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China's
Hu to unveil new climate proposals to UN
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:01 AM PDT
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Source: Reuters (adds quotes, details) By Chris Buckley
BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) - China's President Hu Jintao will
present China's new plans for tackling global warming at a United
Nations summit on climate ... [...] |
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UNHCR
awards Nansen Refugee prize to the late Senator Edward Kennedy
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:01 AM PDT
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Source: UNHCR The prestigious Nansen Refugee Award goes to
the late Senator Edward Kennedy for his achievements on behalf of
refugees over more than 45 years. [...] |
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INTERVIEW-S.Africa
will miss AIDS drug roll-out target
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:01 AM PDT
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Source: Reuters * South Africa lags own ARV targets *
Refugees strain health budget By Peroshni Govender PRETORIA, 15 Sept
(Reuters) - South Africa will not meet a target of providing
life-prolonging drugs ... [...] |
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Press
Release: UNHCR awards 2009 Nansen Refugee prize to Senator Edward
Kennedy
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:01 AM PDT
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Source: UNHCR GENEVA, September 15 (UNHCR) – The UN
refugee agency announced Tuesday that its Nansen Refugee Award will
go to the late Senator Edward Kennedy for his achievements as an
unparalleled champion ... [...] |
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Somalia:
U.S. Conducted Raid on Militants, Say Reports
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:01 AM PDT
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Monday's raid on Al Shabaab militants in Somalia was carried out
by United States Special Forces troops and killed a top al-Qaeda
suspect, American newspapers reported
Tuesday. [...] |
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Nigeria:
Rights Group Petitions Yar'Adua Over Citizens in Equatorial Guinea
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:01 AM PDT
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Civil rights activists in the Niger Delta region yesterday sent a
Save-Our-Soul message to President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua and the
National Assembly over rising tension in Malabo, the capital city of
the central African country, Equatorial Guinea, over alleged cases
of human rights abuse, inhuman deportation and killing of a
Nigerian, Akeem Jimoh, by three policemen over his refusal to allow
a forceful take-over of his
business. [...] |
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Press
Release: UNHCR awards 2009 Nansen Refugee prize to Senator Edward
Kennedy
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:00 AM PDT
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GENEVA, September 15 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency announced
Tuesday that its Nansen Refugee Award will go to the late Senator
Edward Kennedy for his achievements as an unparalleled champion of
refugee... [...] |
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UNHCR
awards Nansen Refugee prize to the late Senator Edward Kennedy
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 03:00 AM PDT
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The prestigious Nansen Refugee Award goes to the late Senator
Edward Kennedy for his achievements on behalf of refugees over more
than 45 years. [...] |
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Emergency
appeal for Burkina Faso following floods
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT
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Caritas Internationalis Caritas in Burkina Faso has
launched an emergency appeal for 600,000 euro following floods which
hit the capital Ouagadougou recently and other areas such as the
city of Kaya. [...] |
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China's
Hu to unveil new climate proposals-official
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT
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Source: Reuters BEIJING, Sept 15 (Reuters) - China's
President Hu Jintao will present new proposals on climate change to
the United Nations later this month, the country's senior climate
negotiator Xie Zhenhua said ... [...] |
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Daikin
says its purifier halts H1N1 flu spread
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT
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Source: Reuters * Daikin says Vietnamese institute
confirms effectiveness * Viruses lose infectious power after 4 hours
- Daikin * Shares jump 5 pct after company says has such technology
(Recasts with company ... [...] |
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Uganda:
Govt Clamps Down on Media
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT
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A recent spate of media arrests has provoked widespread
condemnation, and raised fears that President Yoweri Museveni might
be planning a clamp-down on press freedom ahead of next year's
national election. [...] |
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Niger:
Tandja Cracks Down on Opponents
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT
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With legislative elections scheduled for October 20 approaching,
President Mamadou Tandja of Niger is beginning to hunt down members
of the opposition, journalists and human rights activists who
opposed the extension of his term of office by three
years. [...] |
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Analysis:
Looming water crisis in Gaza
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT
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Source: IRIN Unless urgent action is taken, the supply of
water fit for human use in the Gaza Strip will be depleted in 5-10
years, according to the Gaza Coastal Municipal Water Utility (CMWU)
and UN agencies working there. [...] |
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Kenya:
Rights Activists Leave for Hague to Press Justice
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 02:00 AM PDT
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Two human rights campaigners have left for the Netherlands to
press the International Criminal Court to speedily start
investigations into the 2007 post-election
violence. [...] |
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Uganda:
164 Appear in Court Over Violence
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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A total of 164 people were yesterday charged in court with
unlawful assembly, rioting and inciting violence following last
week's riots that paralysed Kampala city for three
days. [...] |
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Zimbabwe:
Tsvangirai Wants Sanctions to Stay
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai and his MDC-T party want
sanctions against Zimbabwe to remain in place because they are using
them as leverage against Zanu-PF, details of meetings between the
European Union delegation and Government
show. [...] |
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Nigeria:
Former Bank Chiefs Get Bail
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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FORMER Managing Directors and Chief Executive Officers of three
banks -- Mrs Cecilia Ibru (Oceanic Bank Plc); Mr. Sebastian Adigwe
(Afribank Plc) and Bartholomew Ebong (Union Bank of Nigeria Plc) and
three others were yesterday granted bail by a Federal High Court
sitting in Lagos, in the total sum of N1.8
billion. [...] |
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Fight
Against Rape a Brutal Wait
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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MONROVIA, Sep 14 (IPS) - From Monrovia's highest hill, the
long
sliver of Atlantic Ocean shoreline at the mouth of the
Mesurado River,
with its aqua blue waves, golden sand and wooden
fishing boats, looks
like paradise. But this is West Point; one
of Monrovia's most
impoverished and polluted slums, and it is not
paradise.
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Philippines:
UN group should highlight killings of children
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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Date: 15 Sep 2009
Source: Human Rights
Watch [...] |
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Burkina
Faso: 2009 Flooding Situation Report No. 5
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian
Affairs [...] |
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Botswana:
Khama to Reinforce Party Discipline
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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Fresh from his High Court victory against suspended
Botswana Democratic Party (BDP) Secretary General, Gomolemo
Motswaledi, President Ian Khama has reiterated that he will
not tolerate indiscipline in the ruling
party. [...] |
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Uganda:
Museveni to Brief Parliament on Buganda Violence
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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President Museveni will address an emergency session of
Parliament today in which he is expected to explain last
week's riots that left about 24 people dead and further
strained relations between his government and Buganda
Kingdom. [...] |
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Kenya:
World Bank Joins War On Climate Change
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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The World Bank is on Tuesday expected to join the many
voices that have been calling on leaders to come up with
strategies to combat climate
change. [...] |
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Kenya:
New Refinery Fee Sets Stage for Rise in Petroleum Prices
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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The Kenya Petroleum Refineries Limited is gunning for an
increase in crude oil processing charges beginning November,
setting the stage for a new wave of price escalation at the
pump station in five weeks. [...] |
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Nigeria:
Sect Suspects Arraigned for Treasonable Felony
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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Two months after security agencies quelled a violent
religious crisis in Bauchi, capital of Bauchi State, by a
sect, Boko Haram, the state police command at Chief
Magistrate's Court 11 yesterday slammed a total of eight count
charges on the 184 suspected members of the religious
group. [...] |
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Kenya:
Highway Robbers Steal Arms from UN Convoy
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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A major security scare has been triggered after highway
robbers in Kenya stole AK-47 magazines meant for UN
peace-keeping forces in the Democratic Republic of
Congo. [...] |
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Nigeria:
Militants Give Fresh Conditions Over Amnesty
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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Barely three weeks to the expiration of the October 4
deadline, two militant leaders, Government Ekpemukpolo, aka
Tompolo and Ateke Tom, have given fresh conditions for
accepting the Federal Government amnesty
programme. [...] |
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Statement
by World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick on the Passing of
Humanitarian Norman Borlaug
Posted:
15 Sep 2009 01:00 AM PDT
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