International Relations

Death toll in flooded Haitian town soars

independent.co.uk     10 hrs ago   141 related          

Almost 500 people died when up to five metres of muddy water swept through the Haitian town of Gonaives this week, triggered by torrential rains from tropical storm Hanna, police said. The 495 dead in Gonaives brought the...                    

Comet chaser has close encounter with asteroid

telegraph.co.uk     2 hrs ago   47 related          

A comet-chasing spacecraft has had one of mankind's closest encounters with an asteroid, providing a new insight into the mysterious space rocks. By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent The Rosetta spacecraft, which is...                    

EU speaks for international probe into S.Ossetia events

rian.ru     2 hrs ago   7 related          

AVIGNON (France), September 6 (RIA Novosti) - The European Union believes it is necessary to hold an international investigation of events in the Georgian breakaway republic of South Ossetia, the French foreign minister...                    

Laying to rest Cyprus's ghosts

bbc.co.uk     7 hrs ago   1 related          

The issue of the "missing" is still a contentious topic in divided Cyprus Talks this week on the reunification of Cyprus look more hopeful than many would have dared to think possible. But the discovery of remains from...                    

U.S., India welcome NSG's agreement to lift nuclear trade embargo on India

xinhuanet.com     2 hrs ago   285 related          

WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President George W. Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomed the decision by the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) to lift a nuclear trade embargo on India, the White House...                    

EU mulls lifting of some sanctions against Belarus

iht.com     6 hrs ago   9 related          

European Union foreign ministers are mulling an easing of sanctions against Belarus. EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana says he had a long phone call with the isolated country's foreign minister in recent days after...                    

Nuclear suppliers fail to agree on India nuclear embargo lift

people.com.cn     9 hrs ago   45 related          

The Nuclear Supplier Group (NSG) failed on early Saturday morning to agree on a U.S. draft for a waiver breaking a nuclear trade embargo imposed on India. In a possible repeat to a similar meeting late last month, the...                    

Chronology

rediff.com     5 hrs ago   6 related          

Following is the chronology of some key developments related to the landmark India-United States nuclear agreement. March 10, 1978: US President Jimmy Carter signs the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Act, following which US...                    

Price increases push US soy beyond reach of poor

chron.com     4 hrs ago   6 related          

SURABAYA, Indonesia — With the dollar a day he earns scrounging for scrap metal and paper, Jumadi can't buy his family beef or even chicken. The cost of tempeh and tofu has doubled to record highs, driven by the soaring...                    

Building Women's Leadership

allafrica.com     8 hrs ago   4 related          

The moderator raps her pen on the table to hush the boisterous assembly of Somali women gathered in Bagamoyo, on the Indian Ocean coast of Tanzania. Their voices drop for a moment before the sound level rises again to a...                    

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