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EU caves in to US over green pact Sigh, the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) rolled over and said tickle my tummy to oil and corporate interests.  Now, you might think with “Sustainable” in their name, they might tilt in favor…

Think you’re smarter than a bear? On this slow news day (tomorrow the political onslaughts start), a bit of backpacking lore. Backpackers go into areas where bears are.  Bears are attracted to the smells of backpacker food.  Thus started the continuing battle…

Who’s on first? George Bush has moved to distance himself from his vice-president after it was revealed that a sabre-rattling speech on Iraq by Dick Cheney was made without clearing key points with the White House. In a clear sign…

Maybe Shakel didn’t do it Skakel: What Went Wrong. We have our doubts that there is anything to be gained now by re-iterating that the evidence in the case came from an unreliable, dead drug addict who waited 20 years…

Today’s World Is Inter-dependent. UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says: We know the problems. A child in Africa dies every three seconds from famine, disease or conflict. We know that if climate change is not stopped, all parts of the…