Average world temperatures will rise by a perilous 4掳 Celsius by mid-century, a team of 130 climate scientists said at a September 28-30 conference in Oxford sponsored by Britain鈥檚 Met Office (the national weather service).
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel, from the centre-right Christian Democratic Union (CDU), was returned to power in the September 27 federal elections. But the vote was marked by a record low voter turnout and a significantly increased vote for the far-left party, Die Linke (鈥淭he Left鈥).
The people of Honduras continue to demonstrate against the illegal coup that overthrew elected President Manuel 鈥淢el鈥 Zelaya on June 28. October 5 marked the 100th day of struggle and 100 days without Mel, the real president of Honduras.
I've always been pretty passionate about socialism 鈥 I read the Communist Manifesto in high school 鈥 but I've never been inspired to get active until now. I'd seen 91自拍论坛 Weekly around but hadn't really considered it seriously until I sat down and started reading through it.
The following statement is from the Liquor Hospitality and Miscellaneous Workers Union (LHMU) Queensland.
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The Australian right has long staked a proprietary claim over the nation鈥檚 First World War experience, holding up the 鈥渄iggers鈥 as models of conservative virtue.
Portugal鈥檚 parliamentary elections, held on September 27, changed the political landscape. The governing Socialist Party (PS), which had an absolute majority in 2005 after winning 45% of votes, lost more than half a million votes and fell to 36.56%.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton reiterating Washington鈥檚 support on October 5 for the Arias Plan to resolve the Honduran crisis, which she hoped would 鈥済et Honduras back on the path to a more sustainable democracy鈥. But the plan would see Honduran President Manuel Zelaya return to his post and sit out the rest of his term without any real power.
One of the infamous 鈥渄ouble-speak鈥 slogans of the nightmare totalitarian regime in George Orwell鈥檚 1984 was 鈥渨ar is peace鈥. The Nobel jury appears to have based itself on this principle of inverting reality with its decision to grant this year鈥檚 Nobel Peace Prize to US President Barack Obama.
Students at the University of Sydney said the federal government鈥檚 proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is not a solution to climate change at a student general meeting on October 7.
The following letter is in response to a Sydney Morning Herald editorial. It was sent to that paper but not published.
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People in the Philippines are struggling to rebuild after Typhoon Ketsana caused widespread flooding and landslides.
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