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EU green power needs market access to thrive - draft
Full Article The Guardian
By Barbara Lewis PARIS (Reuters) - Free access to emerging renewable energy markets such as Brazil, China and India will be a major factor in helping the European Union maintain its lead in green energy, according to draft documents seen by Reuters. A draft European Commission communication on renewable energy, expected to be published later this...
EU green power needs market access to thrive - draft
photo: EU / EC

The President's Missing Notes on Afghanistan
Full Article Huffington Post
As the world watched President Barack Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan to sign the Strategic Partnership Agreement, most of us question if he left his notes on the Afghanistan situation back on Air Force One. To objectively understand the progress made on the safety and security of Afghanistan, we need to scrutinize the surrounding...
The President's Missing Notes on Afghanistan
photo: DOD / Public Domain

Sudanese conflict: What you need to know
Full Article BBC News
Only 10 months after South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan, the two countries could be on the brink of all-out conflict. The crisis started in April, after months of border skirmishes, when South Sudan seized an oil field, which is internationally accepted to be in Sudan, saying the area was being used as a base...
Sudanese conflict: What you need to know
photo: UN / Paulo Filgueiras

UN says Syria plan on 'track' amid violence
Full Article Al Jazeera
The UN-backed peace plan for Syria is on "track", the office of international mediator Kofi Annan has said, as activists reported renewed violence in the country. Ahmad Fawzi, Annan's spokesperson, said on Friday negotiations were being "conducted under the radar" involving the Syrian government and its opposition to cease all...
A member of the UN observer group recently dispatched to Syria, speaks with local residents in Hama, the site of a deadly explosion and shelling this week, 24 April, 2012.
photo: UN / Neeraj Singh

Hollande lead narrows in French poll
Full Article Irish Times
French president Nicolas Sarkozy's chances of holding on to power were fading two days before France's election runoff, with far-right and centrist leaders refusing to endorse him and his usually bland Socialist rival performing confidently in a TV debate. The last opinion polls published today before Sunday's vote suggested that Socialist...
French Socialist Party candidate for the presidential election Francois Hollande delivers his speech during a campaign meeting in Toulouse, southwestern France, Thursday, May 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Bob Edme

Who Will Crucify the Crucifiers? (Corporate Polluters vs. Conscientious People)
Full Article WorldNews.com
Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In 1962 when Rachael Carson, an American biologist, wrote in her book, Silent Spring, how man has acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world and "The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even...
File - Employees of the International Longshoremen's Association and personnel assigned to the Supervisor of Salvage and Diving division of Naval Sea Systems Command work together to stage inflatable oil containment boom at the port of Gulfport, in clean-up efforts for the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.
photo: US Navy / MCS1 Demetrius Kennon

The heart of SA health
Full Article Independent online (SA)
Zohra Mohamed Teke According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the deaths of about 1 500 women every day around the world owing to pregnancy-related complications, could have been prevented. In KZN, almost 60 percent of all maternal deaths in the province are preventable. The issue of maternal health is among the most formidable challenge...
The heart of SA health
photo: UN / Devra Berkowitz

13 dead, scores wounded in blasts in Dagestan
Full Article Atlanta Journal
MAKHACHKALA, RussiaTwo vehicles exploded outside a police station in the Russian republic of Dagestan, killing at least 13 people and wounded scores, and authorities said Friday it was probably a coordinated attack by the region's Islamic insurgents. A police officer guards the site of a powerful explosion on the outskirts of Makhachkala,...
A police officer guards the site of a powerful explosion on the outskirts of Makhachkala, southern Russia, Friday, May 4, 2012.
photo: AP / Abdula Magomedov, NewsTeam

Chen seeks help from US congress
Full Article Irish Times
Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a dramatic plea for help in a phone call to a US congressional hearing from his hospital bed in Beijing, raising the pressure on President Barack Obama over his administration's handling of the case. Mr Chen, a self-taught legal activist, sheltered in the US Embassy for six days until Wednesday. He left...
In this photo released by the US Embassy Beijing Press Office, blind lawyer Chen Guangcheng makes a phone call as he is accompanied by U.S. Ambassador to China Gary Locke in a car on the way to a hospital in Beijing Wednesday May 2, 2012.
photo: AP / US Embassy Beijing Press Office

Argentina nationalizes oil company YPF
Full Article The Guardian
By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Congress nationalized the country's biggest oil company, YPF , by an overwhelming lower house vote on Thursday that underscored broad popular support for a measure that threatens to scare off foreign investment. The Chamber of Deputies voted 207-32 in favour of expropriating YPF, clearing the...
Government supporters demonstrate in front of the Congress as lawmakers debate the YPF bill in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Thursday, May 3, 2012.
photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko


A look at Obama promises: kept, broken, unrealized
Unlike four years ago, President Barack Obama's campaign speeches focus less on new promises and more on pledges he says he's kept. Here's a look at how his promises have held up: PROMISES KEPT —Sign legislation to remake the nation's health...
photo: DOD / Public Domain
British soldiers killed in mortar attack in Afghanistan
Two members of Royal Logistics Corps die after Taliban fire mortars at forward base in Nahr-e Saraj, Helmand province Soldiers of 1st Battalion The Royal Welsh. Two members of the Royal Logistics Corp attached to the battalion's battlegroup were...
photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod
President Barack Obama, left, is the last of the official party to walk off of a military transport plane during the dignified transfer for Army Sgt. Dale R. Griffin of Terre Haute, Ind., who died in Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense, at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Del., Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009.
“The Obama administration is crafting a proposal that could make it easier to export firearms and other weapons to certain countries in an effort to boost sales for U.S. companies, increase trade and improve national security, according to senior...
photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais
EU official: ACTA unlikely to become law
BRUSSELS (AP) - An EU official says an international treaty that has been the subject of large protests by people fearing it would impinge on Internet freedom is unlikely to gain approval. European Commission Vice President Neelie Kroes implied in a...
photo: EU / EC
Report: Kenyan forces abused Somalis near border
NAIROBI, Kenya — An international human rights group said Friday that Kenyan security forces abused ethnic Somalis in Kenya's border region in response to attacks by militants from Somalia and have never been punished for the abuses. Human...
photo: UN / Stuart Price
Sudan and South Sudan fighting risks children being sucked into conflict
Save the Children says displaced children are at risk of harm and could be sucked into the conflict as child soldiers Children carry their family's belongings as they go to Yida refugee camp in South Kordofan. Photograph: Goran Tomasevic/Reuters...
photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe
Aid crisis leaves millions at risk
Fighting for life ... a malnurished Malian refugee child is weighed at the Medecins sans Fronti?res medical centre of the M'bere refugee camp. Photo: AFP MILLIONS of lives are at risk because of a lack of funds for aid projects aimed at preventing a...
photo: UN / Mark Garten

Clean Fuel and Vehicle Policies in the US, the EU and China; updated 21 Jan 2011; published 10 Jun 2009
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Clean Fuel and Vehicle Policies in the US, the EU and China
The Guardian 04 May 2012, By Barbara Lewis PARIS (Reuters) - Free access to emerging renewable energy markets such as Brazil, China and India will be a major factor in helping the European Union maintain its lead in green energy, according to draft documents seen by Reuters. A draft European Commission communication on renewable energy, expected to be published later this...

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President Obama Speaks on Ending the War in Afghanistan; updated 04 May 2012; published 01 May 2012
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President Obama Speaks on Ending the War in Afghanistan
Huffington Post 04 May 2012, As the world watched President Barack Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan to sign the Strategic Partnership Agreement, most of us question if he left his notes on the Afghanistan situation back on Air Force One. To objectively understand the progress made on the safety and security of Afghanistan, we need to scrutinize the surrounding...

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The Battle Over Sudan's/DarFur's Resources!; updated 28 Mar 2012; published 03 Sep 2007
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The Battle Over Sudan's/DarFur's Resources!
BBC News 04 May 2012, Only 10 months after South Sudan gained its independence from Sudan, the two countries could be on the brink of all-out conflict. The crisis started in April, after months of border skirmishes, when South Sudan seized an oil field, which is internationally accepted to be in Sudan, saying the area was being used as a base...

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Syrian opposition sceptical of UN observer mission; updated 01 May 2012; published 29 Apr 2012
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Syrian opposition sceptical of UN observer mission
Al Jazeera 04 May 2012, The UN-backed peace plan for Syria is on "track", the office of international mediator Kofi Annan has said, as activists reported renewed violence in the country. Ahmad Fawzi, Annan's spokesperson, said on Friday negotiations were being "conducted under the radar" involving the Syrian government and its opposition to cease all...

French elections in the age of Twitter; updated 27 Apr 2012; published 23 Apr 2012
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French elections in the age of Twitter
Irish Times 04 May 2012, French president Nicolas Sarkozy's chances of holding on to power were fading two days before France's election runoff, with far-right and centrist leaders refusing to endorse him and his usually bland Socialist rival performing confidently in a TV debate. The last opinion polls published today before Sunday's vote suggested that Socialist...

Pollution in our Environment; updated 30 Apr 2012; published 12 Mar 2008
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Pollution in our Environment
WorldNews.com 04 May 2012, Article by WN.com Correspondent Dallas Darling In 1962 when Rachael Carson, an American biologist, wrote in her book, Silent Spring, how man has acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world and "The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even...

UN spotlights critical role of midwives in improving maternal and children's health; updated 10 Jul 2011; published 28 Jun 2011
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UN spotlights critical role of midwives in improving maternal and children's health
Independent online (SA) 04 May 2012, Zohra Mohamed Teke According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), the deaths of about 1 500 women every day around the world owing to pregnancy-related complications, could have been prevented. In KZN, almost 60 percent of all maternal deaths in the province are preventable. The issue of maternal health is among the most formidable challenge...

Two blasts kill 14, injure over 80 in Dagestan; updated 04 May 2012; published 04 May 2012
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Two blasts kill 14, injure over 80 in Dagestan
Atlanta Journal 04 May 2012, MAKHACHKALA, RussiaTwo vehicles exploded outside a police station in the Russian republic of Dagestan, killing at least 13 people and wounded scores, and authorities said Friday it was probably a coordinated attack by the region's Islamic insurgents. A police officer guards the site of a powerful explosion on the outskirts of Makhachkala,...

Chinese Dissident Chen Guangchen Leaves US Sanctuary; updated 03 May 2012; published 03 May 2012
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Chinese Dissident Chen Guangchen Leaves US Sanctuary
Irish Times 04 May 2012, Blind Chinese dissident Chen Guangcheng made a dramatic plea for help in a phone call to a US congressional hearing from his hospital bed in Beijing, raising the pressure on President Barack Obama over his administration's handling of the case. Mr Chen, a self-taught legal activist, sheltered in the US Embassy for six days until Wednesday. He left...

Visión Siete: Argentina recuperó YPF; updated 04 May 2012; published 04 May 2012
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Visión Siete: Argentina recuperó YPF
The Guardian 04 May 2012, By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Argentina's Congress nationalized the country's biggest oil company, YPF , by an overwhelming lower house vote on Thursday that underscored broad popular support for a measure that threatens to scare off foreign investment. The Chamber of Deputies voted 207-32 in favour of expropriating YPF, clearing the...

Pakistan commemorates anniversary of Osama bin Ladens death; updated 02 May 2012; published 02 May 2012
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Pakistan commemorates anniversary of Osama bin Ladens death
The Independent 03 May 2012, A selection of documents seized in last year's raid on Bin Laden's Pakistan house was posted online by the US Army's Combating Terrorism Center. The documents show dark days for al-Qa'ida and its hunkered-down leader after years of attacks by the United States and what bin Laden saw as bumbling within his own organization and its terrorist allies....

Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to Al Jazeera; updated 28 Apr 2012; published 24 Dec 2011
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Iraqi Vice-President Tariq al-Hashemi speaks to Al Jazeera
Star Tribune 03 May 2012, BAGHDAD - The terror trial of Iraq's fugitive Sunni vice president was postponed Thursday as his lawyers appealed to have parliament create a special court to hear the case that has touched off a political crisis and could deepen the nation's sectarian divide. Tariq al-Hashemi, one of the nation's highest-ranking Sunni politicians, was not in court...

Chen Guangcheng makes dramatic phone call to congress asking to meet Hillary Clinton; updated 04 May 2012; published 04 May 2012
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Chen Guangcheng makes dramatic phone call to congress asking to meet Hillary Clinton
Yahoo Daily News 03 May 2012, BEIJING (AP) — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton cautioned China to protect human rights Thursday, in remarks that rejected Beijing's criticism of the U.S. for getting involved in the case of a blind dissident whose fate overshadowed the opening of annual talks between the powerful countries. Clinton said at the opening of the talks on...

French candidates lock horns in TV debate; updated 03 May 2012; published 02 May 2012
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French candidates lock horns in TV debate
Skynews 03 May 2012, Nicolas Sarkozy and Francois Hollande locked horns in a live TV debate Robert Nisbet, Europe correspondent The two candidates in the French Presidential election have squared off in a bad-tempered live TV debate. The Socialist front-runner Francois Hollande and the incumbent, the conservative Nicolas Sarkozy, traded barbs on the economy,...





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