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In Saturday's blog posting, Special Representative Kris Balderston announced we would be launching a multi-day blog series highlighting the Global Partnership Initiative's successes this past year. Today's installment outlines key achievements for the Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves and the Partners for a New Beginning.
Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves
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Foreign Policy magazine reports
France launches strikes in north Mali to halt Islamists' advance
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San Diego Mayor Bob Filner ordered city officials to cease crackdowns of medical marijuana dispensaries Thursday, reiterating his support to "ensuring the people who legitimately need [medical marijuana] for relief of pain are not kept from accessing it." The city's police and code compliance officials had been cracking down on the dispensaries for violating city zoning rules, [...]
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Assin Central Member of Parliament Kennedy Agyapong has hit hard at the Chairman of the Electoral Commission, describing him as evil.
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Poor old Frank Lampard. Actually, not poor. Not by a long chalk. Not that old either.
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FA Cup Replay Leyton Orient v Hull, kick off 7.45pm Lay over 3.5 goals at 2.6 to one with Betfair Replays are sometimes quite difficult betting mediums - by definition the two teams have already been too closely matched to separate once, and with extra time now available as well I wouldn't put anyone off picking out a [...]
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James Yeager, CEO of Tennessee-based Tactical Response, delivered a frightening rant last week on YouTube, declaring that gun owners "load your damn mags" and "get ready to fight," because if gun violence prevention "goes one inch further, I'm going to start killing people." His followup video was not any better: Yeager clarified he does not [...]
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Three years after a devastating earthquake rocked the country, a chorus of critics has slammed the reconstruction effort. Here's why they're wrong.
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Whew, Mali. French air raids against Islamist positions in Mali began Thursday night, and the dust hasn't settled yet. The news is changing fast, but, three things emerge from the haze. First, fierce fighting in the North and the East, with French forces in the lead, will open up a whole new set of dangers. [...]
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According to the New York Times, the French intervention in Mali to halt the southern march of Islamist forces has...
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