated on Friday, 20 March 2009 10:58

Afghans' 'Bravest Woman' Calls on U.S. to Leave

Monday, 16 November 2009 07:29 Amy Littlefield

Malalai Joya

Malalai Joya, called the "bravest woman in Afghanistan," is finishing up a U.S. tour where she has pressed the Obama administration to pull the military out of her country. She says nothing could be worse for women than what she sees as the current civil war.

McCain Campaign Advisors Help Yanukovych Win Ukraine Election

Wednesday, 10 February 2010 06:48 Cyril Mychalejko

Viktor Yanukovych

Viktor Yanukovych, the once-disgraced Ukrainian politician who was defeated by outgoing President Viktor Yuschenko in 2004 as a result of election tampering, a Supreme Court ruling that overturned fraudulent election results and massive street protests dubbed the "Orange Revolution" has finally gotten the last laugh. He is expected to be named the next president of the former Soviet Republic with an election victory on February 7, thanks in no small part to former presidential campaign advisors of Senator John McCain.

Last Updated on Friday, 12 February 2010 08:56

Beer Battles: Workers in Belgium Take on Brewing Giant

Thursday, 04 February 2010 05:44 Benjamin Dangl

Brewery Workers at Road Blockade*

For two weeks in January Belgian brewery workers blocked roads, set fire to beer crates, kidnapped managers and handed out free beer as part of their tactics against job cuts proposed by Anheuser-Busch InBev, the world's largest brewer. The company announced the cuts in spite of profits of $1.55 billion in the third quarter of 2009. "This is the ugly face of capitalism," Roger Van Vlasselaer, the leader of a major Belgian union said.

Last Updated on Thursday, 04 February 2010 06:19

Banning Cluster Bombs: Light in the Darkness of Conflicts

Tuesday, 16 March 2010 19:00 Rene Wadlow

Cluster Bombs

In a remarkable combination of civil society pressure and leadership from a small number of progressive States, a strong ban on the use, manufacture, and stocking of cluster bombs will come into force on August 1, 2010 now that 30 States have ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions. The Convention bans the use, production, transfer of cluster munitions and sets deadlines for stockpile destruction and clearance of contaminated land. The Convention obliges States to support victims and affected communities.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 March 2010 12:08

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