Nobel Prize

China Watches as Tibetan Talks Begin

Tibetan delegates in exile attend the conference called to discuss the Tibet issue in Dharamsala, India, on Nov. 17, 2008 MANPREET ROMANA / AFP / Getty Images Discussions began Monday in Dharamsala, India, among leaders of the...

HCL Advances Go Green! Initiative With Carbon Neutral Global Customer Meet

NOIDA, INDIA and ORLANDO, FL, November 17 / MARKET WIRE/ -- HCL Technologies, a leading global IT services provider, today announced that Unstructure 2008, its annual Global Customer Meet, will be a carbon-neutral event as it...

St. Pete Beach hosts meeting on waterfront cities

ASSOCIATED PRESS • November 17, 2008 ST. PETE BEACH — Issues facing waterfront cities are being examined and discussed during a comprehensive four-day summit in St. Pete Beach. Organizers of the first Coastal Cities Summit say...

Author hopes to pull Israel to the left with new party

The renowned Israeli author Amos Oz has joined 30 intellectuals and public figures to forge a leftwing party in an attempt to defeat the resurgent rightwing Likud party, which is leading the polls. But Labour, not the hardline...

Kissinger says Hillary Clinton Would Be Outstanding Diplomat

Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger at the World Economic Forum India summit, Taj Palace Hotel, New Delhi, Nov. 16, 2008. Former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has told an Indian audience that Senator...

India, US interests are complementary: Kissinger

New Delhi, Nov 16 (IANS) Underlining the need for integrating the rising Asian powers in the international system, former US secretary of state and Nobel laureate Henry Kissinger Sunday said the relations between India and the...

Lending women a hand with small biz loans

BY CLARE TRAPASSO DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER Sunday, November 16th 2008, 4:00 AM After 11 months - and much doubt about its potential for success - a Queens group that lends money to the poorest New Yorkers has hit the $1 million...

Farmers Hope For 'Green Revolution'

The U.N. says the number of undernourished people worldwide is climbing toward 1 billion as high food prices squeeze the poorest. This report looks at the prospects for science to ignite a new "green revolution."

Crisis chance to aid poor: laureate

Gabriel Madway, Calgary Herald Published:Â Sunday, November 16, 2008 The global financial crisis can become an opportunity to help the world's worst off, says the Nobel Peace Prize laureate known as the "banker to the poor."...

Glamorous Achievement: A Definite Do

The annual Glamour Women of the Year awards leave one simultaneously inspired by the extraordinary accomplishments of the winners and fraught with anxiety that one's personal list of achievements amounts to: Remembered Mom's...

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