+0 +0 EU offers 7.2 bln euros in climate aid
EU offers 7.2 blneuros in climate aidDecember 11, 2009 -11:59PM. European Union nations have agreed to give 7.2 billion euros tohelp developing nations tackle climate change,...
+0 +0 Britain, France pledge climate aid despite financial woes |Top News | Reuters
...major stumbling block to a global climate agreement in Copenhagen to replace the Kyoto Protocol, the U.N.'s main tool for fighting global warming. The Kyoto agreement expires in 2012.Poor nations are...
+0 +0 Video: Video: The hidden massacre: Sri Lanka’s final offensive against Tamil Tigers - Times Online
...by The Times has revealed. Multimedia. Aerial photographs, official documents, witness acco<em>un</em>ts and expert testimony tell a different story. With the world’s media and aid organisations kept...
+1 +0 The Associated Press: Richardson sees talks on journalists in NKorea
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former <em>U.N.</em> Ambassador Bill Richardson on Monday called the detention and sentencing of two young women...
+0 +0 North Korea sentences two US journalists to 12 years in jail | World news | guardian.co.uk
...Korea sentences two US journalists to 12 years in jail Women sent to labour camp after being fo<em>un</em>d guilty of illegally entering co<em>un</em>try and committing 'grave crime' A North Korean court...
+0 +0 Sudanese Rebel Leaders Face War Crimes Charges - washingtonpost.com
...responded with a brutal counterinsurgency campaign, involving allied Arab Janjaweed militia. The <em>U.N.</em> estimates that more than 300,000 people have died as a result of the violence, mostly from disease,...
+0 +0 BBC NEWS | World | South Asia | S Lanka rebels 'ready for truce
S Lanka rebels 'ready for truce' Tamil Tiger rebels in Sri Lanka have told the <em>United Nations</em> they are ready to comply with international calls for a ceasefire with government forces. But the...
+0 +1 Children found alive in Haiti school rubble
...in an extremely poor part of town and the roads are nearly impassable, Renois said. He also said an <em>United Nations</em> helicopter was unable to land. "The school is poorly built," said Amelia Shaw, a journalist with...
+0 +0 Haiti rescuers search for survivors after school collapse
...after school collapse At least 75 dead after three-storey building falls, trapping h<em>un</em>dreds of children inside. The head of a male student, still alive, trapped <em>un</em>der the Haiti school...
+0 +0 Haiti school collapse leaves at least 50 dead
...8 November 2008. A school has collapsed in Haiti, killing at least 50 people and trapping many <em>un</em>der the rubble. Vol<em>un</em>teers armed only with shovels and axes worked to free the trapped...
+0 +0 The Big Question: What is a World Heritage Site, and does the accolade make a difference?
...Paul VallelyFriday, 7 November 2008 Related Articles Why are we asking this now?A <em>United Nations</em> team is about to visit Bath to decide whether the city stilldeserves the accolade of a World...