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Union Minister Waves Off Father-Daughter Expedition to Unfurl Indian Flag At the Extreme End of the Planet
The Indian Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Shri Anand Sharma has handed over the National Flag to the Trans Greenland Expedition to be undertaken by Mr. Ajeet Bajaj, and his daughter, Deeya Suzannah Bajaj, The expedition involves skiing about...
220 Models Walk 1 Mile on the World’s Longest Catwalk in Copenhagen
A fashion event of unseen dimensions takes place in Copenhagen on August 14 as the culmination of this summer’s Copenhagen Fashion Week. The event will beat the world record for the longest catwalk ever!
Seychelles Government Seeks Help to Combat Piracy
The Seychelles government will seek more help from other countries in its fight to curb piracy in the region. Joël Morgan, Minister of Environment, Natural Resources and Transport who also chairs the the High-Level Committee on Piracy indicated that...
African Development Bank Regional Governors Endorse 200% Capital Increase
The meeting of the regional governors of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has unanimously endorsed a general capital increase for the bank. According to a statement issued by the AfDB on Saturday, the communiqué issued at the end of the meeting said...
African Foreign Affairs Ministers Arriving for African Union Summit
A number of African Foreign Ministers have started arriving in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa for the African Union summit. The Sixteenth Ordinary Session of the Executive Council will start on Thursday, where they will deliberate on various regional...
Draft Climate Change Agreement Reached At the UN Conference in Copenhagen
Just before 01.00 on Saturday morning, a number of heads of state and government agreed on a draft climate agreement at the UN conference in Copenhagen. The agreement includes agreement on the two degree target and money for climate financing. The agreement...
Kenyan Leader Appeals for Support to Upgrade United Nations Environment Program in Nairobi
President Mwai Kibaki has appealed to world leaders to support the strengthening of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) headquarters based in Nairobi. Addressing the high-level segment of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change...
Choose Your Media Weapons!
Michael B. Farrell has an interesting piece written last night for the Web site of The Christian Science Monitor concerning the “global warming rumble” between Sarah Palin and Arnold Schwarzenegger. I am not particularly interested in...
