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Spain's Green Groups Slam Rollback Of Conservation Policies

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Spain's new conservative government has announced changes in environmental policy that are a significant step backwards for environmental protection in the country, provoking an immediate, harsh reaction from the opposition and civil society.

Argentina: Progress in River Clean-Up Praised - With Reservations

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

For the first time in over 200 years, visible progress is being made in cleaning up the Matanza-Riachuelo River basin, the most highly polluted in Argentina, although improvements remain largely superficial so far.

Eu Pledges Strong Support For Earth Summit

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

European leaders have mapped out a bold agenda ahead of the Rio summit, vowing to transform development aid, help provide renewable electricity to the world’s neediest people, and bulk up the United Nations environment body.

Swaziland’S Cooperatives No Threat To Banks

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

Nomsa Tsabedze is one of the many people at the Bunye Betfu, Buhle Betfu Credit and Savings Cooperatives waiting to apply for a loan to pay for her children’s school fees.

'raining Bombs' Causing Hundreds To Flee Northern Nigeria

Wednesday, February 08, 2012

'I can no longer stay here in Kano as it rains bombs. The gun battles rattle us... Kano is no longer safe,' said pregnant Funke Nweke of her decision to flee Nigeria’s northern state with her five-year-old daughter.

Ngo Prosecution Puts U.S.-Egyptian Ties At Risk

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

The ongoing controversy over the activities of U.S. and other foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Egypt appears to be bringing ties between the two countries to their lowest point in nearly 40 years.

Cuba On The Road To Clean Energy Development

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

More than a decade ago, solar electricity changed the lives of several mountain communities in Cuba. Now this and other renewable power sources are emerging as the best options available to develop sustainable energy across the island.

Paraguayan Radio Station Buses Internet To The Barrios

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

'I want my own computer so that I can talk to my cousins who live in Italy,' says eight-year-old Camila Ojeda, sitting in front of a computer monitor on a bus that acts as a mobile cybercafé in the Paraguayan capital.

Books: A Global Empire, Yet a 'United States of Fear'

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

By the end of 2011, the United States had elite special operations forces in around 120 of the 192 countries recognised by the United Nations, with U.S. military bases in more than half of the world's nation-states.

800,000 Kashmiris Haunted By Horror

Tuesday, February 07, 2012

Maheen was nine years old when she witnessed the death of her elder brother. At the age of 10 she saw the dead body of her neighbour, killed in the crossfire between Kashmiri rebels and Indian security forces, his guts spilled out on the road.

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