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I retired 10 years ago after a long career as a research scientist for Agriculture Canada. When I was on the payroll, I was the designated scientist of my institute to address public groups and reassure them that genetically engineered crops and foods were safe. There is, however, a growing body of scientific research – done mostly in Europe, Russia, and other countries – showing that diets containing engineered corn or soya cause serious health problems in laboratory mice and rats.I don’t know if I was passionate about it but I was knowledgeable. I defended the side of technological advance, of science and progress. Continue reading Former Pro-GMO Scientist Speaks Out On The Real Dangers of Genetically Engineered Food
For years, those in favor of same-sex marriage have argued that all Americans should be free to live as they choose. And yet in countless cases, the government has coerced those who simply wish to be free to live in accordance with their belief that marriage is the union of a man and a woman.
Ministers face a 180-day jail term and $1,000 fine for each day they decline to celebrate the same-sex wedding.
Just this weekend, a case has arisen in Idaho, where city officials have told ordained ministers they have to celebrate same-sex weddings or face fines and jail time. Continue reading Government to Ordained Ministers: Celebrate Same-Sex Wedding or Go to Jail
Emails: I am not sure whether words can describe my how I feel in these two days. My parents are Hong Kong police… I understand their thinking: Students are controlled and brainwashed by other parties… the Hong Kong government is not good but better than the Chinese government, occupying Central would lead to a severe effect on Hong Kong’s economy and social disrupt[ion]… Whenever I tried to explain, they would say I am too young to understand these things… The protest was not only formed by the voice of a group of students, but the voice of the majority of Hong Kong people. Living in Hong Kong for most of my life, it is so obvious that the city has changed so much. Not [for] the good.
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As it happened: Hong Kong protests
Matthew O’Reilly is a veteran emergency medical technician on Long Island, New York. In this talk, O’Reilly describes what happens next when a gravely hurt patient asks him: “Am I going to die?”
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Dưới đây mình giới thiệu một bài thơ rất hay và xúc động vừa được trình bày ngày 23/9/2014 tại Đại hội đồng Liên Hợp Quốc.
Nhà thơ Kathy Jetnil-Kijiner đến từ đảo Marshall – Republic of Marshall Island đã có bài phát biểu trong lễ khai mạc Hội nghị thượng đỉnh về khí hậu của Đại hội đồng Liên Hợp Quốc đang diễn ra tại New York. Kathy đã được lựa chọn từ 500 ứng cử viên dân sự được đề cử bởi Liên hợp quốc. Continue reading Bài thơ Dear Matefete Peinam
by cogitASIA Staff • September 4, 2014
By Duong Tran
Vietnam has an urgent need to boost its capacity of electricity generation if it wants to sustain current-level growth rates. The Vietnamese government has laid out an ambitious plan to meet future electricity demands, but making use of multiple energy sources remains a challenge. In this context, the U.S.-Vietnam nuclear cooperation agreement could play a critical role in shaping the country’s electricity production over the next decades. Continue reading The U.S.-Vietnam 123 Agreement Could Help Vietnam’s Electricity Needs
India considers a Vietnamese offer to explore offshore drilling options despite Chinese protests.
August 27, 2014
thediplomat – India’s External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam on Monday for a two day visit to the Southeast Asian country. The visit came at the invitation of her Vietnamese counterpart Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh. In addition to meeting Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, Swaraj also met Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung, both on Monday. Continue reading India and Vietnam Seek Stronger Ties
BY ANDREW R.C. MARSHALL
RANAI Indonesia
(Reuters) – The word “sleepy” could have been invented for Ranai, the largest town in Indonesia’s remote and sparsely populated Natuna archipelago.
It has few cars and only two sets of traffic lights. The cloud-wreathed mountain looming over it resembles a slumbering volcano. Nearby beaches lie pristine and empty, waiting for tourists. Continue reading Remote, gas-rich islands on Indonesia’s South China Sea frontline
August 25, 2014
By Nguyen Manh Hung
CogitASIA China’s placement of an oil rig inside Vietnam’s exclusive economic zone in May 2014 was a wake up call for the Vietnamese leadership. It took place at a time when Hanoi was filled with speculation about an intense struggle for power and secret dealings in preparation for the 2016 Communist Party Congress. Continue reading Chinese Oil Rig and Vietnamese Politics: Business as Usual?
by cogitASIA Staff • August 18, 2014
By Duong Tran & Ngoc Phan
Cogitasia – In the most recent meeting of the Mekong River Commission (MRC), Laos agreed to consult with its neighbors on the controversial Don Sahong hydropower project, allowing it to undergo a six-month review process. While the decision could be seen as a result of strong pressure from other MRC members, Cambodia, Thailand, and Vietnam, recent efforts led by the United States to engage Laos under the Lower Mekong Initiative (LMI) could have helped to influence Vientiane’s calculations. Continue reading Engaging Laos on Hydropower: Urgent Tasks, High Returns
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NewYorkTime – Two new maps being issued in China this summer are stirring debate across Asia. The first, an ambitious vertical map issued in June by the Hunan Map Publishing House, uses 10 dashes around the South China Sea to broadly delineate China’s claims to contested waters, shoals, rocks, reefs and islands there. The second is being distributed to units of the People’s Liberation Army. Military officials have said it is the army’s first major revision of a map in 30 years. Continue reading New Map Shows China’s True Expanse, General Says
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China’s 3 Crimes of War of Aggression against the Vietnamese People
The UN General Assembly’s Declaration on Principles of International Law concerning Friendly Relations and Co-operation among States in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (Oct. 17, 1970) (hereinafter “the Declaration”) provided, inter alia, “The principle that States shall refrain in their international relations from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of any State or in any other manner inconsistent with the purposes of the United Nations”.
The Declaration announced: Continue reading China’s 3 Crimes of War of Aggression against the Vietnamese People
