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This remains one of the best texts of the permanent struggle for Enlightenment -- values that assert universal human freedom, dignity and equality. Values that include internationalism, participatory and representative democracy based. These values inform our struggleto end of political and social domination of persons and societies globally. - Zackie Achmat

Irgendwie sind doch unsere Sportler hochgelobt worden. Unsere Olympioniken waren die besten, die schnellsten und die stärksten Sportler der Welt. Aber so wie es sich langsam herauskristallisiert, siehts garnicht rosig aus. Es regnet noch keine Medaillen. Der Goldregen wird wohl über China,

Jerusalem Mayor: "The demolition will serve as clear message that the families of every terrorist who goes out to attack and murder Israelis will also be harmed." Barak and Shin Bet chief Yuval Diskin have expressed support for demolishing homes of east Jerusalem Arab terrorists since they both said it was an effective tool for deterring attacks.

This text is sometimes presented under the title On the Duty of Civil Disobedience. Its original title is Resistance to Civil Government.

The '60s Begin to Fade as Liberal Professors Retire

Das kann ja ein Fahranfänger, das is ja fahrschulreif, was sich da Lewis Hamilton der Youngster in der F1 geleistet hat. Während der Safetyphase beim Tanken in der Boxengasse, fuhr Hamilton seinem Widersacher Kimi

Während die deutschen Fahrer eigentlich nur mittendrin rumkutschieren oder ganz hinterherfahren, im Otodrom Istanbul puschen sich die beiden Ferrari zu den vorderen Plätzen. Konnten die Ferrari`s das erste freie Training dominieren, fuhren sie auch in den ersten 2 Dritteln allen anderen davon, so konnte einzig und alleine Hamilton mit einer Glanzleistung kurz vor Ende der heutigen Trainignssession den

Wenn man beim Nachbarn wunderschöne blühende Büsche und Hochstämmchen sieht, wenn man sieht, das diese sogar ihre Farbe verändern, dann ist eines gewiß. Es sind Wandelröschen, die sogenannten Lantana Camara-Hybriden.

The victims of "post-colonial sequestration", by contrast, failed to make it past the barrier of independence and international recognition. Instead they fell into a state of half-recognised, but contested, existence. After the war of 1948-49 the "Palestine question" disappeared almost entirely from the international scene, only to re-emerge with the defeat of the Arab armies in the six-day war of 1967. Tibet too has undergone long years of neglect in the international arena, punctuated by periodic (and notably near-half-century) reincarnations of interest: the bloody British occupation of Lhasa in 1904-05, the insurrection against Chinese rule and flight of the Dalai Lama in 1959, and now the uprising of March 2008 (see Gabriel Lafitte, "Tibet: revolt with memories", 18 March 2008).

Arabica - You wonder about intentions ... I am not sure that in looking at economies we need to think about intentions -- it is like looking at texts without thinking about authorial intentions. Outcomes, incentives, structural cause etc. all make sense without thinking about intentions. So does re-regulation.

a Consultation on Democracy and Sustainability was held at the Science Museum in London on 18 March 2008. It was convened by the Environment Foundation, the 21st Century Trust and SustainAbility, and supported by the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The questions addressed included: can a world of 9-10 billion people vote its way to a sustainable future - or are new forms of leadership (even forms of authoritarian rule) going to be necessary? Are the rising global powers (China, India and Brazil among them) best placed to move towards more sustainable forms of development? Democracy has a central role to play in any discussion of the future of the planet. But democracy is in trouble in many parts of the world, and must - if it is to deliver, remain relevant and meet people's needs and aspirations - mutate and evolve (see Larry Diamond, "The Democratic Rollback", Foreign Affairs [March-April 2008]).

The future of philanthropy lies in joining the wave of open source peer-production that is enriching public assets, says Mark Surman.

"Wealth is like an orchard", says the Mexican philanthrocapitalist Carlos Slim, "you have to distribute the fruit, not the branch", presumably because the branch, tree and forest all belong to him.