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Obama invites China's Wen to meet again on climate
18 Dec 2009 17:20:06 GMT
Source: Reuters
COPENHAGEN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama has invited Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for another bilateral meeting to discuss outstanding issues on a U.N. climate change agreement, the ... 
MALI: Professionalizing health volunteers
18 Dec 2009 17:19:11 GMT
Source: IRIN
Even the most altruistic, engaged community health worker is likely to quit when he or she finds a paid job, according to the Malian federation of community health associations. The government is considering ways to retain, support and train health volunteers to fill gaps in a system where there is one doctor for every 15,000 residents, according to the Health Ministry.  
U.S. industry going "lean" to compete with China
18 Dec 2009 17:10:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Lean movement finds cost savings with little investment * Getting smarter about efficient use of materials, labor By Jon Hurdle MIQUON, Pennsylvania, Dec 18 (Reuters) - U.S. industry is ... 
Swiss to face weekend trial in Libya, Amnesty says
18 Dec 2009 17:08:50 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Two Swiss held since July 2008 face fresh economic charges * Weekend trials to follow 16-month prison sentences * Amnesty International has denounced first trial as " ... 
Madagascar opposition to press ahead with unity govt
18 Dec 2009 17:04:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Madagascar opposition to form govt "within days" * Call on military to remain neutral, in barracks By Richard Lough ANTANANARIVO, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Madagascar's opposition said ... 
CLIMATE CHANGE: "The Intelligence We Lacked"*
Source: IPS
World leaders speaking in Copenhagen on Friday, the last day of negotiations for a deal on climate change, retreated into their national positions. 
Iran denies incursion into Iraqi oil area-agency
18 Dec 2009 16:49:58 GMT
Source: Reuters
TEHRAN, Dec 18 (Reuters) - Iran denied on Friday its soldiers had entered Iraqi territory and occupied a southern oilfield, National Iranian Oil Company said in a statement, the semi-official Mehr ... 
Some 74,000 Africans cross Gulf of Aden to Yemen in record-breaking year
18 Dec 2009 16:35:54 GMT
Source: UNHCR
Some 74,000 Africans set off from the Horn of Africa on smugglers' boats and reached the shores of Yemen this year, up 50 per cent on 2008. 
Lebanon rescuers seek survivors from capsized ship
18 Dec 2009 16:21:47 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Syria-bound cargo ship sinks off Lebanon * Nine sailors dead, 39 rescued; transporting 43,000 sheep * Hopes fading for 35 missing sailors (Adds more bodies, one more survivor, UNIFIL ... 
CLIMATE CHANGE: Norway Is Trying*
Source: IPS
Norway is the world’s third largest donor in terms of development aid as a percentage of GDP. Norwegian Minister of Environment and International Development Erik Solheim spoke to TerraViva about the initiatives promoted by his country on environmental protection and its role during the Copenhagen negotiations. 
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