A brief list of news, reports, and essays:
Pressure on Iraqi PM to demand US troop withdrawl as al-Sadr orders cabinet ministers from his parliamentary block to resign > http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,,2058242,00.html
The UK’s new approach to violent offenders > http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19425993.900-violent-antisocial-beyond-redemption.html
France had warned US of al-Qaeda threat to hijack airliners > http://www.theglobeandmail.com
Mass rally against a Pakistani mosque that has begun an anti-vice campaign > http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6F687535-A61D-441D-AC8C-E5B25000F1BF.htm
Ten common questions about intellectual property and human rights – this is an essay by Peter K. Yu, on the topic of integrating human rights into intellectual property rights > http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=979193
Global warming: dim bulb’s, bright lights – feel good efficiency programs vs. significant change > http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3098/global_warming_dim_bulbs_bright_lights/
Soy cultivation in Paraguay > http://www.inthesetimes.com/article/3093/the_multinational_beanfield_war/
Russian authorities crack down heavily on opposition protests. Just what is Putin afraid of? > http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/0,1518,477450,00.html
Economies de-linking from US dollar > http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=COR20070412&articleId=5370
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