age of globalization, marred by division and discord, the need for universal values becomes even more needed than before. Nearly sixty years ago, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted [...] life. It is irrevocable and can be inflicted on the innocent. It has never been shown to deter crime more effectively than other punishments. Amnesty International seeks to play a major role in the globalization [...] 133 countries have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. On average, in the past decade more than three countries a year have abolished the death penalty for all crimes. Despite this trend some
twelve more were wounded in what locals accredit as a mob hit. As I watched the wreckage from across the street, stepping over broken plates and plastic, I thought about how there will not be any more her
this position, his humanness becomes more evident than when people saw him as the image of the peak of earthly power. Given this, I suggest Bill Clinton be taken at more then just face value as a great political [...] has been conditioned into by their heritage as ’the great melting pot’ (or salad bowl, as I think is more fitting). However much I like the U.S., it does have its less positive sides. Some stereotypes about [...] out of their existence. In short, they use the opportunities they have, they realize that living is more than subsisting, and thus they shape their lives in accordance with who they are into microcosms,
travelled all the way from the North Pole. But in order to sell the Faroes to his editors, he needed a more solid story. And the story that got him here was the one about the Faroese professor, Bogi Hansen [...] chooses to visit our islands can also boost our self confidence, and give us the courage to tell even more good stories.
visitor President Clinton has kindly agreed to forward this letter to you and I am sure that he will be more than happy to give his own personal testimonial about the unique attributes of the Faroe Islands.
quay in the country was recently finished. We have several industrial areas in the municipality and more are underway. Expansions are taking place particularly in and around the capital Tórshavn. However
wrongest be humiliated be the underdog Also, we saw you praying to God to bless America. Had it not been more seemly for a mighty president to ask God to bless the whole world and to protect us all After all [...] befitted you better - being a powerful president - namely: to rethink your strategies once or twice more Who knows perhaps some revolutionary idea might have been fostered had you dared to think along quite [...] Is it their wish, first and foremost, to spread FEAR AND HORROR If they have a deeper meaning of a more JUST SOCIETY and PEACE then you could say that you are always ready to open up for POSSIBILITIES in
Faroes eventually passed from Norway to be governed for centuries, at an agreeable distance, by the more easy-going Danes. Thanks chiefly to this single fact we were able to preserve our language, which [...] into its sphere. To some of us, nevertheless, the cultural currents underlying the surface seem even more interesting than economics and technology. Edgar Allan Poe whose bicentenary many of us look forward [...] it, is hardly edifying. In this situation, one warms to any voice of restraint and rationality. The more so, when these voices embody the professionalism, wisdom and generosity which may inspire the leaders
coverage as well and more Internet users per capita than the United States. Admittedly, we experience more cloudy days than a typical region in the United States, but we actually have more sunny days than Cold [...] men. We are a small country by international standards, only some 540 square miles, but we do have more mobile telephones per capita than the United States, which perhaps gives some evidence of our up-beat
store for mankind. This Danish dependency at 62 degrees in the North Atlantic will probably be getting more than it gives. Even though we lag politically behind those nations, which have assumed responsibility
