 01.07.2002 Den Hague Netherlands
International Court of Justice
Today the statutes of the International Court of Justice step in Den Hague in to power. According to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan the beginning of activity means a historical event that contains an important deterrent against future cruelties. 74 states signed the statutes for the world-wide pursuit of genocide, crime against the humanity and war crime. The USA, Russia, China and Israel did not follow the Court of Justice so far. These countries fear, that by an entry to the International Court of Justice, they could be accused in case of offences against international law...
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02.07.2002 Latin America
Low budget for education system
Compared with the industrial nations Latin America spends for the education system around 20 times less. Only the rate of the childs who went the first years to school primary had been improved. Only 66 % of the childs terminate the 4 class and only half the 6 class. The largest disadvantaged groups by the exclusion of the education are above all juvenile natives and the inhabitants of peripheral areas and rural area. In Europe, Germany reserves the last but one seat of all countries according to the so-called Pisa Study in the comparison from gross national product to the expenditures for education. Meanwhile a election campaign broke out over these study between all parties.
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04.07.2002 Honduras
Rescue of the largest turtles of the world
The leather turtle, who reach a length of 2.7 meters and a weight of 900 Kilos is the largest turtle of the world. In Honduras, where the turtle puts its eggs at the moment into the beach sand, procures the inhabitants the increasing danger of becoming extinct of this species. Momentarily still 30,000 lives, of estimated 115,000 in the year 1980. To the protection the eggs founded by aids were brought into an artificial breeding place and the slipped small animals were suspended later again in the sea.
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10.07.02 Lahr-Baden
Erhard Eppler speaks in the slaughterhouse about globalisation
Erhard Eppler, a prominent philosopher of the SPD places today his new book: from the force monopoly to the force market. The largest challenge for him in the 21. century is the privatisation and commercialisation of the force, the Neo-liberalism and the increasing gap between poor and rich as the reason of the modern terrorism. For Erhard Eppler, the former Secretary for Economic Aid to Developing Countries, the modern terrorism pursues not political or religious goals, but only power and economic profit. National power is always more taken over to safety organizations and "war rulers". In Africa for example are only few States under control of its governments and in Germany more person are employed in security agencies than policeman by the government.
A further danger consists in that the economic power of enterprises is often larger than the possibilities of a state. Its governments become more and more to the playing ball for profit speculations. War and terrorism is used from the new war lords for stock exchange profits. The political solution against this development is for Eppler the implementation of the social justice and the exclusive national force monopoly.
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06.07.2002 world music
Manu Chao
The Latino Rocker Manu Chao has for created as first Frenchman with its hit Clandestine the first place of the European hit parade. After the end of the group of Mano Negra, Manu Chao went his way alone. It brought two albums out: Esperanza and Clandestine and sings Spanish with French accent. Today he sees himself as citizen of the world and a witness against the suppression. It played in Mexico in front of 150.000 persons, who came under the commander Marcos and in Geneva in July 2001 to support the globalisation opponents during the G8 summit. He don't like to be arranged however of nobody in a classification. Manu Chao is for me with its music and his texts the counterpart to Tracy Chapman.
Manu Chao, continue to go your way......
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06.07.02 Offenburg/Lahr - Baden
Samba Festival and partnership between cities
In Offenburg have been enchanted this weekend approximately 25,000 visitors by rhythmic sounds and drums of dancers of a Samba group. Altogether 40 groups of diverse music directions inspired toward 2 stages in the main business road the public. In Lahr 10,000 visitors celebrated a double anniversary: 40 years partnership between the cities of Dole in France and 25 years interest community Erstein/Obernai in the Elsass and Lahr/Kinzigtal in the department of Ortenaukreis. Apart from different music concerts approximately 50 associations and groups offered various events.
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15.07.2002 Ortenaukreis - Baden
Economic parameterises
The Ortenaukreis ranked from 440 German departments and urban areas with a comparison of the force of economy on the 162 place. With the numbers of unemployment there are also interesting comparisons. The total quota in Germany amounts to 9.5%, in the Ortenaukreis 4,8%. The individual larger cities in the department have the following numbers: Lahr 6.4%, Offenburg 5.4%, Kehl 5.1%, Achern 3.2%, Oberkirch 3.1% and Hausach 2,8%.
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the Journal - July 2002
