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No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. Eleanor Roosevelt, This is my Story (via the-sea-in-a-storm)
5 Things to Look for at Upcoming NATO and G8 Summits When world leaders gather this weekend at the NATO and Group of Eight summits, they have two major items on the table – wrapping up the Afghan war and handling Europe’s financial crisis. So what are the signs that they will make any progress?
find no enemy: Ratko Mladic goes on trial for genocide. lifeisliterallylimited: Bosnian Serb military leader faces 11 counts of war crimes at UN court over Srebrenica massacre and siege of Sarajevo. The trial of General Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army chief accused of orchestrating war crimes and a campaign of genocide, has begun at a special UN court at The Hague in the Netherlands. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia made their opening statements against Mladic on Wednesday almost a year after his arrest in Serbia and subsequent deportation after years on the run. Mladic is accused…
Syria election results show support for reforms, says Assad So, people who dared to go and vote support him. What a surprise!
NATOSource: Transatlantic leaders rate Greece as top candidate to be removed from NATO natosource: In a just released Atlantic Council-Foreign Policy survey, experts voted Greece as the country they were most likely to “kick out of NATO.” Heads of state, ministers of defense and foreign affairs, a head of intelligence, plus current and former members of Congress were among the dozens of…
“you’re going to fall down but the world doesn’t care how many times you fall down as long as it’s one fewer than the number of times you get back up” Aaaaaw… Aaron Sorkin is a genious!!! I know I keep repeating this, but I really do mean it!!! 🙂 popculturebrain: Aaron Sorkin’s Syracuse University Commencement Address | Syr.edu Here’s video of the speech in its entirety. (Source: http://popculturebrain.com/)
International Day of Families “This year’s International Day of Families highlights the need for work-family balance. The aim is to help workers everywhere provide for their families financially and emotionally, while also contributing to the socio-economic development of their societies.” Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for 2012
