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Venezuela And Russia Sign Nuclear Energy Deal, Andrés Gaudín

NotiEn: An Analytical Digest About Energy Issues in Latin America

After six months of electricity rationing that took a significant political toll on President Hugo Chávez, Venezuela and Russia signed an ambitious agreement by which Russia pledged to build a nuclear power plant in Venezuela and transfer certain nuclear technology to be used exclusively for peaceful purposes. The commitment, which also included bilateral cooperation in other areas—-finance (creating a Russian-Venezuelan bank), trade, housing construction, military equipment, oil and technology provision—-makes the two countries what Russian President Dmitri Medvedev called "strategic partners."

Water Quality And Public Health Monitoring Of Surface Waters In The Kura-Araks River Basin Of Armenia, Azerbaijan, And Georgia, Amy Ewing

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

The Kura-Araks (sometimes spelled Aras) River Basin is an international river basin located in the South Caucasus with five separate countries contributing area to the watershed. These countries are Turkey, Iran, Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan. Surface water from the Kura and Araks Rivers is used for a variety of uses, including municipal, agricultural, industrial, and mining, and the waste products from each of these uses are discharged back into the rivers. Many of the resulting contaminants pose significant risks to human health, including exposure to organic pollution derived from municipal use, organochlorine pesticides and high nitrate from agriculture, chemical contamination …

Paradoxism’S Manifestos And International Folklore, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The book is structured in two parts as follows:

- in the first part, the theory of paradoxism through its first six published worldwide

manifestos (1983-2010);

- in the second part, the paradoxism collected from the international (English, French,

Spanish/Arabic, and Romanian) folklore in images and paradoxist situations.

PARADOXISM is an avant-garde movement in literature, art, philosophy, science, based on

excessive use of antitheses, antinomies, contradictions, parables, odds, anti-clichés, deviations of senses,

against-the-grain speech, nonsense, paraphrases, oxymorons, inversions, digressions, paradoxes,

semiparadoxes, etc. in creations.

It was set up and led by the writer Florentin Smarandache since 1980's, who said: "The …

Second Africa-Latin America Summit Encourages South-South Ties, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Brazil, Venezuela, Chile Lead Latin American Arms Purchases, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Non-Intervention And Neutrality In Cyberspace: An Emerging Principle In The National Practice Of International Law, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

The enforcement of neutrality in cyberspace has not yet occurred, and there appears to be no policy for enforcement. This article suggests a rubric using existing laws for exerting executive authority. Section I of this article discusses the emergence of conflict in cyberspace. This article focuses on the executive branch's authority to enforce neutrality in cyberspace. Section II provides a basic rubric of neutrality rules as applied to conflict in cyberspace. Section III analyzes the most recent cyberconflict, the Georgian-Russian War of 2008, and the potential consequences the United States risked because it lacked a cyber neutral position. Finally, the …

Changing The Paradigm Of Internet Access From Government Information Systems: A Solution To The Need For The Dod To Take Time-Sensitive Action On The Niprnet, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

The DOD is currently lacking sufficient regulatory authority to ensure the availability of access to conduct operations through cyberspace, because the conduct of its members is predicated on a number of false assumptions which are written into outdated or otherwise poorly designed current regulations. This article addresses those assumptions and existing regulations and argues for new guidance to alter the current paradigm of almost unfettered access. This article is divided into three sections. Section I touches on the nature of DOD cyberspace and the potential harms that result from current social behaviors of the department's personnel. Section II analyzes shortcomings …

Unasur Makes Headway In South American Integration Efforts, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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Cuba And Russia Facing Troubled Times Together Again, Ladb Staff

NotiCen

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Russia Extends Ties With Venezuela, Other Latin American Countries, Guest Author

NotiSur

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Twelve South American Nations Form Union, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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La Fascinación Del Mal : Historia De Vida De Un Shamán Secoya De La Amazonía Ecuatoriana, María Susana Cipolletti, Fernando Payaguaje

Centro Cultural Abya Yala del Ecuador

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Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 18, Número 5, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
La Elección 2
El Sueño no Tiene Dueño: Pasos a la Elección de Barack Obama 3
El Sueño no Tiene Dueño: La Vida de Barack Obama 4
Idiomas Indígenas: 2
Zuñi 5
Una Leyenda Zuñi: El que Corre Rápido y la Tarántula Engañosa 6
Autores de Nuevo México 1
"Health Insurance" by David Roybal 7,8
Respuesta al Crucigrama (#4) 8
"An Early Report Card" by Robert Tórrez 9,10
"Carlos Tobías Maes" part 3 by Mercedes Roybal 11,12,13
Una Actividad: Alguien que Conoce con una Vida Exitosa 13
New Deal 2
Artistas Hispanos del WPA 14
Otro …

Minustah Mandate Extended In Haiti, Recognizes Risks Of Premature Withdrawal, Mike Leffert

NotiCen

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2007-01-22 Unm News Minute, University Of New Mexico Communication And Marketing Department

UNM News Minute 2007

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The Kura-Araks Basin: Obstacles And Common Objectives For An Integrated Water Resources Management Model Among Armenia, Azerbaijan, And Georgia, Berrin Basak Vener

Water Resources Professional Project Reports

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Kura-Araks Basin became an international river basin with respect to the South Caucasus states: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia. The main problems in the Basin include not only the quantity and quality of the water, but the lack of internal and joint management and monitoring of the river system. The river system has no uniform allocation and/or management system and no water quality monitoring. These countries also share problems of poverty; political instability; bureaucratic and structural issues; involvement by international and intergovernmental organizations (IGOs), individuals, interest groups, and other countries; the historical biases …

La Misión Diplomática Sotomayor Luna Ante La Santa Sede, Alfredo Luna Tobar

Centro Cultural Abya Yala del Ecuador

1.- Presentación 2.- Las Misiones Diplomáticas del Ecuador ante la Santa Sede 3.- Sotomayor Luna, el hombre, el diplomático 4.- Roma y el Estado de la ciudad del Vaticano 5.- Acerca de un interesante punto de historia 6.- La relación con la Santa Sede 7.- Labor por la Iglesia ecuatoriana 8.- Las causas de los Santos 9.- Vínculos con la Soberana Orden Militar del Hospital 10.- Celebraciones y conmemoraciones. La palabra pontificia 11.- Auge del comunismo. La Santa Sede y el gobierno soviético 12.- La tierra querida y lejana 13.- Sotomayor Luna y los ecuatorianos residentes en Italia 14.- El …

Ecoturismo Indígena, Luiza Azevedo Luíndia

Centro Cultural Abya Yala del Ecuador

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Revista Digital Amigos - Vol 17, Número 4, Aspectos Culturales, Semos Unlimited

Amigos Revista Digital

Cover 1
Contenido 2
Folklore 1
Un Dicho, Ocasiones de la Temporada para dar Regalos 3
Lugares 1
Bosque Redondo: un Monumento Estatal 4
La Educación 3
Estudiantes del Mes de Clovis 5
Arte por Kara Craig, "La Vida" por Ana Iveth Olivas 5
Adivinanzas por Israel Mezua, Diego Romero, Denisse Gonzales, Samuel Córdova, Osmayo Sierra, Brenda Rosas, Karen Carrera 6,7
La Importancia de Juegos en la Educación 2
Los Juegos y el Deporte en el Desarrollo Psicológico del Niño 8
El Semáforo 9
Literatura 2
Rumaldo Aguilar Durán from the WPA 10
Una Actividad: Llena el Blanco 11
Sing …

Crime Doesn't Pay, Unless You're A Gun Salesman, Jackie Shane

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

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What The World Pays To Fight, Jackie Shane

University Libraries & Learning Sciences Faculty and Staff Publications

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El Salvador First To Implement Cafta, And First To Feel The Heavy Hand Of Its New Partner, Mike Leffert

NotiCen

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La Ternura Y El Poder : Voces De Mujeres Shipibo De Las Comunidades De Ucayali, Recogidas En El Marco De Una Investigación Participativa, Que Realizaron Las Mismas Mujeres Shipibo, Miriam Soria Gonzáles, Azzurra Carpo

Centro Cultural Abya Yala del Ecuador

Es una investigación hecha por mujeres Shipibo - Konibo y esto nos hace sentir orgullosas y felices, porque ésta ha sido la primera oportunidad de una investigación participativa, dejamos en la historia este trabajo, que esperemos sea aprovechado por todas las generaciones indígenas y peruanas para enriquecer el conocimiento, el respecto intercultural y fomentar un trabajo conjunto para el desarrollo. 1.- Agradecimiento y dedicatoria 2.- Prefacio 3.- Reflexión conjunta de las investigadoras Shipibo — Konibo 4.- Introducción 5.- Nuestro territorio: poder vivir 6.- Ser mujer Shipibo: el poder del género 7.- Educación: el poder de la inclusión y de las …

Looking Beyond The Boundaries: Incorporating International Norms Into The Supreme Court's Constitutional Jurisprudence, Josh Hsu

New Mexico Law Review

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Advances And Applications Of Dezert-Smarandache Theory (Dsmt) For Information Fusion (Collected Works), Vol. 2, Florentin Smarandache, Jean Dezert

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This second volume dedicated to Dezert-Smarandache Theory (DSmT) in Information Fusion brings in new fusion quantitative rules (such as the PCR1-6, where PCR5 for two sources does the most mathematically exact redistribution of conflicting masses to the non-empty sets in the fusion literature), qualitative fusion rules, and the Belief Conditioning Rule (BCR) which is different from the classical conditioning rule used by the fusion community working with the Mathematical Theory of Evidence.

Other fusion rules are constructed based on T-norm and T-conorm (hence using fuzzy logic and fuzzy set in information fusion), or more general fusion rules based on N-norm …

Modern German Universities And Their Historians Since The Fall Of The Wall, Charles E. Mcclelland

History Faculty Publications

A critical collective evaluation of recently-published works on German universities.

Universal Jurisdiction And The Concept Of A Fair Trial Prosecutor V. Fulgence Niyonteze: A Swiss Military Tribunal Case Study, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

It is the overall goal of this article to assess and evaluate concepts of universal jurisdiction and the interrelated right to a fair trial within the capsule of Prosecutor v. Niyonteze. This article analyzes the Niyonteze trial both within a framework of comparative law and against contemporary international law theories of universal jurisdiction and fair trial standards. In this article the term "due process" is subsumed into the larger concept of a fair trial. Likewise, a specific theory of universal jurisdiction is adopted. While universal jurisdiction and the right to a fair trial are often seen as exclusive areas, this …

The Use Of Conventional International Law In Combating Terrorism: A Maginot Line For Modern Civilization Employing The Principles Of Anticipatory Self-Defense & Preemption, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

This article analyzes the existing concepts of the right of self-defense and preemption under international law. Part I quickly reviews both the evolution of warfare and the state of religious-based terrorism. The former presents a useful starting point for understanding customary international law and its subset, generally referred to as "the laws and customs of war. Customary international law provides context to the application and shortcomings of contemporary codified international law, and, therefore, serves an important heuristic function in understanding the international legal limits on combating this increasingly frequent form of terrorism. In the end, this article concludes that both …

Us Cuts Aid To Icc Suporting Countries, Ladb Staff

NotiSur

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The Customary International Law Of War And Combatant Status: Does The Current Executive Branch Policy Determination On Unlawful Combatant Status For Terrorists Run Afoul Of International Law, Or Is It Just Poor Public Relations?, Joshua E. Kastenberg

Faculty Scholarship

This paper reviews the domestic and international law basis for the executive authority to determine combatant status, and analyzes the legality of contemporary practice. It also accepts, as a definition for unlawful combatants: "persons violating the traditional laws and customs of war." Unlawful combatants do not meet the traditional captured combatant (prisoner of war) protections embodied in the 1949 Geneva Convention Relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (hereinafter Geneva Convention I). Part I of this paper examines the historic views of combatant status among sovereigns. It also addresses the evolutionary purpose of the law of armed conflict in …