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19 hours ago ago from Oil of War
CAIRO: Nearly 140 million Arabs live below the poverty line, according to a report published on Sunday by the United Nations Development Programme and Arab League. The joint report stressed there has been no decrease in the rates of poverty in the Arab region over the past 20 years, with some countries actually showing an increase. Overall poverty remains high, reaching up to 40 percent on average, which means that nearly 140 ...
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The Economist periodically gives us a snapshot of challenging global issues. This week they feature a synopsis of the tremendous growth of the elderly in China and related problems that country will be facing in the coming years.
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5 hours ago ago from IgnatianEconet's Blog
Back in Brussels I have decide to read the Copenhagen Accord and many of the commentaries from the news and media. I can’t say that the results were what we expected, but that is not so strange. If you have followed this blog or any of the other accounts from different sources, you’ve surely noticed that the negotiations were never very clear from the start. We never had a clear idea about where the negotiations were going, and we’ve tried ...
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OPS_admin | Dec 21, 2009 | Comments 0 The row over climate change isn't just a battle between rich and poor, it illustrates the futility of obsession with economic growth So the Copenhagen summit did not deliver any hope of substantive change, or even any indication that the world's leaders are sufficiently aware of the vastness and urgency of the problem. But is that such a surprise? Nothing in the much-hyped runup to the summit ...
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South Africa blasts Copenhagen failure
4 hours ago ago from U.S. News
South Africa blasts Copenhagen failure PRETORIA, South Africa (AP) -- South Africa says Copenhagen's failure to produce a legally binding climate change agreement was unacceptable, joining a global chorus of condemnation even though it helped draft the final accord. South Africa's environment minister Buyelwa Sonjica and her two top climate change negotiators said Tuesday that part of the blame rested with the way the host guided the ...
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22 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
The delegation of African negotiators rumbled into Copenhagen rubbing their palms and licking their chops in the hope of reaping tens of billions of dollars in carbon blood money and make a quick exit. They were ultimately disappointed. There was no gold at the end of the Copenhagen rainbow. At the end of the day, the industrialized countries pledged chump change in the amount of $30 billion to the poorer countries for the 2010-2012 period. ...
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23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Last night on 60 Minutes there was a 14 minute segment about Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople (modern-day Istanbul). It was an honest look at religious freedom (or lack thereof) inside one of America's military allies. It is a story that should be seen by the leaders of the free world as well as people of faith. The Ecumenical Patriarch of 300,000,000 Orthodox Christians (of which am one) is similar to the Pope of the Catholic ...
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19 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
In the late morning hours Saturday in Copenhagen, the overwhelming majority of countries adopted a new framework for addressing global warming. This new agreement -- called the Copenhagen Accord (available here ) -- was hammered out by 28 of the world s key countries. These countries represent over 80% of the world s global warming pollution (both energy emissions and deforestation) and the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. ...
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