While the Economic Summit winds down in Washington, the Global Climate Summit is just heating up. It is scheduled to begin tomorrow in Beverly Hills, with Schwarzenegger, United Nations, WWF, and numerous countries in attendance.
" Arnold Schwarzenegger is muscling his way...
"HALABJA, Iraq (Reuters) - Inside an Iraqi clinic close to where Saddam Hussein's henchmen killed thousands of Kurds with poison gas, Azima Qadar waits for a check up of her artificial limb. Her right leg was...
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Terrible effects of the toxic cloud are still unknown, that is a scary situation.The cloud's impact is worst over the developing countries in Asia, where some half of the world's population lives.That finding...
" FORT CHIPEWYAN, Alta. - Aboriginal leaders say they reject an upcoming report on cancer rates among their people who live downstream of Alberta's oilsands. The Athabasca Chipewyan and Mikisew Cree First Nations say the Alberta Cancer Board study expected to be...
" Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said rich nations must abandon their "unsustainable lifestyle" to fight climate change and expand help to poor nations bearing the brunt of worsening droughts and rising sea levels. ...
Brazil is calling for more influence to emerging nations over international organizations. The South American country is asking for a greater participation in bodies such IMF and World Bank. " ...
Pakistan's prime minister today said that whoever is elected as the new US president later today must stop the attacks and cross-border raids into sovereign Pakistani territory. The comments signal that the new leadership in Pakistan is set to try to forge a very different...
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Growth in the Mobile phone subscription is astonishing. The growth is particularly led by emerging economies like China and India. People are opting for the top-end phones with high processing power and storage available in desktop computers just few years back. Mobile...
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Russian ambassador to the UN Vitaly Churkin claims to have received a letter asking for a monetary campaign contribution from John McCain’s team. Churkin replied saying Russian government does not finance foreign...
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Oct 20th 2008CBC News http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/10/16/rfa-durham.html Who would have thought a dictator inspired a renewable energy campaign? That's one explanation for how Portugal has come to embrace...
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Baghdad:
(Reuters) Source: http://www.reuters.com/
Oct 18, 2008
Thousands of followers of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr have taken to the streets in a demonstration against a pact that would allow...
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By VOA News 17 October 2008 http://www.voanews.com/english/portal.cfm European markets followed on the heels of Friday's rebound in Tokyo, as investors were...
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At long last, European leaders have come up with a coordinated EU response to the banking crisis. Or have they? The leaders of the 15 nations in the eurozone have announced a Europe-wide plan to deal with the crisis,...
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G20 Paris one-world-money-order FINANCIAL CRISIS: US MIL expensens $1trillion Europeans decide for Financial shield, ECB Eurobank (€), Trichet refused further payments. UK (£) / US ($) must bailout themselves. G20...
" The head of the International Monetary Fund says the world is on the brink of a global recession but predicts the economy will begin to recover by late 2009. Dominique Strauss-Khan says nations must work together...