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Former U.S. President Bill Clinton Vows to Support Ethiopia’s Alternative Energy Project
Former US President Bill Clinton, who started his African tour in Ethiopia on Wednesday, has vowed to support Ethiopia’s alternative energy project. He told host Prime Minister Meles Zenawi that he appreciated the country’s move to use alternative...
More Than 4,000 Allegations of Sexual Violence Were Reported in Juvenile Facilities 2005 – 2006
State, local and private juvenile correctional authorities reported an estimated 4,072 allegations of sexual violence involving youth held in juvenile facilities during 2005 and 2006, the Justice Department’s Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced...
Climate Change Means More Floods for a Drying Thames Basin
A drying Thames river basin in the UK would still face five times the current risk of flooding by 2080, a recent assessment of the effects of climate change has found. The Thames Vulnerability Assessment Report prepared by WWF-UK also found dire results...
U.S. Stimulus Package Begins to Work, But More May Be Needed
The economic stimulus package passed by Congress earlier this year helped the U.S. economy grow by 1.9 percent in the second quarter of this year, according to government figures released today. Still, substantial weaknesses in the economy remain, which...
French Embassy in Uzbekistan: “Situation with Human Rights Activists Remains Troublingâ€
Despite some progress on human rights in Uzbekistan as seen by the abolition of the death penalty, the release of seven human rights activists and the introduction of habeas corpus in 2008, the overall situation with human rights still worries the EU,...
War Grave Plans Announced for Fromelles WW1 Dead
The British and Australian Governments have today announced plans to re-bury the World War One dead found at a mass grave in Fromelles, France, last month. The soldiers from the two countries, believed to number up to 400, will be re-buried in individual...
Report Shows ‘Flawed’ U.S. Regulations on Captive Tigers
Huge gaps in U.S. regulations could make Tigers held in captivity a target for illegal trade, wildlife trade monitoring network TRAFFIC and WWF found in the first-ever report into captive Tiger regulations across the United States.
Plane Crash Kills Eight in South Minnesota
At least eight people have been killed in a plane crash near the southern Minnesota town of Owatonna, the Associated Press and local media reported Thursday morning. One person, who had been listed in critical condition as of 11:40 a.m. in the Owatonna...
