Posts Categorized: Government Documents

Pirates vs. Private Military Firms

The Lawless Fighting the Lawless By Shaun Randol, 1/2/2009 Pirates are a hot news item these days. Increased ship seizures around the Horn of Africa have renewed interest not just in piracy, but also on how to combat the criminal behavior as well. And now, seeing profits to be had in policing pirate-laden waters, private… Read more »

Forum at UH to discuss UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

KAMAKAKUOKALANI CENTER FOR HAWAIIAN STUDIES PROUDLY PRESENTS: MILILANI TRASK AND OTHER INDIGENOUS EDUCATORS IN A PANEL DISCUSSION ON THE UNITED NATIONS DECLARATION OF RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES [PASSED BY 143 NATIONS ON 9/13/07] WHAT DOES THIS INTERNATIONAL LEGAL INSTRUMENT DO FOR NATIVE HAWAIIANS? FOR PACIFIC ISLANDERS? FOR OTHER INDIGENOUS PEOPLES OF THE WORLD? DATE: SEPTEMBER… Read more »

Hawaiian Star Wars

Hawaiian Star Wars John Lasker / Mar 7, 2007 In January, a Chinese missile snarled and flashed its fangs 500-miles above the earth’s surface. China, in a show of its space war-fighting capabilities, had obliterated one its own weather satellites with a ground-based missile interceptor. Later that month, while still in the fall-out of China’s… Read more »