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25-27 Mayıs tarihinde İstanbul'da, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi Kültür Merkezi Büyük Toplantı Salonu'nda, Ermeni sorunu üzerine kapsamlı bir konferans düzenleniyor. Konferansın başlığı: "İmparatorluğun Çöküş Döneminde Osmanlı Ermenileri : Bilimsel Sorumluluk ve Demokrasi Sorunları."

The Beginner's Guide presents an introductory look at media reform for people new to the issue. Why is the media system the way it is? Why is it important to the issues I care about? What's being done to fix it?

Knowledge of globalization is substantially a function of how the concept is defined. After tracing the history of 'global' vocabulary, this paper suggests several principles that should inform the way globality (the condition) and globalization (the trend) are defined. By Jan Aart Scholte

Global warming is a bigger threat to the world than Hitler, a leading historian has warned.

The 'English for Life' competitions took the road this week in order to judge a special competition for community schools in Oman. Community schools as far away as Sur, Nizwa and Muladha travelled to Muscat Private School in order to compete in the 'Global Warming' competition.

Iraq: Prime Minister's Meeting, 23 July

ExxonMobil, the biggest remaining corporation to continue to publicly reject the evidence of global warming, is facing a major new challenge to explain the scientific basis of its ongoing denial of the broad scientific consensus that the burning of fossil fuels contributes to global climate change.

Within the next two generations, communities across the Highlands and Islands will be obliterated by global warming, a leading Highland historian will tell a conference today. By David Ross

Limiting emissions of the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide is serious business, yet the effort took on a festive air today with the opening of Carbon Expo 2005 in Cologne.

China has emerged as a global force that is driving consumption and production of almost everything through the roof, according to Vital Signs 2005, the latest publication from the Washington D.C.-based Worldwatch Institute.

GlobeScan her yıl 20'den fazla ülkede 20000'den fazla kişiyle görüşerek International Environmental Monitor Survey gerçekleştiriyor.

Global warming plus natural bacteria could release vast carbon deposits currently stored in Arctic soil.

Retreating ice in the Southern Ocean is making it harder for elephant seal mothers to feed their babies, say Australian researchers. By Anna Salleh

After 30 years of dimming, the planet's surface is brightening, an international collaboration concludes this week in Science magazine

Hundreds of suit-and-tie-clad marijuana advocates feasted on chicken Kiev and Petite Sirah on Capitol Hill on Wednesday night in what may have been the most button-down gathering of pot enthusiasts in history. By Marc Sandalow

Geçtiğimiz ay İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi'nde yapılan "İslam, Latin Dünyası ve Çağdaşlık" panelinde konuşmacı olan, siyaset felsefesi ve sosyal teori alanındaki çok sayıda çalışması ile tanınan Prof. Susan Buck-Morss Açık Gazete'nin konuğuydu. Kendisiyle dünyanın gidişatı hakkında konuştuk.

Wind farms could have a devastating impact on Britain's wild birds, conservationists have warned. By Angus Howarth

Bilgi Üniversitesi Öğretim Üyesi Ferhat Kentel ve Ayhan Kaya'nın, hazırladığı "Avrupalı Türkler: Avrupa Birliği İçin Köprü mü Yoksa Bariyer mi?" başlıklı rapor, varsayıldığı gibi, tek tip bir Avrupalı Türk olmadığını ortaya koyuyor.

The sounds of car horns, salsa music, children in playgrounds, barking dogs and occasional gun shots rise out of Catia, one of the largest slums in Latin America. By Benjamin Dangl

First Step: Getting Legislators to Sign Onto A Resolution Demonstrating the U.S. Intends to Leave. By Kevin Zeese

The month of May is when many people start thinking about their plans for vacations for summer, and Memorial Day is the start of the traditional "driving season." By Paul Geary

Researchers have found an increase in phytoplankton on the surface of the Arabian sea caused by stronger monsoon winds originating in Asia. By Catherine Brahic

Spain has suffered its driest winter and early spring since records began almost 60 years ago, data from meteorologists showed on Friday.

I know what you are thinking. Hey, Abe and "Fighting Bob" were Republicans. The answer from Amery was, "True, but today they would be Democrats. So we are adopting them."

Using satellites, data from buoys and computer models to study the Earth's oceans, scientists have concluded that more energy is being absorbed from the Sun than is emitted back to space, throwing the Earth's energy "out of balance" and warming the planet. By Clare Oh

Ferda Keskin, İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi'nde yapılan, Alain Touraine, Jean Baudrillard, Edgar Morin gibi çağımızın önemli düşünürlerinin katıldığı, temel olarak, "dünyada kurulmaya çalışılan hegemonyaya nasıl karşı çıkılabilir" konusunun tartışıldığı konferans hakkında bilgi verdi.

New forest code to sustain preservation, ensure it remains an 'oxygen bag'. By Tatyana Sinitsina

During his weekly Alo Presidente broadcast Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez gave an explanation of the reasons for the suspension of the bilateral military exchange programme with the United States. By Jorge Martin

The United States and the Ukrainian governments Friday announced a joint program to detect smuggling of nuclear and other radioactive material.

Global warming politics in a post-environmental world. By Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus