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In the News (Sun 7 Sep 08)

  
  Give Peace A Chance - article by Devavan
Peace is inevitable in your experience of awakening from your dream of a human existence.
Peace is the answer to conflicting goals, to senseless journeys, frantic, vain pursuits, and meaningless endeavors.
Peace in the world is considered to be the interval between two wars.
www.themiracletimes.com /IDP/Give-Peace-A-Chance.htm   (1102 words)

  
  Give Peace a Chance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
John said, "All we are saying is give peace a chance," spontaneously, but liked the phrase and set it to music for the song.
Give Peace a Chance was the first single recorded by a solo Beatle, although it only reached number 14 on the pop charts in America and was kept out of the top slot in England by the Rolling Stones' "Honky-Tonk Woman.".
In 2003, Yoko Ono released a remixed version of "Give Peace a Chance" in response to the events of 9/11.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance   (310 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Give Peace a Chance
"Give Peace a Chance" was a hit song written by John Lennon, and credited as Lennon/McCartney because the Beatles were on the verge of breaking up.
It was recorded on 1 June 1969 at the famous "Bed-In" to promote peace at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal.
Give Peace a Chance was the first chart-topping single recorded by a single Beatle.
www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Give_Peace_a_Chance   (154 words)

  
 Give peace a chance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
The Peace City-Chandigarh campaign, which is a creative response to growing violence, is mobilising students, teachers and families to volunteer to work for peace and non-violence.
“Peace should be understood in totality and our aim is that all our volunteers imbibe peace in their own life.” According to Seth, peace is not just the absence of violence but also the presence of positives like brotherhood and justice.
However, for peace activities to gather momentum and to let the message be felt larger and louder, it is important these organisations move a step forward and harmonise efforts so that the impact of such an action be widely felt.
www.humanscape.org /Humanscape/2004/Oct/give.php   (2314 words)

  
 Give Peace a Chance
Kucinich is seeking a Cabinet-level structure led by a Secretary of Peace, funded with the equivalent of 1 percent of the budget of the Defense Department.
Peace Academy graduates would be required to work five years in a public service promoting nonviolence.
Here at home, the Peace Secretary envisioned by HR 2459 would develop policies to address domestic violence, from spousal abuse to child abuse; to deal with gun violence and the "overwhelming presence of handguns"; and to tackle school violence, racial or ethnic violence, and police-community disputes.
www.thenation.com /doc/20010820/bivens20010816   (815 words)

  
 Educator starts a place where children can give peace a chance
Today, Park’s peace training is not quite so ad hoc because she has the Peace Room -- a one-window, 15 x 22 feet rented space, tucked away on the second-floor of the Perry School Community Center here.
The room’s purpose, she said, is four-fold: To give children an experience of peace, to introduce them to peacemakers, to teach them problem-solving skills, and to engage them in peacemaking at home and in their neighborhood.
I wanted to give them hope, to give them the idea that they could be peacemakers in their own neighborhood.
www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/042001/042001g.htm   (1040 words)

  
 Give peace a chance - The Washington Times: Commentary - January 21, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Back in 1969 Beatle John Lennon asked us to "Give peace a chance." Almost two generations later, the same could be said about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as it, too, needs to be given a chance, without which the infernal cycle of violence and counterviolence will continue unabated.
The sidelining of Yasser Arafat by the Bush administration and by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on grounds he was tainted by terrorism did not help the peace talks, which sputtered and eventually came to a dead halt.
But that should not mean peace talks should stop because of opposition by certain factions that want perpetual conflict in the region.
www.washtimes.com /commentary/20050120-083546-8379r.htm   (830 words)

  
 Give Peace a Chance
Choosing love is choosing to live in peace and respect for all life, including leaders you consider misguided or even evil.
So choosing a way of being based fully in love does not tie your hands; it, in fact, unties them, giving you all the options that could actually work to create the results everyone truly desires.
We have not found bin Laden, and unless we secure the peace in Afghanistan, the dark dens of terrorism may yet again flourish in that remote and devastated land.
www.itstime.com /peace.htm   (2682 words)

  
 PEACEWatch - Middle East Conflict News Commentary
The Arab peace plan calls for recognition of Israel, but like the Palestinian unity platform, it insists on return of all territories conquered in 1967 and may be interpreted as insisting on right of return for Palestinian refugees.
Now is the time for Israel to launch a broad, detailed public peace offensive on those lines, and to seek the support of the Quartet, the EU and all fair-minded countries for the same program.
PEACE is a Mid - East Dialog Group committed to peace and neighborly relations.
www.ariga.com /peacewatch   (2562 words)

  
 YouTube - Give Peace A Chance - John Lennon
John lennon sings give peace a chance at the montreal bed in.
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GIVE PEACE A CHANCE - John Lennon - The Voices of ASIA
www.youtube.com /watch?v=I-NRriHlLUk   (218 words)

  
 Give Peace a Chance
The old >60s phrase Agive peace a chance@ may sound Amushy@ and Afeel good@ to some, but it appears to be one of the easiest methods known to reduce violence in the world.
He lives in exile, traveling around the world trying to bring peace to his Tibetan land in their support for independence from five decades of Chinese rule.
This message is this: before we can achieve peace on earth, which includes a world without violence, we have to develop peace within ourselves.
www.sheldensays.com /give_peace_a_chance.htm   (873 words)

  
 John Lennon - Give peace A Chance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
During a "bed-in" for peace in May 1969 John and Yoko wrote their first joint composition, "Give Peace A Chance".
Give peace A Chance has become a regular campaign song for those protesting against war, with probably it's most famous rendition being at the Peace march of 1969 at the Washington monument where over a quarter of a million people joined Pete Seeger in a moving version.
In England the single quickly moved to number 2 in the chart, but was prevented from becoming the first chart-topping solo Beatle record by the Rolling Stones and their classic "Honky Tonk Women".
www.jpgr.co.uk /apple13.html   (474 words)

  
 Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
It is this: the dedication of the energies, the resources, and the imaginations of all peaceful nations to a new kind of war.
The peace we seek, founded upon decent trust and cooperative effort among nations, can be fortified, not by weapons of war but by wheat and by cotton, by milk and by wool, by meat and by timber and by rice.
Again we say: the hunger for peace is too great, the hour in history too late, for any government to mock men's hopes with mere words and promises and gestures.
www.eisenhower.utexas.edu /chance.htm   (2955 words)

  
 Chance!: Network of Peace-Creators
Yellow is the color of peace mark, and the color of light from the sun and the moon which equally shines on every one of us in the world.
"Peace Walk" is not a demo, not a parade, not a mourning procession.
We present "peace" for you as a prize.
give-peace-a-chance.jp /eng   (742 words)

  
 Give Peace A Chance Part 1
The Muslim religion is a religion of peace.
A few days ago (today is Feb. 25, 2006), to give just one instance, one of the holiest mosques in Iraq, from one branch of the Muslim religion, was bombed.
Peace Haven of Peace Peace of Mind God Bless Peacemakers Israeli Peace Process Have Inner Peace Keep The Peace Find Inner Peace Give Peace A Chance Israel Peace Treaty Three Heroic Women New Peace Opportunities Peace In Order
www.peacepower.org /Give_Peace_A_Chance.html   (487 words)

  
 Marianne Williamson's Journal: Give Peace A Chance
In order to establish the Department of Peace, we must understand how an American law is passed and the role of the citizen in making it happen.
For the Department of Peace legislation does reflect what Jefferson referred to as “progress of the human mind,” presenting a new model for the amelioration of violence and the waging of peace.
The Department of Peace legislation addresses the political dimension of peace-creation in a crucial way, institutionalizing the interests of peace within the workings of the United States Government.
www.mwblog.com /journal/archives/2005/04/_i_am_not_an.php   (1144 words)

  
 Lions Club Multiple District 19
However, the dove, which is the universal sign for peace is pushing peace into the world by the sign of peace and by holding the ribbon.
In doing research for this peace I was going to draw a border of flags from the different countries around it.
The smaller part of the ribbon is “Give” and the larger part of the ribbon is “Peace a Chance”.
www.lionsmd19.com /peaceposters/peaceposters.htm   (430 words)

  
 Give Peace A Chance
McDaniel is a member of Albany Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers) and served on the AFSC Board of Directors from 1996 until her appointment to her current post in July 2000.
Right now, there’s a tremendous effort in the peace movement to stop the expansion of the war into Iraq, because the careful preparation that’s being done to make it okay for this Bush administration to go back into Iraq is frightening.
If we can call those constituencies part of the peace movement, and they ARE part of the peace movement, it seems to me that we are not talking about a marginalized movement.
thewitness.org /archive/march2002/mcdaniel.html   (3072 words)

  
 How to give peace a chance
Although there are six presidential candidates on enough state ballots to theoretically garner a majority of Electoral College votes, the reality is that only two of them have a realistic chance of winning.
Unfortunately, the four candidates who don't have a chance are the ones who want us out of Iraq.
Whether struggling for civil rights, peace or bringing democracy to the workplace, people have had to march in the streets for social justice, equality and to end war.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2004/10/27/EDGG79G48C1.DTL&type=printable   (628 words)

  
 Give Peace a Chance, Northern Leaders Tell ICC - UN Security Council - Global Policy Forum
Odongo, speaking on behalf of the Acholi Religious Leaders Peace Initiative, an inter-faith lobby group that advocates a peaceful end to the 20-year war, said he was also concerned about the timing of the Interpol announcement.
Saying he was ready to talk peace with the Ugandan government and had "no problem" with President Yoweri Museveni, Kony told the meeting he had accepted an offer of mediation extended by Machar.
At the end of the meeting, Machar handed over food aid and what he said was US $20,000 in cash to Kony as part of an agreement for the rebels to halt attacks in southern Sudan, but warned him not to spend it on arms.
www.globalpolicy.org /security/issues/uganda/2006/0602givechance.htm   (944 words)

  
 IK! - Give Peace a Chance-Oxford Speech 2002
They were determined not to give up their city.
Aside of being a man of peace, John was "The King of the World"...John, who had everything any man could ever want...came back to me in a brown paper bag in the end.
Give as though you were a king, and you will receive a king's due.
www.instantkarma.com /givepeacechanceOxford2002.html   (1528 words)

  
 Give peace a chance - The Washington Times: Commentary - January 21, 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
Back in 1969 Beatle John Lennon asked us to "Give peace a chance." Almost two generations later, the same could be said about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as it, too, needs to be given a chance, without which the infernal cycle of violence and counterviolence will continue unabated.
The sidelining of Yasser Arafat by the Bush administration and by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon on grounds he was tainted by terrorism did not help the peace talks, which sputtered and eventually came to a dead halt.
But that should not mean peace talks should stop because of opposition by certain factions that want perpetual conflict in the region.
washingtontimes.com /commentary/20050120-083546-8379r.htm   (830 words)

  
 Give peace a chance
In yoga-parlance, bliss is a wellspring of peace that's within all of us, though often lost and forgotten in our hectic lives.
Davis calls it "a peaceful vibration in life that we can access when we make a clearing." Her book is all about making those clearings.
The second road to bliss is meditation, which "helps to still the mind and temporarily silence the chatter of stressful thoughts," she writes.
www.thejournalnews.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051014/LIFESTYLE01/510140305/1031   (835 words)

  
 AAI in the News: Give Peace a Chance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
For Israel, that is a point of paramount importance, seeing that a sudden influx of Arab residents would spell demographic disaster and augur the end of the Jewish state.
Instead of grabbing at the chance of peace, the Israeli prime minister seems instead to rely on walls and fences and a piece of Palestinian land.
The reality is that this peace sets a precedent in the Middle East peacemaking process, which has been stagnating and moving backwards, particularly since the eruption of the second intifada, or uprising.
www.aaiusa.org /news/aainews120603.htm   (605 words)

  
 Give peace a chance
In the world of realpolitik Pakistan shall not give up the jehadis as an instrument of policy unless it is assured that India is genuinely interested in a visionary settlement for the people of Jammu and Kashmir that goes far beyond the existing territorial dispensations.
The Valley shall never be at peace with its own conscience, nor the great civility of kashmiriyat be restored to it, until the Pundits can be brought back to live there with their properties, liberties and security restored to them, and the violence against them accounted for.
Finally, the process of settling the territorial dispute and giving the dead a decent burial would have to be combined with the recognition of the shared responsibility on part of the two countries to compensate all the populations on the two sides of the LoC for the havoc this dispute has caused in their lives.
www.flonnet.com /fl1812/18121090.htm   (3338 words)

  
 In Akasombo: A Time to Give Peace a Chance
Against this backdrop, the Ghanaian Government hosts another peace conference where the international community, especially of West Africa, will attempt to mediate the ongoing conflicts between the Taylor Government and the rebel forces, as well as the various opposition political groups.
Peace must be the goal, or we will be wasting our time, not to mention the precious time of our gracious hosts.
The parties must be willing to give and take - to gain a little here and lose a little there.
www.theperspective.org /timetogivepeaceachance.html   (1429 words)

  
 JMU - Montpelier - Give Peace a Chance
From Madison College student to professor to behind-the-scenes Middle-East peace negotiator, the Palestine native has felt the full circle of growing pains in the United States' acceptance of his people and their cause.
His path to peace could have been a different one, especially after being arrested and held for 18 days by Israeli soldiers for being suspected of political activism.
After the 1991 peace talks failed to achieve a plan for peace, and as Abuznaid played out his role in the secret negotiations leading up to the 1993 Oslo Peace Talks, this man of peace put his own safety on the line.
www.jmu.edu /montpelier/2000Summer/GivePeaceAChance.shtml   (2259 words)

  
 GIVE PEACE A CHANCE COALITION TO LEAD AFRICAN-AMERICAN FACT-FINDING DELEGATION TO SUDAN
A press conference is planned upon the return of the delegation as well as a series of forums to be held across the country in coming weeks.
The average Sudanese loves African-Americans and want our input to help them find peaceful and just solutions to issues affecting their country, states Abdul-Ali who will be visiting inside Sudan for the fourth time in recent years.
GPAC is a non-profit, independent research organization formed to raise public awareness about U.S. foreign policy and imperialism in relation to Africa and its people.
www.exodusnews.com /worldnews/world049.htm   (644 words)

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