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Monthly Archives: January 2009
From Davos, on Climate Change
Leaders met on the 29th to discuss climate change and more importantly what they expect out of the upcoming Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen, Denmark. Panelists included noted speakers like Al Gore and Thomas L Friedman. (Video may not be accessible to NALSAR Students) watch?v=r-NKwaB9Xfo With the Kyoto Protocol being considered to be a [...]
From Davos, on Gaza
Thursday night saw an incensed debate over Israel’s attack on the Gaza strip with Israeli PM Shimon Peres defending his nation’s actions. The video for the same may be viewed below, (Youtube videos may not be accessible to NALSAR students ) This open session involved UN Sec General Ban Ki Moon, Arab League Sec General [...]
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Interfering in the ‘Security of the State’
Soli Sorabjee’s writ petition in the Supreme Court asking it to order the government to take measures to effectively deal with terrorism has created quite an interest amongst legal circles. Law and Other Things has detailed posts on it and Abhinav Chandrachud gives and interesting analysis on the ‘Right against Terror’ here. I also have written here that the petition rests [...]
Forming New States
This comes as news to all the politicos in Andhra Pradesh wanting to form Telangana. The AP High Court has now reserved its order on a PIL on whether the government has the power to divide a state into smaller states. The petition is based on the contention that a state cannot be bifurcated without [...]
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Obituary: Eight Years of the Bush Administration
Amidst all the hype and hoopla that surrounds Obama’s first days in Office, it maybe worthwhile to take a step back and evaluate the implications of the Bush Presidency. Seldom has the post-Cold War world seen such tectonic shifts in many matters of global concern. These eight years, starting right from the doorstep of the [...]
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