The large René Cassin square in front of the U.N’s European headquarters in Geneva now features a fitting tribute to Jeanne Hersch, the great human rights theorist and founding director of UNESCO’s philosophy division, as part of a University of Geneva series of exhibits honoring the city’s illustrious thinkers. (Click here for PDF, and see p. [...]Source : View from Geneva (subscribe)Explore : Human Rights, Jean Ziegler, UNESCO, World

A message we've got to pass on from Camera Obscura: Hello again. A big thanks to everyone who came out to see us in North America. We will be back soon! Now remember how we told you about all the festival shows we'd be playing throughout the summer, and we might have mentioned that we'd be touring round the UK and Europe in the Autumn. Well, here we are, barely finished in North America, and we'd...Source : 4AD News (subscribe)Explore : Belgium, Europe, Sweden, United ...

France's far-right National Front party lost a chance Sunday to win its first town council in more than a decade when it placed second in the northern town of Henin-Beaumont.Source : France24 (subscribe)Explore : World

... Nanoscience and Technology (China); Jeffrey A. Hubbell, Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (Switzerland); Emmanuel Desurvire, Director, Thales Research & Technology (France); Masakazu Aono, Director General, International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (Japan); Andre Moreira, Investment Manager, BASF Venture Capital (Germany).Source : PRWeb - Daily News Feed (subscribe)

... lives and laying into each other with all of the rage and animal emotion of Mike Tyson attacking Evander Holyfield. In fact, instances of people attacking one another "face" to virtual "face" occur with such frequency, and in so many corners of the web, that it's hard to keep track of what the best fights are. In fact, this week, there have already been four big ones, and it's...Source : Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (subscribe)Explore : Actors and Actresses, Boxers, Boxing, Mike Tyson, ...