Civilized Talk

Instead of civilized debate, they have filibusters and fisticuffs.

Civilisation declined to attend the UN s anti Israel festival.

In 2005, the whole civilized world is celebrating the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the Second World War.

The people in the modern world, in the secular world, who are interested in matters of the spirit, in matters of the mind, in higher soul like concerns, tend to be isolated individuals.

Today in our modern world, because of the Internet, because of the kinds of things people have been talking about here, everything is connected to everything.

But let s put these grim prospects aside, and ponder what a civilized solution to the problem of technology driven unemployment would look like.

The battle being fought in Iraq is not ours alone, but a fight to protect the freedoms of the rest of the civilized world.

Terrorism will prevail if its mentality infects the civilized world, and if state leaders resort to terror to fight terror.

This is a central part of Israel s policy, in flat defiance of international law and customary norms of civilized behavior.

Whether they have the force of law is not the point they provide guidance for civilized behavior.

Rather than containing rising powers such as China and India, they would be drawn into a civilized world order, one based on global governance and smart diplomacy.

We need targeted government led sanctions against the US by civilized countries, including international divestment of capital.

NEW YORK The mortgage debacle in the United States has raised deep questions about the rule of law, the universally accepted hallmark of an advanced, civilized society.

The arrest of intellectuals women's rights flogging and stoning implementation of Sharia law and now the arrest of a mascot for not complying with Islamic attire. It is painful that Muslim's causes are now issues that the civilised world has moved away from

But, as Singh has realized, just talking about these questions can make clear what India s bottom lines are and the minimum standards of civilized conduct that India expects from its neighbor.

The Prime Minister of India had stated that no society could claim to be a part of the modern civilized world unless it treated its women on a par with its men.

This was another urgent trip by Ban to a war torn capital, as part of his regular duties as the UN s chief representative, seeking to uphold peace and restore global comity.

This situation where children, in particular girls, are being affected by armed conflict cannot and should not be allowed to continue by the civilized world, and the imposition of targeted actions against the perpetrators of such crimes is a paramount necessity.

They will not negotiate a separate peace. They would like nothing better than for America and Europe to be at odds, rather than working together.

Nata village blog describes daily life in Nata village, Botswana While most people in the developed world buy their beef wrapped in plastic at the local supermarket, many Nata residents still have to rely on their skills of slaughtering animals to put beef on the table.

For Iraq to recover its role in the international community and to participate effectively in defending international peace and security and to combat the evil scourge of terrorism, it must be allowed to rebuild and to implement plans for the development, rehabilitation and the rebuilding of its infrastructure.

I'm sorry, mother, because the war raged, and it was necessary for me to travel like other human beings, though my dreams were not great as the others'.

But, as Singh has realized, just talking about these questions can make clear what India s bottom lines are and the minimum standards of civilized conduct that India expects from its neighbor. And, should it prove necessary, dialogue can also be used to send a few tough signals.