And here is the text released from the White House:
PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you very much. Good morning. I want to thank the Secretary General for organizing this summit, and all the leaders who are participating. That so many of us are here today is a recognition that the threat from climate change is serious, it is urgent, and it is …
From Der Spiegel Online:
Independent Experts Blame Georgia for South Ossetia War
An EU expert commission has put the blame for last summer’s South Ossetia war on Georgia, but also holds Russia partly responsible, SPIEGEL has learned. The findings, which are still under wraps, are likely to reignite the debate on the causes of the war when they are …
In case you missed this, the BBC reports:
President Obama has rejected a request by seven former heads of the CIA to end the inquiry into allegations of abuse of suspects held by the agency.
“Nobody’s above the law,” Mr Obama said in an interview with the American CBS television programme Face The Nation.
The US Attorney General Eric Holder last month named …
Laura Rozen reports:
Arms control takes center stage when President Barack Obama heads to New York this week, becoming the first American president to lead a United Nations Security Council summit on nonproliferation Thursday.
The U.S. plans to introduce this nonproliferation and disarmament resolution at the meeting. I’ve posted two earlier working drafts that the U.S. distributed to Security Council members earlier in the …
The Daily Telegraph reports:
India’s Gurkhas are preparing to unilaterally declare independence in a separate “Gorkhaland” state in the area around Darjeeling.
They claim they have been forced to take the step by decades of misrule which has siphoned away millions of pounds of government funds earmarked for them.
Despite the lucrative tea and tourism industries in the area, unemployment is high, electricity …
From the Tides Momentum Conference 2009.
As their website explains:
Momentum 2009 brings together a group of 300 dynamic participants comprised of forward-thinking activists, philanthropists and social entrepreneurs. The issues that face society today defy simple solutions. Only by understanding how our issues and work are interconnected can we hope to create the change that is needed for a healthy, just and …
The AP is reporting:
Seven former CIA directors asked President Barack Obama on Friday to quash a criminal probe of harsh interrogations of terror suspects during the Bush administration.The CIA directors, who served both Democratic and Republican presidents and include three who worked under President George W. Bush, made their request in a letter sent Friday to the White House.
Attorney General …
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