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KOLKATA: India, to match China's military preparedness along its Eastern border, plans to raise new youth battalions, build new airstrips and improve road connectivity between the mainland and the Northeast region — particularly in Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim.

During the Africa-France Summit, African Development Bank Group president, Donald Kaberuka, urged foreign investors to invest in Africa where improving governance has made it possible to reduce business risks on the continent.

New York: The humanitarian crisis triggered by January's earthquake in Haiti could worsen with the onset of this year's hurricane season, which experts have warned could be severe, the United Nations said, adding that the Organization and its partners are preparing for a worst-case scenario.

New York: Nearly 1.9 million people in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) - half of them children - continue to live away from their homes after having been displaced by armed conflict, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reported, adding that a lack of funds was hindering efforts to continue assisting them.

New York: Three European countries signed an agreement with the International Criminal Court (ICC) to enforce the tribunal judges' sentences of imprisonment, taking the number of countries that are willing to detain people convicted by the ICC to five.

New York: The United Nations Human Rights Council is holding an urgent debate in Geneva, taking up the issue of yesterday's Israeli raid on a convoy of ships carrying humanitarian aid and heading for Gaza.

BEIJING - The World Bank Board of Executive Directors have approved a new loan of $100 million to the People's Republic of China to support the Nanning Urban Environment Project.

New York: Numerous attacks by the insurgents of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in south-eastern Central African Republic (CAR) have displaced an estimated 20,000 people who remain in dire need of humanitarian assistance even as insecurity has made it difficult for aid agencies to reach them, the United Nations reported.

New York: The top United Nations official in Iraq has welcomed the decision by the country's highest court certifying the results of the parliamentary elections held nearly three months ago, and called on leaders to complete the formation of the new government at the earliest.

The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed on May 28, 2010 the third and final review of Costa Rica's economic performance under a program supported by a 15-month Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved on April 10, 2009. The authorities have indicated that they will continue to treat the arrangement as precautionary.