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Palestine to submit UN climate pledge mid-year
2016-02-17 12:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Home: Palestine aims to submit a climate plan to the UN by the middle of the year, its lead envoy has told Climate Home. The state becomes a full party to the UN climate body in March, having been previously confined to an observer role. It is gearing up to contribute to the global warming agreement struck in Paris last December, said representative Nedal Katbeh-Bader. We have a clear vision. Nearly 190 countries have entered pledges to cut greenhouse gas emissions and manage climate impacts....
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02.24: Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life under Occupation
2015-01-16 00:05:23| Powells Books Events Calendar
The occupation of the West Bank and Gaza has been one of the world's most widely reported yet least understood human rights crises for over four decades. Editors Cate Malek and Mateo Hoke spent the last four years conducting dozens of interviews with people in the West Bank and Gaza about life in the occupied territories. In Palestine Speaks: Narratives of Life under Occupation (McSweeney's), an oral history collection, men and women from Palestine — including a fisherman, a settlement administrator, and a marathon runner — describe in their own words how their lives have been shaped by the historic crisis. Hoke will be on-hand to read from and discuss the oral history collection. Casey Jarman, former editor at The Believer, will join Hoke for a Q&A.
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'Google Palestine' label stirs both sides of Israeli-Palestinian conflict
2013-05-04 22:14:47| CNET News.com
Google nixes the phrase "Palestinian Territories" from the home page of its search site for the area, subbing in "Palestine," and provoking reactions from both sides. [Read more]
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Doing Business In Palestine: Bribes, Corruption, Red Tape Are Fading...
2013-03-23 20:34:19| Beverages - Topix.net
"I haven't bribed anyone in the last 15 years," said Zahi Khouri, a Palestinian-American businessman best known for founding the Palestinian National Beverage Company in 1995 and bringing Coca-Cola to the Palestinian territories.
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03.28: Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland
2013-02-09 01:36:50| Powells Books Events Calendar
Fast Times in Palestine: A Love Affair with a Homeless Homeland (Seal Press) is Pamela Olson's powerful, deeply moving account of life in Palestine — both the daily events that are universal to us all and the violence, trauma, and political tensions that are particular to the country.
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