PRESS DIGEST-Indonesian Newspapers - July 10
10 Jul 2009 03:28:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
Following are some leading stories in the main Indonesian newspapers on July 10.
Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. Telephone: Editorial: +62-21-384-6364. ...
VIDEO: H2-No: town bans bottled water sales
10 Jul 2009 03:15:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jul 09 - A small Australian town has become the first in the country - possibly the first in the world - to ban the sale of bottled water in favour of using reusable containers. Sonia Legg reports.
VIDEO: G8 nudge emerging powers on climate
10 Jul 2009 03:14:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jul 09 - The G8 countries are reaching out to developing countries during their summit in L'Aquila, Italy, as they discuss climate change and trade.
Joanna Partridge reports.
VIDEO: Students die in Afghan blast
10 Jul 2009 03:13:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jul 09 - At least 25 people - 15 of them students - have been killed in an explosion outside a school south of the Afghan capital. Sonia Legg reports.
VIDEO: Obama - progress on climate change
10 Jul 2009 03:11:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 9 - President Barack Obama says major economies meeting at a forum in L'Aquila, Italy made a good start on the effort to curb climate change, but there is more work to be done.
The president's ...
VIDEO: Housing protest for quake victims
10 Jul 2009 03:10:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 9 - Protesters have occupied new houses in L'Aquila, Italy on demand that they are given to earthquake survivors.
Playing on the "Yes we can" election campaign slogan of U.S. President Barack ...
Son of Colombian leader gets Internet death threat
10 Jul 2009 02:39:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
BOGOTA, July 9 (Reuters) - Colombian authorities said on Thursday they are are investigating death threats posted on social networking Internet site Facebook against one of the sons of popular ...
PRESS DIGEST - Vietnam newspapers - July 10
10 Jul 2009 02:35:01 GMT
Source: Reuters
HANOI, July 10 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in the official Vietnamese press on Friday. Reuters has not verified these stories.
FINANCIAL NEWS:
THOI BAO KINH ...
Honduras dialogue has timid start, no breakthrough
10 Jul 2009 02:32:01 GMT
Source: Reuters
(For a TAKE A LOOK on Honduras, click [ID:nN28343997])
* Honduras rivals fail to meet, leave delegations talking
* Both hold conflicting positions, far from reconciliation
* Mediator Arias ...
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Cyclone Aila: the
aftermath on film
09 Jul 2009 15:59:18 GMT
Source: Oxfam GB - UK
Cyclone Aila left 138 dead and thousands homeless. Learn more and see Oxfam's
response in action. [Video]
Time to show your climate credibility, G8 leaders urged
09 Jul 2009 13:56:00 GMT
Source: Christian Aid - UK
G8 leaders must demonstrate much greater political courage on climate change or they will condemn today's Major Economies Forum declaration to being little more than hot air, Christian Aid warns ...
Lilongwe
Declaration May 2009 spearheading economic
09 Jul 2009 12:56:25 GMT
Source: DanChurchAid - Denmark
Economic empowerment of a Malawian woman can empower her to hold greater decision-making power in the household, secure food for her family all year around, improve the nutrition intake
in her family, pay her 6 children’s school fees, equip her to expand her small-scale maize business â€" and even allow her to put aside small savings for health-related
emergencies or a year of bad harvest.
A young life transformed in northern Uganda
09 Jul 2009 12:56:00 GMT
Source: Church World Service
Micah Lokoropee is from Ngongosowon, in northern Uganda. He is 9 years old, third born in his family. His father, Nalukia, is 70 years old, a prominent and respected old man in the village. Micah is ...
The fight against Chagas: Time to focus on patients
09 Jul 2009 12:14:00 GMT
Source: Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) - International
In the coming months, MSF will campaign for greater awareness and commitment to the fight against Chagas. For more information on Chagas disease and the enormous gap between the number of Chagas ...
Crisis in Sri
Lanka: Caritas impact so far
09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT
Source: Caritas Internationalis
Caritas has delivered vital aid for over 70,000 people in Sri Lanka who had fled their homes in the recent fighting.
Caritas briefing
on climate change announcement at the G8
09 Jul 2009 12:00:00 GMT
Source: Caritas Internationalis
The G8 climate change communiqué showed signs of progress from previous statements but it’s
painfully slow. For the first time the world’s richest agreed that it would be a good thing if average global temperatures did not rise above 2 degrees. This is the level scientists
say we shouldn’t go over if we are to avert dangerous climate change.
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