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New York: Latin American port authorities are seizing more drug consignments and counterfeit goods along container routes thanks to a United Nations-backed initiative that is showing growing success after its inception six years ago.

New Delhi: Prime Minister of India, Dr Manmohan Singh and Prime Minister of Japan, Dr Yukio Hatoyama held the Annual Bilateral Summit in New Delhi on 29 December 2009. They discussed bilateral as well as regional and global issues and agreed to strengthen bilateral strategic and economic relations .

By sealing the so-called Copenhagen Accord with the United States, the BASIC grouping (Brazil, South Africa, India and China) has mocked at the multilateral negotiations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), destroyed the unity of the developing-countries bloc, the Group of 77 + China, and paved the way for accelerated global climate change.

Shibu Soren's swearing-in as the Jharkhand chief minister may be a matter of rejoicing for his party and the ruling alliance, which includes the BJP, but it will mark another sad day for the nine-year-old state. Created as a measure of empowerment for the tribals, who constitute the majority, the state has been led by politicians who have hardly brought any glory to the people they claim to represent.

WASHINGTON - The World Bank approved a US$5.38 million grant from the Global Environment Facility (GEF) for the Sustainable Transport and Air Quality Project in Mexico to be executed by the World Bank (WB).

New York: Although a deal on aviation and maritime fuel emissions was not reached at this month's climate change summit in Copenhagen, Denmark, the United Nations aviation agency is moving forward with its aggressive plan of action to curb global warming greenhouse gases.

New York: Science students from Russia and Ukraine have been taking part in a United Nations-backed practical training programme to enhance the protection of people and the environment against radiation exposure from nuclear power plants while responding to safety and security-related needs.

New Delhi: Critically polluted industrial areas are not just an environmental challenge, but they are a public health challenges. 85% of big industrial clusters in India are health hazards as air, water and land pollution levels are not fit for human habitants.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Nepal will enlist the help of small millers to boost the production of fortified cereal flour, which can help reduce anemia and other illnesses linked to vitamin and mineral deficiencies, particularly in poor, rural areas.

PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA - Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen today inaugurated a new 150 kilometer road running from Siem Reap to Poipet, on the border with Thailand.