The Age Of The Killer Robot Is No Longer A Sci-fi Fantasy

You can’t appeal to robots for mercy or empathy – or punish them afterwards. CHRIS COADY

From The Independent:

In the dark, in the silence, in a blink, the age of the autonomous killer robot has arrived.

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World News Briefs — December 17, 2009

Clinton: US Ready To Join $100B Climate Aid Fund — Yahoo News/AP

COPENHAGEN – U.S.

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Land grabs in Ethiopia

A chunk of land the size of Nebraska has been sold off in Ethiopia in recent years. The government there is leasing farm land to wealthier nations, who hope to use the land to help feed their own people.

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The challenge to feed the world

With the world’s population due to rise by a third by 2050, even more people will be hungry in addition to the 1 billion people who are hungry now.

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials — Novembre 2, 2009

Up Against A Wall of Debt — Robert Samuelson, Real Clear Politics

WASHINGTON — The idea that the government of a major advanced country would default on its debt — that is, tell lenders that it won’t repay them all they’re owed — was, until recently, a preposterous proposition.

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