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ClutchPoints
April 16, 2018
After it was reported over the weekend that the New York Knicks had already contacted both Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson about the vacant head coaching position, one person added himself as a dark horse to that list of potential candidates: none other than former Knicks forward Metta World Peace.
PaZimbabwe
April 16, 2018
The Zimbabwe chapter of the Family Federation for World Peace and Unification (FFWPU) has been launched in Harare, with the capital city's ... The World Peace Ambassador for Zimbabwe pledged commitment to promote peace as the country prepares for the general elections set for July or August.
The Times
April 16, 2018
Sir, Theresa May says the UK action in Syria was justified by international law; Jeremy Corbyn questions this. Let us recall the words of a great Foreign and Commonwealth Office legal adviser, Sir Ian Sinclair: “It is because international law is seen to incorporate significant elements of international moralityÃâà...
malaysiandigest.com
April 15, 2018
KUALA LUMPUR – The coordinated airstrike against Syria by the United States (US) Government and its allies has become a threat towards international peace and security, says Global Movement of Moderates Foundation (GMMF). Its executive chairman and chief executive officer, Datuk Nasharudin MatÃâà...
Chabad.org
April 14, 2018
A how-to presentation on effectively communicating the 7 Noahide Laws with profound clarity; illuminating foundational principles of Torah Judaism with wisdom, understanding and knowledge. Learn how you can become an inspiration; fulfilling our age-old sacred calling of being a “light onto the nations” and doing yourÃâà...
CBS News
April 14, 2018
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned Friday that the Middle East is in such "chaos" that it has become a threat to international peace and security -- and Syria "represents the most serious threat." The U.N. chief told an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council that theÃâà...
Scientific American (blog)
April 1, 2018
If, as President, you help humanity take the first step toward overcoming the ancient scourge of war, you will go down in history as the greatest leader ever. Greater than Caesar, Napoleon, Lincoln, Franklin Roosevelt, Churchill, Gandhi, Ronald Reagan. Jesus called for peace on earth. Trump delivers it.
Wicked Local
March 31, 2018
On Thursday, April 5th at 7 p.m., Old Ship Church (First Parish in Hingham), will present a Meeting House Forum with Aziz Abu Sarah, speaking on “Dealing with Conflict.” Aziz is a National Geographic Explorer, TED Fellow and author who works as a peace advocate in high conflict areas and war zonesÃâà...
The Australian
March 31, 2018
No one really saw this coming but this year will be remembered as when Leninist autocracies returned to threaten global peace. Vladimir Putin in Russia and Xi Jinping in China have consolidated their personal hold on power, turning what were already vicious and corrupt one-party states into countries ledÃâà...
TASS
March 30, 2018
"China seeks in its joint efforts with Russia to continuously promote progressive development of relations between the Armed Forces of the two countries and jointly defend interests of the two states and also maintain regional and global peace and stability," the spokesman said. China and Russia areÃâà...
Journal & Topics Newspapers Online
March 29, 2018
For the second year in a row, the World Peace Fire will take place at Des Plaines' Historic Methodist Campground for the 11th annual Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 21. Daniel Creely, a longtime Des Plaines resident and professor at Northeastern Illinois University in Chicago, who hasÃâà...
The Nation
March 28, 2018
He expressed these views during his visit to local office complex of AJK government's Kashmir Liberation Cell in Mirpur. He was received by Director Genera of Kashmir Liberation Cell Fida Hussain Kiyani, local head of KLC Syed Zameer Hussain Naqvi, ADC (G) Mirpur Raja Farooq Akram and other seniorÃâà...
Haaretz
March 20, 2018
Senator Bernie Sanders helped launch what purports to be a global peace movement on the anniversary of the Iraq War, which he said precipitated much of the chaos in the Middle East. Organizers of the Global Call for Peace said 11,000 callers from around the world, including Israel, participated in theÃâà...
Harvard Press
March 15, 2018
Judy Wong waves to the audience before the show as she warms up for her sound foley role. Helen Batchelder hawks Lux products during a commercial break. Jon Bernhardt plays the theramin, adding eerie sound effects to the play. Director Bob Eiland first learned of Bernhardt from his appearance onÃâà...
Whidbey News-Times
March 14, 2018
The first weekend in March I toiled as a volunteer over a hot grill, cooking and selling “prairie dogs” at the annual Coupeville MusselFest to raise money for the Island County Historical Museum. I admit that selling polish sausage at a shellfish event would seem the antithesis of carrying coals to Newcastle.
Business Standard
March 13, 2018
The "Academy Award for Nobel Peace" from the USA has been conferred on Dr Ketzia David Prakasam, a philanthropist, social worker and spiritual worker here. Ketzia is the first Indian woman to receive this award, presented yesterday as part of International Womens Day celebrations here, a release saidÃâà...
Haaretz
March 12, 2018
The sensational news of an imminent meeting between Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un took humanity by surprise, providing several hours of elated anticipation for impending world peace. Here is a grandiose, game-changing gesture, on a scale of Nixon to China and Sadat inÃâà...
India Today
March 10, 2018
French President Emmanuel Macron and India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrive for a photo opportunity ahead of their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi. (Photo: Reuters). HIGHLIGHTS. India and France today signed and exchanged 14 agreements. India has become increasingly concernedÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 9, 2018
Wearing red, white and blue t-shirts with the imprinted words 'women in peacekeeping; 50/50 by 2030', the peacekeepers kicked off the daylong activities with a march to celebrate the positive contribution being made by women to global peace and conflict resolution. The march culminated in a conferenceÃâà...
Information-Analytic Agency NEWS.am
March 7, 2018
YEREVAN. – The US visit of the delegation from the Armenia-USA Friendship Group of the National Assembly of Armenia (NA) kicked off on Tuesday. Within the framework of the visit the delegation members had a meeting with analysts from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, informed theÃâà...
USA TODAY High School Sports
March 7, 2018
Jeron Artest has a picture of his father's NBA championship ring on his Facebook page. He knows if it wasn't for Metta World Peace providing him the chance to develop his game and travel, he wouldn't be at Phoenix Hillcrest Prep, where the 6-foot-3 sophomore guard is winding down a season in which heÃâà...
ReliefWeb
March 7, 2018
The situation in Afghanistan and its implications for international peace and security - Report of the Secretary-General (A/72/768–S/2018/165). Report. from UN Security Council, UN General Assembly. Published on 27 Feb 2018 — View Original Ãâ÷ preview Ãâ÷ Download PDF (583.47 KB). I. Introduction.
Roanoke Times
March 5, 2018
I am 92 and a World War II veteran. War forces change. Every day until I die I will be pushing my plan to bring peaceful relationships to all humans on this magnificent blue planet. My poem "Obtaining peace on earth" contains a simple logic that will accomplish this. It is firmly based on these three facts that IÃâà...
TMZ.com
February 27, 2018
Metta World Peace says Lonzo Ball isn't just killing it on the court, he's destroying the mic, too, telling TMZ Sports he's a huge fan of both of Ball's careers. Metta was at LAX when we asked what he thought about Ball's return -- which has led to two pretty convincing blowout wins for the Lakers over theÃâà...
Project Syndicate
February 23, 2018
Donald Trump is not the first leader with a severe personality disorder – characterized by intolerable feelings of inadequacy and an overwhelming need for approval – to gain power. But such leaders have usually gained control in smaller countries that lack the world's most powerful military. NEW YORKÃâà...
Concord Monitor
February 23, 2018
New England College's Event Management class (and Professor Susan M. Murray) would like to thank everyone that helped make our Celebration of World Peace Day at the Concord Family YMCA a success. This event was held to give 40 refugee children (associated with Ascentria Care Alliance)Ãâà...
BBC News
February 20, 2018
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international peace conference to tackle the Israel-Palestinian conflict. In a rare address to the UN Security Council, he said the situation was "no longer bearable" for Palestinians. Israel's ambassador however said direct negotiations wereÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
February 20, 2018
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has called for an international peace conference to convene by mid-2018 in order to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian talks. Speaking at the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday for the first time since 2009, the 82-year-old delivered a speech that includedÃâà...
Corvallis Gazette Times
February 12, 2018
The World Peace Game was created 40 years ago by John Hunter, a high school teacher in Virginia. In 2014, Hunter visited Corvallis for a Martin Luther King Jr. presentation. After learning about the world peace game, Corvallis High Schools senior Ele Adams raised money to build a four-level board andÃâà...
EW.com
February 12, 2018
True story: I saw Metta World Peace on the street once. He was just walking down 48th street in Midtown Manhattan by himself. It took me a minute to place the face, but then I realized whom it was. So, armed with this knowledge, what was my next move? I did what any idiot would do: I proceeded to say hisÃâà...
Xinhua
December 31, 1999
BEIJING, March 2 (Xinhua) -- As President Xi Jinping's concept of "building a community with a shared future for humanity" gains ground internationally, China will attach more importance to the five-year-old notion, with a view to finding an ultimate way to world peace. At the beginning of March, China isÃâà...
Global Times
December 31, 1999
China pursues world peace, common development in international agenda ... Xi Jinping's concept of "building a community with a shared future for humanity" gains ground internationally, China will attach more importance to the five-year-old notion, with a view to finding an ultimate way to world peace.
Cincinnati.com
December 31, 1999
In the wake of World War II, the deadliest war in history, involving 30 countries and more than 50 million deaths, Doris Twitchell Allen found hope in the future. “I knew that the ultimate source of peace, long range, lay with children,” said Allen, a psychology professor at the University of Cincinnati. In 1950Ãâà...
The Guardian
December 31, 1999
John Bolton, Donald Trump's latest choice as national security adviser, belongs to a band of Washington armchair warriors who are rarely happier than when sending other people's children to die in foreign wars. Like his former Iraq comrades-in-arms, George W Bush and Dick Cheney, and his bellicoseÃâà...