This was also a time when Third World countries, by force of numbers, and European socialist green parties, through powers of aggressiveness, seized control of the United Nations to advance globalization goals, which emerging global warming alarm perfectly served.

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This organized movement really originated in the 1970s and early 1980s when Third World countries, by force of numbers, and European socialist green parties, through powers of aggressiveness, seized control of the U.N. and began calling for a New International Economic Order (NIEO) .

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For the Kurds, as well as for many Sunni Arabs, this controversial clause is non-negotiable, since it guarantees that the Shia majority (around 60% of Iraqis) would be unable to get their way by sheer force of numbers.

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Plans to increase Norfolk Police's part of the council tax to help prevent further cuts to policing numbers have been announced by the force's PCC.

BBC: Norfolk PCC to increase tax by nearly 2%

Since the Metropolitan Police commissioner set up a Racial and Violent Crimes Task Force six months ago, the number of racial offences notified to the police has soared by 68%, the numbers charged by 98% and the number of incidents reported by more than 100%.

ECONOMIST: A tragedy and a shame