November 20th, 2009, Somalia announced it would ratify the convention. The USA alone is the only country that has yet to do so. This petition has been redone to reflect new information, since the original in 2007.

There is a widening gap occuring between President Barack Obama and his citizens in the United States and abroad, but there are those who still insist he is a viable political figure. This heated public debate has been created to reveal these issues.

"As long as we define our world ideologically in terms of conservatives or liberals, change ain't never gonna happen in the USA, for sure. Certainly not through politicians. They like the status quo, They depend upon it for their survival."

San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Alcatraz Island was a chilly, unwelcoming place once reserved for infamous criminals. Not even the federal government appeared to want it after the penitentiary closed in the 1960s.

Eric Ruder & Trey Kindlinger (of Iraq Veterans Against the War), look at the context of the tragedy at Fort Hood. It's important to remember that for millions of people throughout the world, there is grief at the carnage the US military causes everyday.

Malalai Joya: "it is almost as if the Taliban was still in power. After the war, the U.S. brought to power these misogynist warlords called the Northern Alliance, who are just like the Taliban. These were the same people who ruled between 1992 and 1996".

Iraq's oil production was nationalised in 1973. Oil revenue accounts for over 70% of Iraq's GDP & 95% of government revenue. The idea that Iraq's oil wealth should go to foreign oil corporations is extremely unpopular in war-devastated & impoverished Iraq

SHAME: Australia & the USA were among 18 countries that voted AGAINST the U.N. Goldstone report into Israel's war on Gaza. Over 1400 Palestinians & 13 Israelis (including 10 soldiers), were killed in the massacre. The report showed most were civilians.

Sri Lanka's war against the Tamil people has not ended. 250,000 Tamil people face nightmare conditions detained behind barbed wire in violation of international law, in concentration camps where they are killed, or subjected to torture, rape, disease, etc

Communications Minister Blanca Eekhout said the U.S. seeks to provoke a war between Colombia & Venezuela to disrupt the current process of economic & political unity by Venezuela & other independent govts. 1,000s marched against US-Colombia military deal.