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		<title>On corporate social responsibility</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/on-corporate-social-responsibility/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 00:44:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[corporate social responsibility]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fair trade]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[global inequality]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[gulf of mexico]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[niger delta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[oil spills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social enterprise]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A blog post entitled Companies are not charities for The Economist magazine&#8217;s Schumpeter Blog endorses the opinion of one South African academic who believes that less developed countries cannot afford to hold multinational corporations to as high a standard of social responsibility as they would be subject to in the their richer home countries. &#8220;Ann [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Global Commons? Oi! That&#8217;s my oil!!</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/global-commons-oi-thats-my-oil/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/global-commons-oi-thats-my-oil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eclectics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compromise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Falkland Islands]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global commons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sovereignty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The ongoing historical dispute over claims to the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands or Las Malvinas has taken a new turn in recent weeks “fuelled” by the commencement of drilling for oil reserves. Little has changed politically since the cessation of military activities in 1982, with Argentina claiming sovereignty over the Islands and Britain maintaining [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Haiti on our minds</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/haiti-on-our-minds/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/haiti-on-our-minds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 03:12:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[corruption]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[earthquake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global citizen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Haiti]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The devastation caused by the earthquake has led global society to rally round in such an extraordinary manner. If it was not before, Haiti (the poorest country in the Western hemisphere) is on everybody&#8217;s mind at the moment. The vivid extensive media coverage and availability of modern technology has ensured that global society has been able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aspecks 2.0</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/aspecks-crew/aspecks-2-0/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/aspecks-crew/aspecks-2-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:36:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Aspecks 2.0. As we have done previously we took some time out to make improvements in preparation for the year to come.  Some might say that 2010 has only just begun and we are certainly looking to build on the progress that we have made by reaching out to wider audiences and creating [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right to Protest? Part 2</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/right-to-protest-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:38:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[democracy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[election protests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Iran]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mohammad Ali Abtahi, the former Iranian vice-president and leading reformist in the administration of President Mohammed Khatami (1997 to 2005) was yesterday released on bail of $700,000 (£424,000) pending his appeal. Mr Abtahi has been sentenced to six years’ imprisonment for fomenting unrest after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s disputed re-election in June. The most senior of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reciprocity of respect</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/reciprocity-of-respect/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/reciprocity-of-respect/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 13:46:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chrsitianity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hinduism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religion]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[religious harmony]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=1275</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Calling for reciprocity of respect, This isn’t politically correct, this might offend my religious connects. When Aspecks was started, we made a conscious decision not to talk about religion because of its sensitivity. The decision was made to preclude the chance of causing offense. However it is for the precise reason that religious faith is so [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exclusively Inclusive Global Society</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/exclusively-inclusive-global-society/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/exclusively-inclusive-global-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:54:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eclectics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Aspecks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A.ssociated S.eparte P.eople E.xchanging C.ulture, K.nowledge &#38; S.kills Our goal is to show that no information about our globe&#8217;s vast variety of cultures and sub-cultures; historic experiences, knowledge and skills should be exclusive. By virtue of the fact that we are all different individuals that identify ourselves with distinct lifestyles, places, beliefs and even morals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wall Street for the Small Guy &#8230; and Girl</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/wall-street-for-the-small-guy-and-girl/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/commentary/wall-street-for-the-small-guy-and-girl/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bohemian</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[micro-finance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social enterprise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social entrepreneur]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The great challenge before us is to address the constraints that exclude people from full participation in the financial sector&#8230; Together, we can and must build inclusive financial sectors that help people improve their lives.&#8221; &#8211; Kofi Annan. Welcome to Kiva, the world&#8217;s first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend directly to unique entrepreneurs [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Aspecks x Zebraisfood</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/aspecks-crew/aspecks-x-zebraisfood/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/aspecks-crew/aspecks-x-zebraisfood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 18:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aspecks Crew]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural exchange]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[global society]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=848</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Collaboration works best in nature: When zebras keep together as a big group, the patte­rn of each zebra’s stripes blends in with the stripes of the zebras around it. This is confusing to the lion, who sees a large, moving, striped mass instead of many individual zebras. The lion has trouble picking out any one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Out from the melting pot</title>
		<link>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/out-from-the-melting-pot/</link>
		<comments>http://aspecks.com/blog/eclectics/out-from-the-melting-pot/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:07:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NKAPPIAH</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Eclectics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global Citizen Campaign Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cultural exchange]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[music]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reggae]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://aspecks.com/?p=514</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What do two Trinidadians, an Ivorian, a Texan, an Israeli and a Senegalese have in common? More music is available on their myspace. The album Forward Music is also available on itunes and cdbaby. Go over the jump to see a performance by the band. Special thanks to Kalab. Related Posts:Aspecks Tie-dyeUK B-Boys vying for [...]]]></description>
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