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Ghana's electronic graveyard

Around the world, more and more people throw away their TV sets, computers and mobile phones when...
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Science

China Reveals Bilateral Climate Change Roadmap With the U.S.

China Reveals Bilateral Climate Change Roadmap With the U.S.

China, as one of world’s largest producers of greenhouse gas emissions, has vowed to address...
» read full story February 09th, 2009 - 16:02
UN Talks Kyoto Protocol Successor In Poland Reunion

UN Talks Kyoto Protocol Successor In Poland Reunion

United Nations officials gathered in Poland to discuss climate change and the need to address this...
» read full story December 08th, 2008 - 15:02
Marine Wildlife Endangered By Human-Made Underwater Noise

Marine Wildlife Endangered By Human-Made Underwater Noise

The impact of human activities on marine wildlife has undoubtedly taken an unwanted course in the...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 14:32
Early HIV Diagnosis And Treatment Essential To Save Babies’ Lives

Early HIV Diagnosis And Treatment Essential To Save Babies’ Lives

A United Nations report has shown that early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
» read full story December 03rd, 2008 - 09:01

Space association calls for UN strategy against asteroids

Vienna - The international Association of Space Explorers (ASE) on Tuesday called on the United...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 23:15
Space Symposium: Competition For Space Gets Tough

Space Symposium: Competition For Space Gets Tough

Space – everyone wants a piece of it, and the United States is no exception, as it should not...
» read full story April 09th, 2008 - 16:02
Fermilab, US science face disaster due to trimmed budget for 2008

Fermilab, US science face disaster due to trimmed budget for 2008

America’s most famous particle physics lab will almost certainly cease to develop key projects, due...
» read full story December 23rd, 2007 - 14:57
UN Experts Warn of Irreversible Climate Changes

UN Experts Warn of Irreversible Climate Changes

United Nations experts have agreed on a 20-page draft report which warns of the effects of climate...
» read full story November 16th, 2007 - 21:37
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Technology

UN Report: Mobile Subscribers Reach 4.1 Billion At The End of 2008

UN Report: Mobile Subscribers Reach 4.1 Billion At The End of 2008

Over the past five years, the Information and communication technologies index showed that almost...
» read full story March 03rd, 2009 - 16:13
IT Panel Demands Openness, Efficiency In Obama Cybersecurity Era

IT Panel Demands Openness, Efficiency In Obama Cybersecurity Era

The appointed commission for cyberspace security released its recommendation plan for an improved...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 14:10
U.S. Commission Releases Guidelines For War Against Cyberattacks

U.S. Commission Releases Guidelines For War Against Cyberattacks

The Obama administration has a lot of issues to address, from the economy, to the health care...
» read full story December 08th, 2008 - 14:38
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U.S.

US will join only "global" climate deal, Kerry says

Poznan, Poland - The United States will stay out of any deal to curb emissions of global-warming...
» read full story December 11th, 2008 - 19:31

Report: Nuclear or biological terrorist attack becoming likely

Washington - The chances that terrorists will use a nuclear or biological weapon to carry out an...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 19:38

Reports: Obama to keep Gates at Pentagon for one year

Washington - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to stay in the job for at least one year...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 08:45
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Specials

One in Four Tuberculosis Deaths Involves a Person Infected with HIV

One in Four Tuberculosis Deaths Involves a Person Infected with HIV

Tuberculosis killed more people with HIV than ever in 2007, according to a new report released by...
» read full story March 25th, 2009 - 16:59

IMF: Global economy to shrink in 2009

Washington - The global economy could shrink as much as 1 per cent this year, the International...
» read full story March 19th, 2009 - 21:38

Fresh water supply pressured by growing population, social demands

New York - The world's fresh water is a finite commodity, but growing demands for it are tearing...
» read full story March 12th, 2009 - 07:14
Marine Wildlife Endangered By Underwater Noise

Marine Wildlife Endangered By Underwater Noise

The impact of human activities on marine wildlife has undoubtedly taken an unwanted course in the...
» read full story December 04th, 2008 - 21:39
US Chronically Ill Patients Complain More about Health Care

US Chronically Ill Patients Complain More about Health Care

US chronically ill patients often skip medical care due to high costs or medical errors compared...
» read full story November 14th, 2008 - 15:33
Miriam Makeba Dies Aged 76 After Performing At Italy Concert

Miriam Makeba Dies Aged 76 After Performing At Italy Concert

Miriam Makeba, the Grammy Award-winning South African folk singer also known as “Mama Afrika,”...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 14:07
2008 Kids Count Data Book

2008 Kids Count Data Book

The situation of children in the United States shows slight signs of improvement from 2000 to...
» read full story June 13th, 2008 - 10:07
Head of UN Program on HIV/AIDS, Peter Piot Withdrawing

Head of UN Program on HIV/AIDS, Peter Piot Withdrawing

Peter Piot, who has been with the United Nations in the fight against HIV/AIDS for 13 years, will...
» read full story June 11th, 2008 - 15:31
UN: More Action Is Needed to Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic Worldwide

UN: More Action Is Needed to Fight HIV/AIDS Epidemic Worldwide

Despite global efforts to fight AIDS, the number of people who get infected is far outpacing the...
» read full story June 10th, 2008 - 14:06
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Music

South African Singer Miriam Makeba Dies Aged 76

South African Singer Miriam Makeba Dies Aged 76

Miriam Makeba, the Grammy Award-winning South African folk singer also known as “Mama Afrika,”...
» read full story November 10th, 2008 - 20:31
Malawi Court Postpones Final Say on Madonna Adoption

Malawi Court Postpones Final Say on Madonna Adoption

Madonna’s long-unfolding adoption of a two-year-old Malawian boy may take a while longer to...
» read full story May 15th, 2008 - 16:41
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People

Heather Mills: Stop Eating Animal Products!

Heather Mills: Stop Eating Animal Products!

As the spokesperson for Viva (Vegetarians International Voice for Animals) Paul McCartney’s...
» read full story November 19th, 2007 - 23:35
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Health

More Efforts Are Needed to Help Children Affected by HIV/AIDS

More Efforts Are Needed to Help Children Affected by HIV/AIDS

According to a report released Tuesday by the Joint Learning Initiative on Children and HIV/AIDS,...
» read full story February 12th, 2009 - 16:16
Global Efforts against HIV/AIDS Should Focus on Prevention and Testing

Global Efforts against HIV/AIDS Should Focus on Prevention and Testing

Prevention strategies should be improved in order to reduce transmission of HIV among those...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 16:09
Report: Bush Administration Was Successful in Fighting HIV/AIDS

Report: Bush Administration Was Successful in Fighting HIV/AIDS

Although the Bush administration is going to leave Barack Obama a nation, which is locked in two...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 14:17
Relay for Life Celebrates Cancer Survivorship around the World, Raises Money for Cancer Research

Relay for Life Celebrates Cancer Survivorship around the World, Raises Money for Cancer Research

Teams of friends, family, neighbours and colleagues are organizing for the 2009 Relay for Life, the...
» read full story January 05th, 2009 - 15:30
Measles Deaths Drop By 74%

Measles Deaths Drop By 74%

The world’s population is facing some of the most terrible diseases known to man. In older times,...
» read full story December 07th, 2008 - 18:11
Measles Deaths Radically Plunged Thanks To Vaccination

Measles Deaths Radically Plunged Thanks To Vaccination

According to a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the number of...
» read full story December 07th, 2008 - 13:58
UN Report: Early HIV Diagnosis and Treatment Essential to Save Babies’ Lives

UN Report: Early HIV Diagnosis and Treatment Essential to Save Babies’ Lives

A United Nations report has shown that early HIV testing and treatment procedures which provide...
» read full story December 02nd, 2008 - 14:10

Complacency About AIDS Heightens Risks, Experts Say

Geneva - Asian countries, youngsters and people spoiled by the availability of medicines in the...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 16:49
HIV-Living Population Rising 11 Percent in the US

HIV-Living Population Rising 11 Percent in the US

The number of people living with HIV is growing as more patients survive thanks to antiretroviral...
» read full story October 03rd, 2008 - 15:00

New AIDS Reports Look Discouraging

A new report of the AIDS epidemic produced by researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and...
» read full story August 04th, 2008 - 19:19
UN Reports Progress In Fighting AIDS; Black Americans Neglected

UN Reports Progress In Fighting AIDS; Black Americans Neglected

A report of the United Nations issued in advance of the 17th International AIDS Conference, which...
» read full story July 30th, 2008 - 13:05
US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

US Life Expectancy Sets New Record First Time in Years

Finally, some good news is coming from the federal US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention....
» read full story June 12th, 2008 - 12:07
UN: Rates of AIDS Infections and Deaths Going Down

UN: Rates of AIDS Infections and Deaths Going Down

For the first time since AIDS was identified in the mid-1980, the United Nations says the numbers...
» read full story June 08th, 2008 - 16:16
Research on New Bug Repellents Has Promising Results

Research on New Bug Repellents Has Promising Results

Following the increased risk of West Nile virus and other mosquito-borne diseases, researchers...
» read full story May 27th, 2008 - 10:33
Indonesia Reports Its 108th Bird Flu Victim

Indonesia Reports Its 108th Bird Flu Victim

Just days after Indonesian authorities organized a three-day bird flu crisis exercise, a...
» read full story April 30th, 2008 - 12:08
Extensive Indonesian Bird Flu Crisis Drill

Extensive Indonesian Bird Flu Crisis Drill

A major drill initiative is taking place in Indonesia, as authorities have prepared a three-day...
» read full story April 25th, 2008 - 16:18
WHO Concerned over Slow Progress in Fighting Tuberculosis

WHO Concerned over Slow Progress in Fighting Tuberculosis

The fight against the worldwide tuberculosis epidemic slightly slowed in 2006, the most recent...
» read full story March 18th, 2008 - 10:30
More China Citizens HIV-positive This Year

More China Citizens HIV-positive This Year

This Thursday, Health Minister Chen Zhu announced that statistics show that 700,000 of China...
» read full story November 30th, 2007 - 13:44
China Reports Increased Number of HIV Cases

China Reports Increased Number of HIV Cases

The number of people estimated to be suffering from HIV in China has risen in the last months...
» read full story November 29th, 2007 - 16:11
United Nations Says New Cases Of HIV/AIDS Have Fallen

United Nations Says New Cases Of HIV/AIDS Have Fallen

In its latest report released on Tuesday, UNAIDS, the joint UN and World Health Organization (WHO)...
» read full story November 20th, 2007 - 16:42
U.S. Health Care System Falls Short in the Survey

U.S. Health Care System Falls Short in the Survey

According to the survey published by the Commonwealth Fund in the journal Health Affairs Americans...
» read full story November 02nd, 2007 - 19:51
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Business

Poor Take Hits too as Financial Crisis Moves Beyond the Rich

Washington - As the world's richest nations debate how to bring a catastrophic financial crisis...
» read full story October 10th, 2008 - 09:53
Study Reveals Texas Has the Dirtiest Power Plants

Study Reveals Texas Has the Dirtiest Power Plants

In a report released by the Environmental Integrity Project, the state of Texas occupies an...
» read full story July 29th, 2007 - 19:12
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World

WTO chief Pascal Lamy: Protectionism is on the rise

Geneva  - Since the beginning of the year, countries around the world have been implementing...
» read full story March 26th, 2009 - 21:20

UN: Piracy trebled in 2008, 30 million dollars in ransom paid

New York  - Acts of piracy and armed robbery at sea trebled in 2008 with the pirates taking an...
» read full story March 18th, 2009 - 20:07
Global Efforts Against HIV/AIDS Should Focus On Prevention And Testing

Global Efforts Against HIV/AIDS Should Focus On Prevention And Testing

Prevention strategies should be improved in order to reduce transmission of HIV among those...
» read full story January 20th, 2009 - 12:31

Philippines Propose Global-Warming Insurance Funds

According to the Philippines Presidential Adviser on Global Warming and Climate Change Secretary...
» read full story December 22nd, 2008 - 14:00

IAEA Approves Nuclear Aid For Syria Despite West's Concerns

Vienna - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) members on Wednesday approved nuclear aid for...
» read full story November 26th, 2008 - 18:56

Crisis Means Good Deals In Asia For Flashpackers

Hong Kong - "It's a buyers market," Malcolm O'Brien said. "There's bargains out...
» read full story November 25th, 2008 - 10:44

West Spars With Developing Countries On IAEA Aid For Syria

Vienna - Western countries on Monday questioned proposed nuclear technology aid for Syria, while...
» read full story November 24th, 2008 - 23:15
India’s Navy to Hunt Some Pirates

India’s Navy to Hunt Some Pirates

The Indian navy has received formal approval from the United Nations to track down and destroy...
» read full story November 21st, 2008 - 18:06

Ban: Pirates received 30 million dollars in ransom this year

New York  - United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that Somali pirates have...
» read full story November 19th, 2008 - 21:59

Supertanker Seizure Ups Stakes In Piracy Battle

Nairobi - Somali pirates achieved a new milestone in their seemingly unstoppable rise this weekend...
» read full story November 18th, 2008 - 15:34

Iran Scheduled A Conference On Obama And US Affairs

Tehran - Iran announced earlier today an upcoming conference meant to review the victory of Barack...
» read full story November 17th, 2008 - 12:52

Nepal's Himalayan glaciers at risk due to global warming

Kathmandu - The rise in global temperatures and climate change caused by greenhouse gases are...
» read full story November 12th, 2008 - 08:35

World War I recalled in poignant 90th anniversary tributes

London/Paris - Commemorations to mark the 90th anniversary of the end of World War I were held in...
» read full story November 11th, 2008 - 20:56

Reformists urge Khatami to run against Ahmadinejad

Tehran - Leading reformists in Iran have urged former president Mohammad Khatami to run against...
» read full story October 18th, 2008 - 16:16

Global leaders agree to Iran resolution

New York - The world's major powers have agreed on a resolution over Iran's nuclear programme that...
» read full story September 26th, 2008 - 20:40

Ahmadinejad Defends Nuclear Right, Prepared for Sanctions

New York - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday said that his country was prepared to...
» read full story September 24th, 2008 - 10:21

Few Options for IAEA Board to Deal with Iran File

Vienna - There is little members of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) can do at their...
» read full story September 19th, 2008 - 16:04

IAEA Report Proof of Peaceful Nuclear Programme

Tehran - The West considers the latest report by the United Nations nuclear watchdog on Iran's...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 14:33

New Evidence, No Progress on Iran Nuclear Allegations

Vienna - Iran is continuing to expand its uranium enrichment programme while obfuscating UN efforts...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 10:16

Report: North Korea tests engine for long-range missile

Seoul  - North Korea has conducted an engine ignition test for a long-range missile at a new launch...
» read full story September 16th, 2008 - 08:32

Petraeus to call for pullout of US troops from Baghdad within 10 months

Baghdad - US commander in Iraq General David Petraeus said on Thursday he would call for the...
» read full story September 04th, 2008 - 23:41
Georgia Pulls out Troops from South Ossetia, Calls for Ceasefire

Georgia Pulls out Troops from South Ossetia, Calls for Ceasefire

Georgian officials have reportedly ordered the country’s military to cease fire, the first step...
» read full story August 10th, 2008 - 18:48
US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

US’ Fight against HIV – Successful Overseas, But Not within Its Borders

The number of people being infected with HIV virus in the US is about 40 percent higher than...
» read full story August 03rd, 2008 - 18:21
U.N. Peacemakers and Workers Accused of Child Abuse

U.N. Peacemakers and Workers Accused of Child Abuse

Save the Children UK, a British charity organization, reported that United...
» read full story May 28th, 2008 - 12:14
Bhutto Loyalist Elected as Pakistan's Prime Minister

Bhutto Loyalist Elected as Pakistan's Prime Minister

Yousaf Raza Gilani, a longtime loyalist of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto, was elected...
» read full story March 24th, 2008 - 16:37
Arms Dealer Arrested in Thailand for Weapons Sale to the FARC

Arms Dealer Arrested in Thailand for Weapons Sale to the FARC

One of the world’s top arms dealers was arrested Thursday in Bangkok being accused of...
» read full story March 06th, 2008 - 19:21
Drug-Abusing Celebs – A Negative Example for Youth, UN Says

Drug-Abusing Celebs – A Negative Example for Youth, UN Says

The United Nations drug control agency has expressed its concern over drug abuse among...
» read full story March 05th, 2008 - 16:34
Iran Will React if UN Passes New Sanctions

Iran Will React if UN Passes New Sanctions

Iran said it would respond if the world powers continue add more sanctions against the Middle...
» read full story February 24th, 2008 - 15:10
Algerian Police Station Bombed, Four Officers Dead

Algerian Police Station Bombed, Four Officers Dead

A police station was blown up by a suicide bomber in a town east of Algiers on Wednesday....
» read full story January 03rd, 2008 - 21:06
Afghanistan Expels Two Senior Diplomats

Afghanistan Expels Two Senior Diplomats

The Afghan government decided to expel two high-ranking diplomats accused of holding talks with...
» read full story December 26th, 2007 - 20:21
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