Positive Universe Abstracts

Guardian Unlimited, UK (m)

The Pope’s remarks were dangerous, and will convince many more Muslims that the west is incurably Islamophobic

Karen Armstrong Monday September 18, 2006 The Guardian

In the 12th century, Peter the Venerable, Abbot of Cluny, initiated a dialogue with the Islamic world. “I approach you not with arms, but with words,” he wrote to the Muslims [...]

Reuters AlertNet, UK Source: UNHCR

NEW YORK, September 15 (UNHCR) – UN High Commissioner for Refugees António Guterres has called on governments to ensure that refugees caught up in migratory flows have access to national asylum procedures, and that those procedures are respected.

Addressing a round-table discussion on partnerships, capacity-building and best practices at the UN General Assembly’s [...]

World Development Movement (press release), UK

Over 80 organisations, from more than 30 countries, have today announced a co-ordinated boycott of the official programme at the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) meetings in Singapore.

The boycott has been called in response to the blacklisting of accredited individuals by the government of Singapore and the draconian [...]

Guardian Unlimited: PeaceJam Marks 10 Years With Laureates 09/14/06

Thursday September 14, 2006 By CHASE SQUIRES Associated Press Writer

DENVER (AP) - To inspire a new generation of peace activists, educators are turning to such figures as Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Costa Rica President Oscar Arias and the Dalai Lama.

The three peace emissaries are among 10 Nobel Peace Prize laureates [...]

MSNBC Anchor - Keith Olberman September 11, 2006 (h)

Half a lifetime ago, I worked in this now-empty space. And for 40 days after the attacks, I worked here again, trying to make sense of what happened, and was yet to happen, as a reporter.

All the time, I knew that the very air I breathed contained the [...]

Rally to celebrate Mahatma’s first non-violent action (h)                    100 YEARS LATER                TODAY SEPTEMBER 11, 2006

URL for this article: http://www.rediff.com///news/2006/aug/30gandhi.htm

When the world remembers the victims of 9/11 terrorist attack in America on September 11, a US-based institute is organising a public rally in Washington to mark the 100th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s first non violent public action, [...]

San Francisco Chronicle, USA Judges who determined the outcome are not releasing details about recount

Hector Tobar, Los Angeles Times

(09-09) 04:00 PDT Mexico City — Top electoral officials and judges are feeding doubts about the outcome of Mexico’s presidential vote by declining to release details about a recount of 4 million ballots and by moving quickly to [...]