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  • Transcript of Obama speech 24 Jul 2008 18:33 GMT
    ... BERLIN, Germany (CNN) -- Thank you to the ... speak, cars in Boston and factories in Beijing are melting the ice caps in the Arctic, ... Afghanistan become the heroin in Berlin. The poverty and violence in Somalia breeds the terror ...

  • Inflation brakes Asian construction 24 Jul 2008 17:13 GMT
    ... Published: July 24 2008 17:25 | Last updated: ... took office this year in South Korea, Taiwan and Thailand after campaigning on promises to ... past year. An international project to link Beijing and Singapore by rail is also under ...

  • Fact Sheet: Advancing the Freedom Agenda 24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT
    ... struggling nations achieve freedom from corruption, disease, poverty, hunger, and tyranny. In the years ahead, America ... agriculture and help break the cycle of famine. President Bush calls on Congress to approve ... relations, such as Egypt, Saudi Arabia, and China. In keeping with this commitment, today President Bush ...

  • Remarks by the President on the Freedom Agenda 24 Jul 2008 17:12 GMT
    ... from corruption, freedom from disease, freedom from poverty, freedom from hunger and freedom from tyranny. In ... it will help break the cycle of famine. And I ask the United States Congress ... such as Egypt and Saudi Arabia and China. In keeping with this commitment, today I renew ...

  • Shooting Ourselves in the Food 24 Jul 2008 16:08 GMT
    ... of the last decade's progress in combating poverty. More than 100 million people in developing ... for grains in emerging countries such as China and India and two successive years of severe ...

  • OECD urges anti-poverty reform on Jakarta 24 Jul 2008 15:48 GMT
    ... levels that would have an impact on poverty, Angel Gurría, head of the Organisation for ... same approach is being taken with Brazil, China, India and South Africa. ...

  • Bimingham's Derby students take a field trip - to China 24 Jul 2008 15:37 GMT
    ... learn that it was a trip to China. Simpson was part of the group of ... calls at 2 or 3 a.m. from Chinese travel agents and contacts. Whey-Jane Butchko, a ... and contacts. Whey-Jane Butchko, a native of Taiwan, has been teaching Chinese at Derby for ...

  • The Look: Dressed for the Occasion 24 Jul 2008 15:31 GMT
    ... a tray of after-lunch coffee, replete with china and old-fashioned linen napkins. “You dressed to go ... and their families, not just those in poverty. “We counsel and strengthen the family with ...

  • Strategy for the Next American President: An Interview with Ivo Daalder and Bruce Jentleson 24 Jul 2008 14:59 GMT
    ... world. Clearly, others are gaining power -- China and India are rising; Brazil and South Africa ... e.g., The report calls for making global poverty reduction a priority in U.S. national security ...

  • Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates Join to Combat Global Tobacco Epidemic 24 Jul 2008 14:54 GMT
    ... of tobacco use in countries such as China and India, as well as to help ... such as Mexico City, Mexico; Abuja, Nigeria; Beijing, China; and other Olympic cities are implementing ... lift themselves out of hunger and extreme poverty. In the United States, it seeks to ...

  • Nancy Soderberg and Brian Katulis: America's First Global Presidential Campaign 24 Jul 2008 14:18 GMT
    ... players from overseas -- including stars like China's Yao Ming and Germany's Dirk Nowitzki. Hollywood movies ... face -- global warming, rising energy prices, poverty, global terrorist networks, and the spread of ...

  • Results of the 2008 PATA Gold Awards 24 Jul 2008 13:32 GMT
    ... comment "Excellent people-focused and multi-dimensional combination of poverty alleviation, education, and preservation" - Judge's comment ... Industry The Pirate Takeover Ambient Marketing Campaign Hong Kong Disneyland, Hong Kong SAR ENVIRONMENT AWARDS 5. ... Service Improvement Project Guilin Tang Dynasty Tours, China PRC 2. Travel Journalism - Destination Article "America's ...

  • China's Government Set on Making Stock Market Bottom 24 Jul 2008 13:31 GMT
    ... Tony Sagami writes: For thousands of years, China was ruled by dynasty after dynasty before ... without democracy for one simple reason: The Chinese leaders want it. You see, the Chinese ... recent examples: Cut the air pollution in Beijing. Starting last Sunday, cars with license plates ...

  • Trust! Manmohan Singh will now bat for reforms 24 Jul 2008 12:52 GMT
    ... look at macro-level reforms that can reduce poverty, rather than merely giving a boost to ... Chashma II, which was being built with Chinese assistance, India had joined the other IAEA board ... They are Argentina, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Croatia, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Japan, ...

  • Why the bad mood, SA? 24 Jul 2008 12:45 GMT
    ... the growth in the labour force, in China comfortably so. By contrast, average GDP growth in ... resources to tackle problems, create jobs, fight poverty and build infrastructure. To paraphrase Bill Clinton, ...

  • Analysis: Why fuel bills are going up 24 Jul 2008 12:39 GMT
    ... Africa and the Far East heard that China and the US were prepared to pay way ... on several levels. Deaths due to fuel poverty are surely something it will not countenance. ...

  • ZBB Energy Corporation Will Provide Energy Storage for Solar Power Project With Envision Solar 24 Jul 2008 12:37 GMT
    ... MILWAUKEE, July 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ZBB Energy Corporation ... to providing energy to remote areas. "African poverty in plight rather than opportunity dominates western ... the Future House USA exhibit at the Beijing Olympics. ) provides clean energy storage solutions based ...

  • Students take a field trip - to China 24 Jul 2008 12:14 GMT
    ... learn that it was a trip to China. Simpson was part of the group of ... calls at 2 or 3 a.m. from Chinese travel agents and contacts. Whey-Jane Butchko, a ... and contacts. Whey-Jane Butchko, a native of Taiwan, has been teaching Chinese at Derby for ...

  • Fund aims to pay the extra for clean energy 24 Jul 2008 11:44 GMT
    ... make similar commitments. Yet nations such as China and India say that fossil fuels are essential ... pull millions of their people out of poverty. That is why we support a new ...

  • Gates launches massive anti-smoking campaign 24 Jul 2008 11:39 GMT
    ... campaign with special focus on India and China. A world without tobacco "is a world in ... them out of the reach of the poor people, banning cigarette advertisement, creating smoke-free spaces and ...

  • State of the Union Address 2007 24 Jul 2008 11:11 GMT
    ... Atlantic area. Together with our partners in China, Japan, Russia, and South Korea, we're pursuing intensive ... take on the challenges of hunger and poverty and disease -- and that is precisely ...

  • Threads of issei lives dwell in fabric 24 Jul 2008 11:09 GMT
    ... COURTESY BARBARA KAWAKAMI COLLECTION Kekaha Plantation workers, new ... well as a shameful reminder of early poverty. "So much history and culture is being ... stalks from the rice harvests of their Chinese neighbors. When the Chinese moved off the plantation ...

  • The Canadian Press News Agenda for Wednesday, July 23 24 Jul 2008 10:58 GMT
    ... The Canadian Press News Agenda for Wednesday, July 23 ... Committee announces the flagbearer for the 2008 Beijing Olympics (9 a.m. at Olympic Stadium Auditorium Room, ... _ NDP MPP Michael Prue holds public poverty consultation. (6:30 p.m. at Thornhill Community Centre, ...

  • Abroad Brown has proven himself a formidable leader - what goes wrong when he gets back to Britain? 24 Jul 2008 10:38 GMT
    ... he travels — he is off to China next month — the more a glaring paradox ... advances on everything from energy policy to poverty in Africa. In the case of Mr ...

  • Skippy hopes to start goal glut 24 Jul 2008 10:34 GMT
    ... SCOTT McDONALD has vowed that his pre-season goal famine will end long before the Hoops begin ... chance to star for Australia in the Beijing Olympics. He revealed: "The Olympics will be a ...


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