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Tonight is Earth Hour! Will you participate? More info on http://www.earthhour.org/. (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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Make sure to check out the UN’s site, you can find some great resources there! Link below! reuters: Drink up: Happy World Water Day!  Did you know that 2013 is the United Nation’s International Year of Water Cooperation? Check out our pictures of water from around the world.  In this picture, an earthquake survivor drinks water from a well in a provisional camp at downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, 2010. REUTERS/ Eduardo Munoz  Logo courtesy of United Nations

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NBC Acquires Drama Series ‘Crossing Lines’ For Summer

NBC Acquires Drama Series ‘Crossing Lines’ For Summer Crossing Lines taps into the charter of the International Criminal Court to investigate serialized cross-border crimes and to hunt down global criminals. A TV show about the ICC? That should be interesting!

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Save water! World Water Day, 22 March 2013 [Live Windows Project – UCA Farnham] (Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

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Nice Speech, Mr. President – By Daniel Levy | Foreign Policy

Nice Speech, Mr. President – By Daniel Levy | Foreign Policy So far so good, Mr. President. Great speech, but what next? The visit has offered nothing new on the programmatic side, no plan for going forward. My hunch is that Obama knows that putting Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas back in a room together will achieve nothing, and that he is in no great hurry or places no great faith in those talks. Obama will also be very aware that while Netanyahu repeated his two-state message in their press conference, he nonetheless did not incorporate that language…

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March 21: International Day of Poetry and International Day of Forests

I actually posted this below last year for the Hungarian Day of Poetry (April 11). I know it’s pretty lame, reblogging myself (sort of), but I thought it could be appropriate for this occasion as well. I promise I will come up with something original for April 11 though. 🙂 About the International Day of Forests, you can learn more clicking the logo: (P.S. Does anybody know why Tumblr makes it impossible to reblog yourself?! Not that I want to do it often, but really…) blabbingworldaffairs: One last poem for today. This one relates to my addiction to international relations,…

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Obama takes appeal for peace compromise to Israeli people | WashingtonExaminer.com

Obama takes appeal for peace compromise to Israeli people | WashingtonExaminer.com Obama spoke to a crowd of university students, a friendly audience of younger Israelis more open to his clarion call to restart talks with Palestine. “Put yourself in their shoes – look at the world through their eyes,” Obama said from the Jerusalem Convention Center. “It is not fair that a Palestinian child cannot grow up in a state of her own, and lives with the presence of a foreign army that controls the movements of her parents every single day.”

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UN connects well-being and the pursuit of happiness – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs

UN connects well-being and the pursuit of happiness – United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs I was very happy when I learned last year that the UN dedicates a day to Happiness. I always thought all these annual days of UN observances are important because they usually deal with important issues many people would otherwise rarely (if ever) hear of.  The pursuit of happiness as a fundamental human goal is something I wish would be talked about much more in my country. Most of Hungarian people (generally known for their pessimism and low spirit) would never consider happiness…

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March 20: International Day of Happiness

March 20: International Day of Happiness The General Assembly of the United Nations in its resolution 66/281 of 12 July 2012 proclaimed 20 March the International Day of Happiness recognizing the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives. Learn more about this day and read the Secretary General’s full message clicking here.

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The what if’s of Iraq

The what if’s of Iraq It is entirely fitting that the invasion of Iraq began, 10 years ago Tuesday, based on faulty intelligence: Our actions throughout the war were marred by miscalculation and wishful thinking time and again.

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