Consensus Conferences
Consensus conferences are one of several practices (including citizen juries, scenario workshops, and deliberative polls, among others) intended to enhance deliberative public in...
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_ Jan. 19, 2007: Hrant Dink, editor of the Turkish-Armenian newspaper Agos, is slain by a gunman in Istanbul._ Dec. 19, 2006: Writer Ipek Calislar acquitted of insulting Turkey's founder, Mustafa K...
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Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates cited Saudi Arabia as an example Saturday of why he believes countries that hope to grow economically would be wise to empower women.Gates told an audience at ...
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The U.S. ambassador to Israel apologized Tuesday for comments about convicted Pentagon spy Jonathan Pollard, saying they were "misinformed and misleading."Speaking at an academic conference Monday,...
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Doctors at a Chiba hospital suspended life-support treatment for
five terminal-stage patients in a six-month period through March, a
senior doctor at the hospital said Friday.
The doctors ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A book billed as an unofficial
encyclopedic companion to the "Harry Potter" series infringes
copyright and attempts to cash in on the successful brand,
author J.K. Rowling and...
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Myanmar's junta leader kept up his usual tactics for foreign critics Monday, packing a U.N. envoy off to a remote academic conference and stalling for another day the chance to deliver internationa...
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Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Friday that it will take time for financial markets to work through the current credit problems and some companies won't make it.Paulson said he has seen some ...
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An American journalist whose critical book on Thailand's king is banned took the limelight at an international academic conference Thursday even though the author didn't appear in person.One partic...
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Israel and the Palestinians can wrap up a final peace deal within two years, Israel's deputy defense minister said Thursday, but cautioned that the international climate for such talks would not re...
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Israel could wrap up a final peace deal with Palestinians within two years but the international climate for such talks will not remain favorable for long, a senior Israeli defense official said Th...
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Consensus Conferences
In Turkey, a year of attacks and trials
