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Mary Robinson

Type: Person

Name: Mary Robinson

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

University of Melbourne

Australian honour for sitar maestro

NEW DELHI: Sitar maestro Ravi Shankar will on Friday receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from the University of Melbourne at a special ceremony for his outstanding commitment to music and humanity. High honourDoctor of Laws is awarded in recognition ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by The Hindu]

Entities: University of Melbourne, Alex Chernov, Lowitja O'Donoghue, Gustav Nossal

First Reported Mar 19 2010 - Updated Mar 19 2010 - 1 Documents

United Malays National Organisation

Attempt to suspend me a rotten joke, says Anwar

LONDON, March 19 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has described a possible censure over his allegations in Parliament that 1 Malaysia was copied from Ehud Barak’s 1 Israel a “rotten joke”.The Permatang Pauh MP also insisted that it was a “strange ... [Published Mar 19 2010 by Malaysian Insider]

Entities: APCO Worldwide, United Malays National Organisation, Zionists, Nazri Aziz, Khairy Jamaluddin

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009

International banks join to support strong climate deal

The major IFIs have appealed to the governments meeting at Copenhagen to come to a comprehensive agreement on climate change mitigation, pledging to use their own resources to contribute. Some are critical, however, of how ready these institutions are ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Bank Information Center]

Entities: COP15 - UN Climate Change Conference 2009, Climate, World Bank Group, Mary Robinson, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate ...

First Reported Mar 18 2010 - Updated Mar 18 2010 - 1 Documents

Roman Catholic Church

Kevin Myers: Ireland was a strange and demented place in 1975

A cast of virginal clerics wielded enormous power, with little resistance from the political classesI N 1975, when two children were sworn to an oath of secrecy by senior members of the Catholic Church about the sexual violation which they had endured ... [Published Mar 18 2010 by Irish Independent]

Entities: Catholic, Roman Catholic Church, Kevin Myers, Brendan Smyth

First Reported Mar 05 2010 - Updated Mar 05 2010 - 1 Documents

Oxfam

From The Frontlines Of Climate Change

Pelenise Alofa Pilitati, from Kiribati, is in New Zealand WHAT:INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITYPelenise Alofa Pilitati lives in Kiribati , where her yard fills up with seawater everyday at high tide. Nothing grows there.Pelenise is a passionate speaker who talks ... [Published Mar 05 2010 by Scoop]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Kiribati, Oxfam, New Zealand

First Reported Mar 04 2010 - Updated Mar 04 2010 - 1 Documents

Desmond Tutu

Marianne Schnall: The Elders Speak: Desmond Tutu, Jimmy Carter And Mary Robinson

Throughout the ages, there has been a cultural tradition to respect your elders for their knowledge, wisdom and perspective. A contemporary version of this is an all-star, diverse cast of some of today's most treasured and charismatic leaders ... [Published Mar 04 2010 by The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed]

Entities: Desmond Tutu, Mary Robinson, Jimmy Carter

First Reported Feb 28 2010 - Updated Feb 28 2010 - 1 Documents

Ireland's emigrants sing songs of exile that echo through the generations

The loss of young people to other countries is rarely mentioned in political life, but is one of the dominant themes of Irish cultureWhen Mary Robinson became president of Ireland in 1990, one of her first, and most symbolic, actions was to light a lamp ... [Published Feb 28 2010 by Guardian.co.uk]

Entities: Ireland, Emigration, James Joyce, Samuel Beckett

First Reported Feb 27 2010 - Updated Feb 27 2010 - 1 Documents

CSW Side Event: Have women forgotten girls?

Bringing girls to the heart of beijingWho: Mary Robinson, President, Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization InitiativeCharlotte Bunch, Founding Director and Senior Scholar, at the Center for Women's Global Leadership, Rutgers UniversityH.E. Audun ... [Published Feb 27 2010 by UNICEF]

Entities: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF/ICEF), Charlotte Bunch, Audun Lysbakken

First Reported Feb 25 2010 - Updated Feb 25 2010 - 1 Documents

Pull together to make philanthropy work

THE recent earthquake in Haiti sombrely reminds us how fragile our hold on the planet is. The short tremor caused untold damage, killing hundreds of thousands of people and wrecking the lives of many others. The world has taken notice and is sending food, ... [Published Feb 25 2010 by Business Day]

Entities: Global Warming/Climate Change, Virgin Unite, Jeff Skoll, Haiti, Mary Robinson

First Reported Feb 23 2010 - Updated Feb 23 2010 - 1 Documents

UN Reaffirms Commitment To Social Justice

GENEVA (IDN) - Social righteousness has moved to centre stage for the United Nations, which celebrated the World Day of Social Justice for the second time on February 20 bearing in mind the plight of millions of people affected by the global economic ... [Published Feb 23 2010 by Turkish Weekly]

Entities: Mary Robinson, United Nations, Human Rights, International Labour Organization, Jones Apparel Group Inc

First Reported Feb 22 2010 - Updated Feb 22 2010 - 1 Documents

Mary Robinson on how we need to keep Gender on the Agenda

Promoting gender equality and reducing the level of gender based violence must be prioritised, even in the face of global recession. This was Mary Robinson’s message at the launch of 'Keeping Gender on the Agenda – Gender Based Violence, Poverty and ... [Published Feb 22 2010 by Trocaire]

Entities: Mary Robinson, Consortium, Dick Roche, HIV/AIDS

First Reported Feb 21 2010 - Updated Feb 21 2010 - 1 Documents

BransonSpeak | Building better working models of philanthropy is critical

Governments, former US presidents, firms, everyday individuals and even children are helping Haiti, whether through donations, services or eventsBransonSpeak | Richard BransonEmail Printfont sizeThe recent earthquake in Haiti somberly reminds us how ... [Published Feb 21 2010 by Livemint.com]

Entities: Sir Richard Branson, Haiti, Global Warming/Climate Change, Virgin Unite, Jeff Skoll

More Content

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Who are the Illuminati and what is their agenda? [Indymedia Ireland - Mar 21 2010]
Bishops conducted torch-light procession down ... [Irish Independent - Mar 20 2010]
Australian honour for sitar maestro [The Hindu - Mar 19 2010]
Attempt to suspend me a rotten joke, says Anwar [Malaysian Insider - Mar 19 2010]
International banks join to support strong clim... [Bank Information Center - Mar 18 2010]
Kevin Myers: Ireland was a strange and demented... [Irish Independent - Mar 18 2010]
Israel Bans International Activists from West B... [Axis of Logic - Mar 16 2010]
The 'curse' of the paedophile priest lives on [Irish Independent - Mar 15 2010]
Sam Smyth: The 'curse' of the paedophile priest... [Irish Independent - Mar 15 2010]
What does it take to be Irish in Ireland? [Metro Eireann - Mar 15 2010]
Mary Robinson returning to Ireland [Times Online - Mar 14 2010]
Guest Opinion: Should the U.N. Enforce 'Gender ... [Catholic Online - Mar 13 2010]
Push to close gender gaps 'slow' [BBC - Mar 12 2010]
Human rights lawyer was inspired by Tibet [Sydney Morning Herald - Mar 11 2010]
Backstage human rights drama at the U.N. [Foreign Policy Magazine - Mar 10 2010]
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, Project Runway's Tim... [PR-USA.net - Mar 09 2010]
20/20 Vision: Mobilizing for Women’s Rights and... [UNFPA - Mar 08 2010]
Supermodel Naomi Campbell, Project Runway's Tim... [Forbes.com - Mar 07 2010]
Presidential Lecture by Mary Robinson, former P... [Events At Stanford - Mar 07 2010]
Justine McCarthy: Authority needs to be fairer ... [Times Online - Mar 07 2010]
Facing Extreme Weather Head On, Ibrahim Forum U... [AllAfrica.com - Mar 06 2010]
Work with Agents of Change to Promote Women’s R... [UNFPA - Mar 05 2010]
Another man overboard at the troubled DDDA [Irish Independent - Mar 05 2010]
From The Frontlines Of Climate Change [Scoop - Mar 05 2010]
> Fortune 500 head to CT [iafrica.com - Mar 01 2010]
Ireland's emigrants sing songs of exile that ec... [Guardian.co.uk - Feb 28 2010]
CSW Side Event: Have women forgotten girls? [UNICEF - Feb 27 2010]
Pull together to make philanthropy work [Business Day - Feb 25 2010]
Fortune 500 head to CT [iafrica.com - Feb 24 2010]
Partisan activities [Business Day - Feb 24 2010]

Blogs

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Amy Goodman: Rachel Corrie's (posthumous) Day i... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 10 2010] An unusual trial begins in Israel this week that people around the world will be watching closely. It involves the tragic death of a 23-year-old American ...
Marianne Schnall: The Elders Speak: Desmond Tut... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Mar 04 2010] Throughout the ages, there has been a cultural tradition to respect your elders for their knowledge, wisdom and perspective. A contemporary version of ...
Carol Muske-Dukes: "The Nine" Results [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Feb 24 2010] HAPPY LATE VALENTINE'S DAY and thank you to all those who participated in the nomination process to find The Nine - women chosen by other women as candidates ...
Julia Moulden: Facing Global Threats: Here's So... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Jan 23 2010] Like you, I've been following Arianna's sleep challenge. And I've been thinking about the kinds of things that cross our minds when we lie awake in the ...
Peter Tatchell: No, We Can't: The Impossibility... [The Huffington Post Full Blog Feed - Jan 20 2010] As President Barack Obama celebrates his first year in the Oval Office, it is clear that the vast majority of the US public are relaxed and comfortable ...