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Brown keeps the pressure on Mugabe

jpress.co.uk     28 mins ago   38 related          

Gordon Brown will keep up the pressure on Robert Mugabe when he meets South African president Thabo Mbeki at the G8 summit. The meeting comes hours after the Prime Minister used shock tactics to secure backing for a tough...

G-8 leaders endorse big global-warming cuts by 2050; environmentalists say that's too slow

iht.com     9 hrs ago   886 related          

World leaders embraced for the first time on Tuesday an ambitious but nonbinding goal of slashing greenhouse-gas emissions in half by midcentury to stave off global warming. Unimpressed environmentalists called the effort too...

Developing economies don't back G-8 climate step

iht.com     26 mins ago   6 related          

A joint gathering of major developed and developing nations on Wednesday agreed that climate change was "one of the great global challenges of our time" and pledged to back a United Nations effort to conclude new climate pact...

Zimbabwe: Crisis Poses Challenge Not Just to Africa But to the World - Migiro

allafrica.com     11 hrs ago   9 related          

The crisis in Zimbabwe, which has been beset by months of deadly violence and witnessed the recent holding of tarnished elections, not only represents a "moment of truth" for democracy on the continent but also poses a...

Embassy blast slammed globally

Press Trust of India WASHINGTON, July 8: The USA has offered assistance in the probe into the deadly suicide bombing in Indian Embassy in Kabul as the international community denounced the terror attack saying it was aimed at...

'Put shoulder to wheel' on emissions, Rudd urges G8

abc.net.au     1 hr ago   19 related          

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is holding one-on-one meetings with the leaders of five countries at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Japan in which he says he will appeal for more political momentum to achieve a successful global...

World Population Day Focus Is On Family Planning

planetwire.org     11 hrs ago   2 related          

NEW YORK, July 8 – This year World Population Day, observed on July 11, focuses on family planning as key to the well-being of future generations and achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), according to United...

Daily Star Political News: Assad voices Syrian backing for Lebanon's independence

beiruter.com     8 hrs ago   47 related          

Syria has always acknowledged Lebanon's independence, Syrian President Bashar Assad said in an interview published Tuesday in the French daily Le Figaro. When asked whether Syria would agree to exchange of embassies with...

Qureshi to follow up request for UN probe

gulfnews.com     8 hrs ago   1 related          

Islamabad: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi left for New York on Tuesday to pursue a request for a UN investigation into the assassination of Benazir Bhutto. Qureshi will meet UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon tomorrow to...

Japan`s UN bid sensitive and complex: Ban Ki-Moon!

zeenews.com     10 hrs ago          

Sapporo (Japan) July 08: UN secretary general Ban Ki-Moon said on Tuesday he understood Japan's ambition to be a permanent member of the UN Security Council but talks on reform were sensitive. Ban, a former South Korean Foreign...

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