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India: Uttar Pradesh

SP YATRA EVOKES BIG RESPONSE IN BUNDELKHAND

BSP LEADERSHIP WORRIED AT DEVELOPMENTS
Pradeep Kapoor - 2011-09-24 09:06
LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party which has already taken lead over its rivals in election campaign demonstrated its strength in Bundelkhand which not only boosted the moral of party leaders and workers but also unnerved other political parties, especially the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP).

SURINAME URGES SPEEDY CREATION OF UN-BACKED CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION FUND

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:59
New York: Suriname has urged the international community to move quickly to create the United Nations-backed climate change adaptation fund to support vulnerable developing countries that risk losing their peoples’ livelihoods to the effects of climate change.

New Project for Small producers in rural areas of Honduras

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:59
New York: Small producers in rural areas of Honduras will be the main beneficiaries of a new United Nations-backed project that will invest $21 million to combat poverty in the north of the country.

World Bank and Australia Sign Landmark Agreement to Help the World’s Poorest

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:57
WASHINGTON - Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Kevin Rudd, and World Bank Group President, Robert B. Zoellick, today signed a landmark Partnership Framework, paving the way for Australia and the World Bank to work more closely to help the world’s poorest people.

GLOBAL BROADBAND TECHNOLOGY GUIDELINES ADOPTED

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:56
New York: A United Nations meeting focused on accelerating the roll-out of broadband technology concluded in Colombia today as over 500 participants from around the world adopted best practice guidelines aimed at improving global Internet access.

EUROZONE CRISIS CLOUDS RECOVERY IN EMERGING EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:52
WASHINGTON ― Economic recovery is underway in the Emerging Europe and Central Asia (ECA) region, but at a slow pace and is at risk from the troubled Eurozone, according to the World Bank at a press briefing during the World Bank/IMF Annual Meetings 2011.

Serbia cannot accept Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence

But it will also not abandon the negotiations process between Belgrade and Pristina
Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:52
New York: Serbia cannot accept Kosovo’s unilateral declaration of independence but it will also not abandon the negotiations process between Belgrade and Pristina, the country’s President told the General Assembly’s annual general debate today.

World Bank debarred 32 entities in 2011 for corruption

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:48
WASHINGTON — The World Bank today announced its integrity results during this past fiscal year, highlighting progress in managing investigations, pursuing delinquent companies and working with national authorities to advance national enforcement action.

RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT PRINCIPLE MUST COVER ALL WHO NEED IT

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:48
New York: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today stressed the need to ensure that the principle of ‘responsibility to protect’ – safeguarding populations from genocide and war crimes – becomes a reality for all the peoples of the world that need it.

TRAGEDY OF SOMALIA SHAMES THE WORLD

Special Correspondent - 2011-09-23 23:38
New York: The Turkish Prime Minister has called for urgent action to help Somalia alleviate its humanitarian crisis and to build peace and stability, stressing that the world cannot let the cry of the Horn of Africa nation go unheard.