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TRADE-SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Rice Tariffs Snarl ASEAN Single Market
- Inter Press Service
Rice, the staple dish across South-east Asia, has emerged as an apt symbol of the region’s commitment — or lack of it — to unveiling a free trade area for its 10 members when the New Year dawns.
DEVELOPMENT: 'Global Poverty Is Not Acceptable'
- Inter Press Service
The economic crisis is a fresh reason to meet Millennium Development Goal targets, not an excuse to miss them, said European Commission president Jose-Manuel Barroso, opening the dialogue at the fourth edition of the European Development Days (EDD).
EAST TIMOR: Seasonal Changes Cause for Alarm
- Inter Press Service
If you order a beer, sit back and relax at one of the expat bars dotted along the coastal Pantai Kelapa road in this capital, you cannot help but notice the view: the stony beach, the swimming children and the grounded fishing boats. But that view is morphing — a visible sign of how climate change could be affecting East Timor.
PAKISTAN: Beyond the Storm, Eco-Friendly Dream Homes
- Inter Press Service
'I don’t think I will ever miss the old home; it never protected us from floods and storms!' said Dadi Ibrahim, a widow. Her only association, she said, with her dilapidated hut is the 'fond memories' of living there with her late husband.
AFRICA: 'Grasp the Benefits of Trade with BRIC Emerging Markets'
- Inter Press Service
While economists at a prominent South African bank are excited about burgeoning investment by Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) in Africa, they are vague on the question of the extent to which it will benefit the majority of Africans. Ensuring this, they believe, is the responsibility of African states themselves.
CLIMATE CHANGE: New Financial Scheme Turns Heat on Rich Nations
- Inter Press Service
A new financial mechanism to help the developing world deal with the challenges posed by climate change looms as a major hurdle on the road leading up to a United Nations summit in Copenhagen in mid-December.
ENVIRONMENT: Developing Nations Refuse to Ditch Kyoto Protocol
- Inter Press Service
As the countdown continues towards a United Nations climate change summit in Copenhagen in December, a seemingly intractable tussle between negotiators from the developing and developed world has begun to take shape over international commitments to slash greenhouse gas (GhG) emissions.
ENVIRONMENT: India Warms Up to Copenhagen
- Inter Press Service
With the clock ticking away on the United Nations Framework for Climate Change Committee (UNFCCC) summit in Copenhagen in December, the fractiousness between the developed and the developing nations on who ought to do more to control climate change is getting increasingly strident.
VIETNAM: Preparation Mitigates Impact of Typhoon Ketsana
- Inter Press Service
Three days may have been a small window of opportunity, but it was enough time to save thousands of lives.
SRI LANKA: Mixed Hopes amid Unpredictable Weather Shifts
- Inter Press Service
As the world awaits with bated breath the much-anticipated outcome of the upcoming Copenhagen Climate Change Summit in December, the impact of which will reverberate across the globe, Sri Lanka, like many other countries, has been reeling under sharply contrasting weather conditions.
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