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The Rundown - June 5

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:20:30 PDT

RFE/RL In The Media # The "International Business Times" cites RFE/RL reporting on Hillary Clinton's trip to The Caucasus # "Gizmodo" cites RFE/RL reporting on the mass deaths of saiga antelopes in Kazakhstan International Press Review Iran # The UN announced a new round of nuclear talks with Iran # Debate: Do [...]

UPS flies tonnes of aid to Malian refugees in Mauritania

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:12:59 PDT

Source: UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Mauritania, Mali GENEVA, June 4 (UNHCR) - The global package delivery company, UPS, flew some 13 tonnes of UNHCR aid items to Mauritania at the weekend for distribution to some 10,000 Malians in the Mbera refugee camp. A UPS Boeing 767[...]

U.S. Drone Strike Said To Target Al-Qaeda Leader In Pakistan

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:10:55 PDT

Reports say a U.S. drone strike has targeted a senior Al-Qaeda leader, but it was unclear whether Abu Yahya al Libi was among those hit in the northwestern Pakistan incident. [...][Published in AidNews - Read the original[...]

Clinton To Meet Georgian President In Batumi

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:55:41 PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is in Georgia's Black Sea resort of Batumi for talks with President Mikhail Saakashvili. [...][Published in AidNews - Read the original article]

Supporting dryland pastoralism with eco-conservancies, livestock insurance and livestock-based drought interventions

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:41 PDT

The wildlfie-rich rangelands of Kitengela, outside Nairobi, Kenya[...]

Putin Arrives For Three-Day China Visit

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

Both energy and foreign policy cooperation are high on the agenda of the three-day visit to China, with Russian President Vladimir Putin also participating in a regional security summit. [...][Published in AidNews - Read the original[...]

Syrian killings expose powerlessness of global community

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

BEIRUT, LEBANON - It was midday on a Friday, and all across Syria protesters gathered for the anti-government demonstrations that have become a weekly routine since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began 15 months ago. In Houla, this was to be a Friday like no other. By the end of the day, at least 108 people were dead, some of them killed by shelling, but most[...]

China adds 60 million hectares of forest

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

Beijing, June 05: China, in moves to fight climate change, has increased the total forest area to 195 million hectares from 134 million hectares in 1992 - a net gain of 60 million hectares or 600,000 sq km within a period of 20 years. China currently has 61.68 million hectares of man-made forests, the most in the world. The country aims to expand its total forest area by[...]

Grave Concerns For Algerian Unionists On Hunger Strike

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 3:52 pm Press Release: International Trade Union Confederation International Trade Union Confederation (Ituc) Grave Concerns For Algerian Unionists On Hunger Strike Brussels 29 May 2012 (ITUC OnLine): With the hunger strike of nine Algerian trade union leaders entering its fourth week, the ITUC has expressed grave concerns for the health of the[...]

Rio closes Latin America's biggest landfill

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

Its closure was agreed in 2004, but the decision was postponed several times until a deal was reached to do it ahead of the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development set for June 20-22. At least 100 global leaders and 50000 ...

Success in Rio? That's for Us to Decide

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

The Rio+20 Summit on sustainable development is still weeks away, and yet many already have proclaimed the event a failure. That verdict is based on outdated assumptions about the nature of change. In fact, a 21st century success in Rio remains ...

Brazil Closes Symbol of Environmental Degradation, Ahead of Rio+20

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

The measure went into effect just days ahead of the UN conference known as Rio+20, to be hosted by this city Jun. 20-22, two decades after the 1992 Earth Summit held here. The authorities announced that the landfill will now be the site of a biogas ...

Poverty Pollutes: Lomborg on the Rio+20 Conference

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

His piece examines the Rio+20 conference scheduled for later this month. Between June 20 and 22, a self-selected group of people will discuss - on behalf of all of us and prior to any meaningful consultation with most of the world's citizenry - 'The ...

Mongolian President Among UN's Six 'Champions of the Earth'

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:50:21 PDT

UN Environment Programme Executive Director Achim Steiner presented the LG Electronics-sponsored awards at a ceremony today in Rio, attended by UNEP Goodwill Ambassador Gisele Bundchen, Brazil's Minister of the Environment Izabella Teixeira and Rio+20 ...

World: Acting today for tomorrow: A Policy and Practice Note for climate and disaster resilient development in the Pacific Islands region

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:20:42 PDT

Source: World Bank Country: World, Cook Islands, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands (the), Micronesia (Federated States of), Nauru, Niue (New Zealand), Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, [...]

Azerbaijan: Wrongfully Imprisoned Blogger Released

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:11:28 PDT

Beam trawlermen take feet off gas in response to oil price hikes

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:11:28 PDT

Somalia: World Bank Says Govt Can't Account for U.S. $130 Million

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:10:19 PDT

[Garowe Online] Mogadishu, Somalia - The World Bank says that funds allocated to the Transitional Federal Government (TFG) of Somalia, have been misused and unaccounted for, Garowe Online reports. [...][Published in AidNews - Read

Kenya: Free Needles for Drug Addicts a Good Idea

AidNews — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:10:18 PDT

[The Star] Leaders at the Coast and drug addicts are sharply divided about a government plan to introduce free needles and syringes to prevent the spread of HIV. [...][Published in AidNews - Read the original article]

Mali: Extraordinary Summit of ECOWAS Heads of State and Government, Dakar, Senegal, 3rd May 2012 - Final Communique