Articles by The Christian Science Monitor
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Nations That Plant Roots of Peace
The Christian Science Monitor - TRANSCEND Media Service,
20 Jul 2020
10 Jun 2020 – More than half the world’s countries have a lower homicide rate than 12 years ago. More than half have cut military spending. In the past five years, deaths from terrorism are down by half.
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‘There Are No People’: China’s Crackdown in the Uyghur Heartland
Ann Scott Tyson – The Christian Science Monitor,
10 Dec 2018
Ann Scott Tyson found reporting especially challenging in the western region of Xinjiang, where she went to witness the impact of China’s forced ‘reeducation’ of its Uyghur minority. But that work produced a rare and nuanced look at the project’s effect.
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Winter Olympics – Forging Peace or False Dawn?
Christa Case Bryant and Michael Holtz – The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Feb 2018
9 Feb 2018—If US threats of “fire and fury” do not stop them, try Olympic ice skates. That seems to be the thinking behind South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s eagerness to welcome North Korea to the 2018 Pyeongchang Winter Olympics – and share the global stage that Seoul has been seeking for more than 15 years. But he is taking a big gamble.
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Stephanie Nebehay | Reuters – The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Jun 2017
6 Jun 2017— On the 50th anniversary of the Six Day War, the United Nations calls for a lasting solution that would benefit both Israelis and Palestinians.
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Dan Murphy – The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Jul 2014
Opium production and heroin addiction are soaring in Afghanistan.
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Editorial Board – The Christian Science Monitor,
7 Apr 2014
April 3, 2014 – The 20th anniversary of the Rwanda genocide should focus as much on how the African nation worked toward reconciliation through forgiveness as on the mass slaughter itself.
→ read full articleDifference Maker – Glenn Paige’s Simple Idea: A ‘Nonkilling’ World
Beverly Deepe Keever – The Christian Science Monitor,
21 Oct 2013
A “nonkilling world” as one without killing, threats to kill, or conditions conducive to killing – and one in which there is no dependence on killing or the threat of killing to produce change.
→ read full articlePrescription Drug Abuse Now More Deadly Than Heroin, Cocaine Combined
Mark Guarino – The Christian Science Monitor,
14 Oct 2013
A new study shows that deaths from prescription drug overdoses have quadrupled during the past decade, suggesting that a stronger response is needed.
→ read full articleFukushima Isn’t the Only Nuclear Plant Leaking Radioactive Water
John C.K. Daly – The Christian Science Monitor,
19 Aug 2013
Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant continues to leak contaminated water into the Pacific Ocean, but it’s not the only nuclear plant suffering from radioactive water issues. Taiwan’s First Nuclear Power Plant and the Plutonium Finishing Plant in Hanford, Wash., join Fukushima in grappling with leaking waste water.
→ read full articleOh, the Places You Won’t Go! World’s 25 Least-Visited Countries
Ryan Lenora Brown – The Christian Science Monitor,
1 Apr 2013
Using UN statistics, travel writer Gunnar Garfors found that top contenders for the least-visited award are often dangerous or remote. But some are just plain boring.
→ read full articleWho Is Jim Yong Kim, Nominee For World Bank President?
Kara Bloomgarden-Smoke – The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr 2012
23 Mar 2012 – The selection of Jim Yong Kim took many by surprise since he is not well known in Washington circles and wasn’t an expected candidate for the World Bank position. President Barack Obama has nominated Jim Yong Kim, a global health policy expert and the president of Dartmouth College, to run the World Bank.
→ read full articleFor Nuclear Security beyond Seoul, Eradicate Land-Based ‘Doomsday’ Missiles
David Krieger and Daniel Ellsberg – The Christian Science Monitor,
2 Apr 2012
America’s 450 launch-ready land-based nuclear-armed ballistic missiles are the opposite of a deterrent to attack. In fact, their very deployment has the potential to launch World War III and precipitate human extinction – as a result of a false alarm. We’re not exaggerating.
→ read full articleNokia Publishes Policy on African Conflict Minerals
Curt Hopkins – The Christian Science Monitor,
13 Feb 2012
Nokia says it will not buy mineral products that benefit armed groups or those engaging in human rights abuses. How will they implement their policy? The mineral equivalent of blood diamonds, they include tantalum, tungsten, tin and gold, all of which are used to manufacture our electronics. Nokia, the world’s largest manufacturers of mobile phones, today published its policy on conflict minerals.
→ read full articleIraq to Pay $400 Million for Saddam’s Mistreatment of Americans
Jane Arraf, Correspondent – The Christian Science Monitor,
27 Sep 2010
The money comes out of a roughly $900 million fund in frozen assets held by the US government to settle unresolved contracts under the Oil for Food program…. The settlement is controversial not only because of Iraq’s pressing developmental needs, but because it holds the current government accountable for Saddam Hussein’s actions.“A lot of blood has flowed since then and a lot of it is Iraqi blood. It’s arguable that the suffering was not caused by the current Iraqi government or the Iraqi people,” says one senior Iraqi official. “This is politics, this is not justice.”
→ read full articlePost-Copenhagen Quest for Global Warming Accord Stuck in Reverse
Pete Spotts - The Christian Science Monitor,
16 Aug 2010
Negotiators seeking to lay the groundwork for a global warming summit in Mexico in November appear to be moving further from consensus.
→ read full articleGulf Oil Spill’s Wildlife Toll: Sharks Near Shore, Turtles Incinerated
Patrik Jonsson - The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Jun 2010
The Gulf oil spill has killed local wildlife not only with oil but also in cleanup efforts. It may have changed the behavior of some animals, too. But its hard for scientists to draw a direct link.
→ read full articleFormer CIA Officer on Iran: Brazil and Turkey Are Vital Checks and Balances
Graham E. Fuller – The Christian Science Monitor,
31 May 2010
Shouldn’t the world welcome the actions of two significant, responsible, democratic, and rational states to intervene and help check the foolishnesses of decades of US policy on Iran?
→ read full articleIS ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER A BASIC HUMAN RIGHT?
Yigal Schleifer, correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Mar 2009
A growing movement thinks so, saying it will guarantee that the poor have water. But at a water conference in Turkey, officials voice concern about implementing such a right. With fresh water resources becoming scarcer worldwide due to population growth and climate change, a growing movement is working to make access to clean water […]
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Sara Miller Llana - Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor,
28 Jan 2009
A new constitution approved handily Sunday also risks dividing the nation. Bolivia’s first indigenous president, Evo Morales, easily won his campaign for a new constitution Sunday – promising vast new powers to the country’s indigenous majority and bolstering his political clout. Critics say Mr. Morales is dangerously dividing the nation and merely following […]
→ read full articleAFHANISTAN?S EMERGING ANTIWAR MOVEMENT
Anand Gopal, The Christian Science Monitor,
20 Oct 2008
Afghan NGOs are teaching human rights and Islamic law along with calls to end the war with a national peace jirga. In a musty room near the edge of town, a group of bearded men sit on the floor and heatedly discuss strategy. The men are in the planning stages of an event that they […]
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