http://theglobalherald.com News, Analysis & Reflection Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:13:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://theglobalherald.com/signs-of-hope-on-climate-change-in-unexpected-places/27530/ http://theglobalherald.com/signs-of-hope-on-climate-change-in-unexpected-places/27530/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:13:11 +0000 Danny Chivers http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27530 Remember the heady days of 2009? The world – or at least the world’s media – was rocked by such hot topics as the death of Michael Jackson, the spread of swine flu, the Iranian elections and the new Star Trek movie; as if that wasn’t enough, there was also something called climate change that [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/signs-of-hope-on-climate-change-in-unexpected-places/27530/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-irelands-stephen-ferris-cleared-following-citing/27527/ http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-irelands-stephen-ferris-cleared-following-citing/27527/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:43:59 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27527 Ireland’s Stephen Ferris has been cleared by the Six Nations Disciplinary Committee, chaired by Antony Davies (England) together with Douglas Hunter (Scotland) and John Doubleday (England), in London, following the player’s yellow card against Wales in Sunday’s RBS 6 Nations 2012 opening fixture. Ferris received a yellow card for lifting a player above the horizontal [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-irelands-stephen-ferris-cleared-following-citing/27527/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-wales-bradley-davies-receives-7-week-ban-following-citing/27523/ http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-wales-bradley-davies-receives-7-week-ban-following-citing/27523/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:24:46 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27523 Wales lock, Bradley Davies, will miss the remainder of the RBS 6 Nations 2012 tournament after a disciplinary committee found the player to have been in breach of Law 10.4(j) “the player lifted his opponent beyond a horizontal position but did not bring him to the ground safely” in Sunday’s opening match with Ireland, which [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-wales-bradley-davies-receives-7-week-ban-following-citing/27523/feed/ 1 http://theglobalherald.com/perma-bears-beware-2012-looks-bullish-clem-chambers/27515/ http://theglobalherald.com/perma-bears-beware-2012-looks-bullish-clem-chambers/27515/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:22:34 +0000 Clem Chambers http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27515 Perma-bears beware: 2012 looks bullish, says Clem Chambers, CEO of leading stocks and shares information website ADVFN.com and author of “101 Ways to Pick Stock Market Winners”. From a markets perspective, rarely is the eternal pessimist – i.e the investor currently thinking the world is going to hell in a hand basket – correct. On [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/perma-bears-beware-2012-looks-bullish-clem-chambers/27515/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/the-church-as-conscientious-objector/27499/ http://theglobalherald.com/the-church-as-conscientious-objector/27499/#comments Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:48:54 +0000 Scholarios Gennadius http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27499 http://theglobalherald.com/the-church-as-conscientious-objector/27499/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/morocco-and-the-international-criminal-court-balancing-national-and-international-law/27495/ http://theglobalherald.com/morocco-and-the-international-criminal-court-balancing-national-and-international-law/27495/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:20:41 +0000 Leila Hanafi http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27495 It has been twelve years since Morocco became a signatory to the Rome Statute, the founding treaty of the International Criminal Court (ICC) —the world’s first permanent international court to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. During this time, Morocco has continued to move forward in its commitment to upholding the rule of [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/morocco-and-the-international-criminal-court-balancing-national-and-international-law/27495/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-stunned-silence-in-scotland-camp-as-dan-parks-announces-retirement-after-england-loss/27503/ http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-stunned-silence-in-scotland-camp-as-dan-parks-announces-retirement-after-england-loss/27503/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:15:38 +0000 Sport Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27503 http://theglobalherald.com/rugby-union-stunned-silence-in-scotland-camp-as-dan-parks-announces-retirement-after-england-loss/27503/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/judge-peter-tomka-elected-president-of-international-court-of-justice/27489/ http://theglobalherald.com/judge-peter-tomka-elected-president-of-international-court-of-justice/27489/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:53:50 +0000 Law Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27489 The new President of the International Court of Justice will be Judge Peter Tomka of Slovakia. He will be assisted by the newly elected Vice President, Judge Bernardo Sepúlveda-Amor of Mexico. Both positions were appointed on Monday 6th February following consultations in the General Assembly of the United Nations and the UN Security Council. The [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/judge-peter-tomka-elected-president-of-international-court-of-justice/27489/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/secretary-general-of-the-arab-league-denounces-shelling-of-homs/27486/ http://theglobalherald.com/secretary-general-of-the-arab-league-denounces-shelling-of-homs/27486/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:39:17 +0000 News Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27486 The Secretary General of the League of Arab States, Dr Nabil El Araby, has denounced the Syrian shelling of protesters in the city of Homs. Dr Nabil warned against violence in all its forms lest Syria should slide into civil war. The Secretary General said in a statement: “We are following with deep concern the [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/secretary-general-of-the-arab-league-denounces-shelling-of-homs/27486/feed/ 0 http://theglobalherald.com/15-dead-after-earthquake-in-philippines/27482/ http://theglobalherald.com/15-dead-after-earthquake-in-philippines/27482/#comments Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:07:36 +0000 Science Desk http://theglobalherald.com/?p=27482 Fifteen people have been reported dead in the Philippines after a magnitude 6.7 earthquake at 11:49 am local time on 6th February 2012. A further 52 people are injured and 71 people missing. Initial tsunami warnings have now been cancelled after unusual sea level changes around the Negros and Cebu islands. The offshore earthquake had [...]]]> http://theglobalherald.com/15-dead-after-earthquake-in-philippines/27482/feed/ 0