There is Hope for our Global Village!
I offer the following news items as evidence that there is cause for hope in the positive evolution of our world community:
• Israel's Olmert says peace deal closer than ever
PARIS (AP) -- Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared Sunday that Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer to making peace
• Israel to swap prisoners with Hezbollah
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli government said it will swap prisoners with the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah on Wednesday, closing a chapter between the enemies two years after they fought an inconclusive war…
• Syria, Lebanon to upgrade ties
PARIS (AP) -- France's president said Saturday that Syria and Lebanon will open embassies in each other's countries for the first time. But Syria's leader cautioned there was still work to be done before that could happen.
• Syria's Assad says Israel peace possible within 2 yrs
Syria launched indirect peace talks with Israel this year under Turkish mediation over the return of the Golan Heights captured by Israel in 1967. ...
[COMMENT: I think the Middle Eastern nations would find a common benefit, and increased stability, if they were to form a regional political cooperative similar to the “Rio Group” created by countries in Central and South America.]
• 43 nations creating Mediterranean union
PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged the disparate and conflicted countries around the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday to make peace as European rivals did in the 20th century, as he launched an unprecedented Union for the Mediterranean....
• Direct flights between China and Taiwan begin
More than 700 Chinese tourists arrived in the island over the weekend after flying across the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait on the first direct commercial flights - aside from holiday charters - since the two sides split during a civil war in 1949.
• Uribe eases tensions with Venezuela
Uribe said Colombia is accepting a proposal by Chavez to jointly build railroad lines between their countries, and is ready to sign accords on the trains when the two meet in Caracas on Friday.
• Dissent over Mugabe
The fact that even several nations are refusing to recognize Zimbabwe's ruler of 28 years marks an unprecedented change in Africa that offers a glimmer of hope for a brighter, more democratic future.
• Zimbabwe: Legitimacy Crisis Haunts Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is battling for political legitimacy after most SADC African countries and the wider international community did not endorse his presidency after winning the June 27 run-off.
[COMMENT: “SADC” refers to the Southern African Development Community, a regional political cooperative which includes Zimbabwe and 14 neighboring countries. As neighbors of Zimbabwe, I think they will have a greater effect on Mugabe than the United Nations. They will also have greater motivation, because Mugabe’s Mess is in their back yard.]
Yes, these are baby steps. But we all begin with baby steps, as we learn to walk upright in the world.
• Israel's Olmert says peace deal closer than ever
PARIS (AP) -- Embattled Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert declared Sunday that Israel and the Palestinians have never been closer to making peace
• Israel to swap prisoners with Hezbollah
JERUSALEM (AP) -- The Israeli government said it will swap prisoners with the Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah on Wednesday, closing a chapter between the enemies two years after they fought an inconclusive war…
• Syria, Lebanon to upgrade ties
PARIS (AP) -- France's president said Saturday that Syria and Lebanon will open embassies in each other's countries for the first time. But Syria's leader cautioned there was still work to be done before that could happen.
• Syria's Assad says Israel peace possible within 2 yrs
Syria launched indirect peace talks with Israel this year under Turkish mediation over the return of the Golan Heights captured by Israel in 1967. ...
[COMMENT: I think the Middle Eastern nations would find a common benefit, and increased stability, if they were to form a regional political cooperative similar to the “Rio Group” created by countries in Central and South America.]
• 43 nations creating Mediterranean union
PARIS (AP) -- French President Nicolas Sarkozy urged the disparate and conflicted countries around the Mediterranean Sea on Sunday to make peace as European rivals did in the 20th century, as he launched an unprecedented Union for the Mediterranean....
• Direct flights between China and Taiwan begin
More than 700 Chinese tourists arrived in the island over the weekend after flying across the 100-mile-wide Taiwan Strait on the first direct commercial flights - aside from holiday charters - since the two sides split during a civil war in 1949.
• Uribe eases tensions with Venezuela
Uribe said Colombia is accepting a proposal by Chavez to jointly build railroad lines between their countries, and is ready to sign accords on the trains when the two meet in Caracas on Friday.
• Dissent over Mugabe
The fact that even several nations are refusing to recognize Zimbabwe's ruler of 28 years marks an unprecedented change in Africa that offers a glimmer of hope for a brighter, more democratic future.
• Zimbabwe: Legitimacy Crisis Haunts Mugabe
PRESIDENT Robert Mugabe is battling for political legitimacy after most SADC African countries and the wider international community did not endorse his presidency after winning the June 27 run-off.
[COMMENT: “SADC” refers to the Southern African Development Community, a regional political cooperative which includes Zimbabwe and 14 neighboring countries. As neighbors of Zimbabwe, I think they will have a greater effect on Mugabe than the United Nations. They will also have greater motivation, because Mugabe’s Mess is in their back yard.]
Yes, these are baby steps. But we all begin with baby steps, as we learn to walk upright in the world.
posted by Alex Budarin | 7:15 PM
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