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Healthcare bill passes first U.S. Senate test

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:40:13 +0000

Source: Reuters (For full coverage of U.S. healthcare reform, click [ID:nN20512341]) * Healthcare overhaul clears first Senate hurdle * Democrats deliver 60 votes to move to debate on bill * Senate debate will ...

Australian government to present final carbon trading plans

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:17:00 +0000

Source: Reuters By Michael Perry SYDNEY, Nov 22 (Reuters) - After months of political haggling the Australian government will unveil its revised carbon trading laws this week, with a vote expected by year's final ...

Israeli planes strike targets in Gaza

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:48:50 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds details, edits) GAZA, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Israeli planes carried out air strikes against targets in the Gaza Strip on Sunday, injuring seven Palestinians, Palestinian medical workers said. An ...

Pressure for progress at talks on rebel Karabakh

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:19:20 +0000

Source: Reuters * Turkey wants progress before opening border with Armenia * Azeri leader warns of last chance, possible force MUNICH, Germany, Nov 22 (Reuters) - Azerbaijan and Armenia hold talks on Sunday on ...

Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 20:15:15 +0000

Source: Reuters (Adds U.N. statement paragraphs 9-10) By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in ...

Q&A: ‘Creating Artificial Glaciers Is Simple, Easy and Replicable’

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:44:00 +0000

Source: IPS His is a classic case of a man’s fight against nature in this trans-Himalayan region of Ladakh, as he battles climate change.

INDIA: ‘Glacier Man’ Vows to Build More Artificial Glaciers

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:00 +0000

Source: IPS He is well known as India’s ‘glacier man’, but for 74-year-old retired government civil engineer, Chewang Norphel, accolades have made little dent in his quiet determination to build more high-altitude water conservation systems, or ‘artificial glaciers’, to beat the lack of water from receding Himalayan glaciers.

SOUTH AFRICA: Life expectancy drops

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:20:44 +0000

Source: IRIN South Africans are dying younger and in greater numbers, and HIV/AIDS is to blame, according to a report released this week by the South African Institute of Race Relations.

Sri Lanka to open refugee camps ahead of polls

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:43:42 +0000

Source: Reuters By Ranga Sirilal and Shihar Aneez COLOMBO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka said on Saturday it will allow greater freedom of movement to refugees held in military-guarded camps from next month, after ...

Muslims burn Christian shops in Egypt's south

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:16:52 +0000

Source: Reuters CAIRO, Nov 21 (Reuters) - Hundreds of Muslim villagers in Egypt's south threw stones at a police station on Saturday where a Christian was being held on suspicion of assault, and they later burned and ...