Multicultural Blogs – periodic roundup

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International Haplif & Haplifnet NEWS -- WordPress [introduction]

Fundamentally flawed theory? Psychological problem

Barack Obama proposed restricting the big U.S. banks

Barack Obama’s first State of the Union speech

WEF Davos 2010 -- far-reaching banking reforms?

Fundamental Japanese retail market shift

US Political Financial Reform Suggestions
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Multicultural Blogs – periodic roundup

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International Haplif & Haplifnet NEWS -- WordPress [introduction]

Voluntary climate efforts are not enough, in reality

Project: US Solar Roads – driving on glass?

Banking - huge, growing chasm between the fortunes …

Why people’s money should be moved (explained by Bill Maher)

U.S. record budget gap & repaying taxpayers for the bank bailout

Barack Obama to impose a ‘responsibiliy’ tax

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U.S. Plans to Protest to China Over Internet Attack on Google

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By Indira A.R. Lakshmanan

The U.S. will issue a formal protest to the Chinese government demanding an explanation for the cyber attack on Google Inc. that the company says originated from China.

“We will be issuing a formal demarche in Beijing,” likely early next week, to express U.S. unease about the incident, State Department spokesman Philip J. Crowley said in Washington yesterday. A demarche is a diplomatic protest… Read more at BusinessWeek / Bloomberg
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Multicultural Blogs – periodic roundup

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International Haplif & Haplifnet NEWS -- WordPress [introduction]

EU Lisbon Treaty in force as of December 1, 2009

Obama’s allocation of more troops to Afghanistan [VIDEO]

Globale Vernetzung – Umgangspraxis mit ’Social Media' by Frank Kalder

HuffPost’s U.S. Health Care Reform Sifting by Arianna Huffington + comment

Evolutionärer Humanismus in Abgrenzung zu Religionen by Bernd Ehlert

Evolutionary Humanism and the Copenhagen Climate Summit (B, Ehlert essay)

Obama urged unity at Copenhagen climate summit
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Obama urged unity at Copenhagen climate summit

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Barack Obama urged nations to accept a less-than-perfect climate agreement in the final hours of the summit in Copenhagen today. A new draft agreement called the "Copenhagen Accord" drops a previous deadline extension… Read more at Haplif & Haplifnet (Deutsche Welle)
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Multicultural Blogs – periodic roundup

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International Haplif & Haplifnet NEWS -- WordPress [introduction]

The World's Best Universities [PHOTOS & POLL]

APEC leaders committed to concluding the DOHA ROUND

Barack Obama in China - Shanghai & Beijing

U.S. & China prospected emission-reduction goals

European Executive Education at ESMT, Berlin [USW Network]

La France magnifique et sa belle langue ▪ Dialogue with Enni Sander, Toulouse

Update, Dec 6

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Can Barack Obama's turnaround save Copenhagen?

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AMERICA AND THE CLIMATE SUMMIT

US President Barack Obama had been wary of attending the global climate change summit in Copenhagen next month. Many hope his decision to attend will increase the meeting's chances for success. But doubts remain about his commitment... Read more by Gregor Peter Schmitz in Washington, Spiegel
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