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MANILA, PHILIPPINES - The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will help finance a highway expansion in Thailand to stimulate trade and economic growth in its border regions and neighboring countries that make up the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS).

New York: A United Nations committee on Palestinian rights today called on the international community “to take urgent and decisive action against the continued illegal Israeli actions,” warning that Israel's settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territory risk undermining the whole structure of international law.

New York: International assistance is vital to prevent the Central African Republic (CAR) from falling back into political crisis and potential new fighting as it prepares for elections next year after a decade of violence and conflict between Government and rebel forces, the top United Nations official for the country warned.

New York: As one of its first steps towards reducing its greenhouse gas footprint, the United Nations - after one of the most wide-ranging and painstaking exercises in its history - announced that it emits 1.7 million tons of carbon dioxide annually worldwide.

New York: The top United Nations human rights official has called for the universal abolition of the death penalty, citing a host of reasons ranging from the fundamental right to life to the possibility of judicial errors.

As the Copenhagen conference gets into its crucial negotiating phase, the Indian delegation faces major challenges. The biggest is how to work for an ambitious, strong, comprehensive and equitable agreement, which quickly caps and reduces global greenhouse emissions and avert a climate catastrophe.

Even if the Congress feared that K. Chandrashekhara Rao's death will set off a turmoil which will be difficult to control, it could have used other methods to defuse the situation instead of hastily conceding the demand for a separate Telangana.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Emerging East Asian economies have performed better than anticipated thanks to swift policy responses and an improved external environment. The region is set for a speedy recovery this year and in 2010.

New York: Multilingualism must be fostered on the Internet to help bridge the digital divide and the United Nations stands in the forefront of those seeking to promote linguistic diversity in the interests of greater political, economic and cultural access for all, a top UN official said.

New York: The levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would be much higher if oceans did not absorb the amount they do, but this has lead to their rising acidity levels, according to a new United Nations-backed study.