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1: Rethinking Sustainable Agriculture
In these times, the term sustainable development is being applied to nearly everything from energy, clean water, construction, to economic growth As a result, it has become increasingly difficult to question either the basic assumptions behind sustainable development or the way these assumptions are being put to use...

2: The Battle of Vienna - 1683
Summer in Vienna is hot and humid As July, 1683 began, Hapsburg Archduke Leopold I, Holy Roman Emperor, had retreated to his estate at Perchtoldsdorf to escape the oppressive heat of the city...

3: How Terrorism Cult Leaders Persuade People to Join Them and Do Anything
I was recently watching the news about the 26 November 2008 terrorist attacks on Mumbai Several terrorists had entered Mumbai, India from the sea route and had attacked the Taj Hotel, Oberoi, Trident and a building called Nariman House at Colaba...

4: Part II - Dietrich Bonhoefer’s Niece: Renate Bethge
She was a quiet, unassuming woman, apparently the perfect "Hausfrau" – housewife – to a famous man Her husband Eberhard Bethge was famous because he had been Pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s closest friend, his confidant and his disciple...

5: Part 1 - A Suicide-Bomber Targeting Hitler: Axel Baron Von Dem Bussche
“The survivors of a failed coup are never its heroes,” Axel Baron von dem Bussche told me the first time we met, but by most standards Bussche was a hero At the age of 24, while a captain in the German Army, Bussche agreed to carry out a suicide-bombing against Adolf Hitler...

6: The Effect of Brain Drain in Developing Countries
The global opportunities have provided many doors for skilled workers and professionals all over the world The compensation presented by the developed countries is very inviting...

7: Talks Begin in Cyprus
Yesterday saw a historic day for the divided island of Cyprus During the last 34 years the island has been split into what effectively count as two separate nations: Cyprus, and the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus...

8: Positive Attitudes Set Cyprian Reunification Talks in Good Stead
After thirty years of failed peace talks, intensive discussions began again yesterday (3rd September ’08), between the Greek and Turkish, Cyprian leaders over the reunification of Cyprus to make it once again a united state Both parties agree on the notion of two-party federation; however it is the details of the governing body which still need to be worked upon...

9: Global Studies on Climate Change
Climate change is an issue that is currently alarming scientists The factors affecting global changes are carefully studied by famous scientists around the globe...

10: Kyoto Protocol and What it Means
The UN member countries in a convention held on climate change in Japan, in 1997, agreed to a treaty for controlling the emissions It was named the ‘Kyoto Protocol’ from the name of the place where it was signed...