UN environment chief defends IPCC, slams climate sceptics DNA India | United Nations: The UN environment chief has come out in strong support of the embattled climate change panel led by RK Pachauri, hitting out at sceptics whose criticism of the body and its Indian chair, he said, had reached "witch-hunting proportions". | Contending that a "typograp...
UN climate panel reviews Dutch sea level glitch Zeenews Amsterdam: The UN's panel of climate experts said on Friday it was reviewing whether it wrongly said that more than half of the Netherlands is below sea level in a new glitch after exaggerating the thaw of Himalayan glaciers. | "We are looking into it," said Brenda Abrar-Milani, a spokeswoman for th...
More than 8,000 women raped last year by fighters in eastern DR Congo - UN United Nations | The Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, South Kivu is one of the few referral centres for sexually violated women8 February 2010 – The number of women raped in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where sexual violence committed by warring faction...
Racing against time, weather for Haiti's quake victims, UN seeks hazard-proof shelters United Nations 8 February 2010 – The United Nations said today it is racing against time to bring in hazard-resistant tents for Haiti's earthquake victims before the rainy season starts, provide sufficient agricultural input to save the next planting season, and ra...
Spanish King arrives in Lebanon to inspect UN Troops m&c | Beirut - Spanish King Juan Carlos arrived Monday in Beirut on a two-day visit to Lebanon during which he will inspect Spanish troops serving with UNIFIL in southern Lebanon. | The king is accompanied by Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratin...
CRPF women contingent heads for Liberia UN peace mission Newstrack India | New Delhi, Feb 8 (ANI): The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) on Monday flagged of its fourth women contingent to Liberia for a United Nations Peace Keeping assignment. | Addressing the contingent on the occasion, CRPF Director General Vikr...
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UN chief can't judge if Gaza probes are 'credible' The News & Observer | UNITED NATIONS -- The U.N. secretary-general reported Thursday night he was uncertain whether Israel or the Palestinians had met U.N. demands to undertake "credible" investigatio...
UN patent filings dropped for 1st time since 1978 Fresno Bee | The Associated Press thefresnobee_994:/559/story/1813433.html E-Mail Print Text Size: tool name | tool goes here Comments (0) | GENEVA -- The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by...
Iran tells UN of enrichment plan as new sanctions loom Khaleej Times TEHRAN - Iran said on Monday it has formally told the UN nuclear watchdog of its plan to produce higher enriched uranium, sparking fresh warnings by world powers of new sanctions against the defiant Islamic republic. | 'Iran's official letter about c...
UN patent filings dropped for 1st time since 1978 The Miami Herald | GENEVA -- The number of international patent filings dropped last year for the first time since 1978 as companies hit by the global economic downturn sought fewer new protections on their intellectual property, the U.N. said Monday. | Most patents ...
Sri Lankans have made desire for peace, progress and democracy very clear - President Rajapaksa Sri Lanka News web | This evening, I stand before you having been pronounced only a few days ago, the 6th Executive President of my country, on the basis of an election held nationwide on a free and fair basis. The voters through graciously conferring on me a share of almost 58% of the total votes cast, made their desire for peace, democracy and progress known in...
Pak on top of UK’s foreign policy list: Miliband Zeenews Washington: The ongoing ‘war on terror’ in Afghanistan and related challenges in Pakistan top British foreign policy, Foreign Secretary David Miliband said. | Addressing the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Miliband said the prime rationale of the Afghan war, which was to dismantle al Qaeda’s safe havens in the region, has come under sc...
