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Russian military leaders have expressed concern about US plans for a national missile defense system. Will defense technology be limited by possibilities for a strategic imbalance? Is this just SDI all over again?

lunarchick - 05:28pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7767 of 7787)
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Section 2 Respect for Civil Liberties, Including:

a. Freedom of Speech and Press

The law provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the Government respects these rights in practice. An independent press, an effective judiciary, and a functioning democratic political system combine to ensure freedom of speech and of the press.

Academic freedom is not limited.

b. Freedom of Peaceful Assembly and Association

The law provides for these rights, and the Government respects them in practice.

c. Freedom of Religion

The law provides for freedom of religion, and the Government generally respects this right in practice.

d. Freedom of Movement Within the Country, Foreign Travel, Emigration, and Repatriation

The law provides for these rights, and the Government respects them in practice. The Government cooperates with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and other humanitarian organizations in assisting refugees. http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1998_hrp_report/newzeala.html
NEW ZEALAND has academic freedom .... cp this to MIT situation!

rshowalter - 05:32pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7768 of 7787)
Robert Showalter showalte@macc.wisc.edu

That would make me reluctant, too.

There are huge problems with respect to human rights, and a lot of other things, in N. Korea. That country's managed to do very badly by its own people, and in its relations (such as they are) with the rest of the world.

Getting it "opened up" in a lot of ways would be a good thing, especially for the N. Koreans themselves, and for the rest of the world.

drew____lang - 05:43pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7769 of 7787)

drew____lang - 07:26pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7770 of 7787)

Keep on reading

lunarchick - 07:27pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7771 of 7787)
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CO2
Interesting segment re CO2 disposal on News Hour: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/environment/energy/index.html Seems the problem is a problem is a problem. The guys figured they'd think about it for a decade, then try things .... and if these things weren't working by around 2025 - the world wouldn't be the one we know. Long lead in thinking time!

lunarchick - 07:36pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7772 of 7787)
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North Korea 21,687,550 people - locked up - like the frozen carbon dioxide (above) waiting for a time mechanism to release them into BEing.
~ http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/kptoc.html
~ http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/kn.html

lunarchick - 07:51pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7773 of 7787)
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NK debt was $12 billion in 1995. Seems they need to find other ways of working this off - rather than placing people in slave camps. Their population is slightly higher than the Australian, so a working population of 10 million great minds - set free - should quickly be capable of knocking down debt.

lunarchick - 08:00pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7774 of 7787)
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Chinese Culture
science
Moral Issues and Modern Science / Use of Atomic Bomb (links)

lunarchick - 08:06pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7775 of 7787)
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Showalter, what do you think KYM (NK) would be discussing over in Moscow/St_Petersburg?
Wonder if Disney have gone into St_P - to create the St_P Disney village Canal Estate.

lunarchick - 08:23pm Aug 7, 2001 EST (#7776 of 7787)
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Seems that Foundation type work hasn't taken the paperless route:

Nonprofits & Social Enterprise Direct Marketing for Nonprofits: Essential Techniques for the New Era by Kay Partney Lautman Aspen Publishers, Inc., 2001 ~ http://hbswk.hbs.edu/topic.jhtml?t=nonprofit Why nonprofits can't cut corners on direct mail

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