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New Zealand passes carbon law through key stage
25 Nov 2009 04:17:37 GMT
Source: Reuters
* NZ parliament approves carbon details * Formal passage into law expected later today (Updates with quote, detail, background) WELLINGTON, Nov 25 (Reuters) - New Zealand's revised emissions ... 
US will not join treaty banning landmines
25 Nov 2009 03:29:02 GMT
Source: Reuters
* U.S. to send observers to conference on Mine Ban Treaty * 10-year-old accord has been endorsed by 156 countries * Treaty bans stockpiling, use of antipersonnel mines (Updates with Leahy ... 
China doesn't want "empty" Copenhagen deal-Xinhua
25 Nov 2009 03:22:59 GMT
Source: Reuters
BEIJING, Nov 25 (Reuters) - China will demand next month's Copenhagen climate summit culminates in a real deal, Xinhua news agency quoted a Chinese negotiator as saying, but appears to have accepted ... 
New Zealand passes carbon law through key stage
25 Nov 2009 03:14:10 GMT
Source: Reuters
WELLINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - The New Zealand parliament passed a law through a key stage on Wednesday to put in place an amended scheme to cut carbon emissions. The governing minority National ... 
Obama seeks to reassure Singh on US-India ties
25 Nov 2009 03:00:50 GMT
Source: Reuters
* First state visit of Obama administration * Leaders commit to completing civil nuclear deal * Obama wants to lower India-Pakistan tensions (Updates with Singh remarks at state dinner) By Matt ... 
Australia's carbon scheme gains bipartisan support
25 Nov 2009 01:51:26 GMT
Source: Reuters
(This is a repeat of an item issued on Tuesday) * Compensation boosted to coal, electricity sectors * PM: revised carbon scheme best outcome for Copenhagen * Australia sees carbon price A$26 a ... 
FBI adds two to 'Most Wanted Terrorists' list
25 Nov 2009 01:46:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A suspect in the bombing of the USS Cole and a man wanted in connection with the bombing of a 1982 Pan Am flight have been added to the U.S. government's list of " ... 
INTERVIEW-Zelaya says Honduran election could divide region
25 Nov 2009 01:39:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Ousted Zelaya insists Sunday's election is illegal * Zelaya says U.S. changing position on the vote By Mica Rosenberg TEGUCIGALPA, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya ... 
FEATURE-"Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system
25 Nov 2009 01:04:13 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Fraud problem getting progressively worse, FBI says * Big return on investment seen in fighting the crime * Industry accused of "terrible job" in crime control By Tom Brown MIAMI, ... 
World Bank to start agriculture fund with $1.5 bln
25 Nov 2009 00:44:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
* World Bank to get $1.5 bln of $20 billion pledged * Poor crops in India, Philippines raise price fears * UN emergency food aid agency falling short of needs (Adds comments from head of World ... 
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Five Years after the Indian Ocean Tsunami, Rebuilding Complete
24 Nov 2009 23:06:00 GMT
Source: Catholic Relief Services (CRS) - USA
This December 26, as we bask in the warm afterglow of family Christmas celebrations, we will pause to remember the fifth anniversary of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, one of the most horrific natural ... 
UMCOR Hotline for November 24, 2009
24 Nov 2009 20:59:00 GMT
Source: United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - USA

In Today's Hotline: Read how UMCOR is responding to needs around the world: PHILIIPPINES: RELIEF WORK CONTINUES SRI LANKA: TRAINING TEACHERS AND YOUTH ... 

NRC responds to desperate shelter needs
24 Nov 2009 14:39:00 GMT
Source: Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC)
NRC continues to respond to the shelter needs in Myanmar. Several hundred thousand people are still in need of sustainable shelter, a year and a half after cyclone Nargis struck. "NRC has built ... 
Nepal: amputee camp gets artificial limbs back into top condition
24 Nov 2009 13:58:01 GMT
Source: International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) - Switzerland
Kathmandu (ICRC) – On top of the physical pain and mental trauma, losing a body part means a lifetime of dependency. 
New report studies attacks on Afghan schools
24 Nov 2009 11:36:42 GMT
Source: CARE International - UK
Concludes more community engagement, less visible government and military involvement, is key to reducing attacks
 
New report studies attacks on Afghan schools
24 Nov 2009 11:36:42 GMT
Source: CARE International - UK
Concludes more community engagement, less visible government and military involvement, is key to reducing attacks
 



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