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Leaders: Deal needed to help vulnerable
New York City :: NY :: USA | about 15 hours ago
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Commonwealth can help build partnerships to tackle vital issues such as climate change...We also note with grave concern that many of the world�s poorest communities are most vulnerable to these challenges�. We will also capitalise on the Commonwealth�s...
Tags: Commonwealth, New York City, Environment, Millennium Development Goals, Political history of Canada, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth of Nations
Commonwealth hails return of Pakistan to fold
Karāchi :: Pakistan | 1 day ago
Credibility Commonwealth leaders on Sunday welcomed last year's return of Pakistan to the body of mainly former British colonies after it held elections. Pakistan was readmitted in May 2008 after a six-month suspension triggered by a temporary political clampdown...
Tags: Pakistan, Commonwealth, Karāchi, Politics, Muhajir, Pakistan Muslim League, Nishan-e-Imtiaz, Pervez Musharraf, Commonwealth of Nations, Politics of Pakistan
Fiji banned from Commonwealth Games
New Delhi :: India | 1 day ago
Credibility The decision was announced in a communique at the conclusion of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago...Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth on September 1 after self-appointed Fijian leader Frank Bainimarama refused...
Tags: Commonwealth, Trinidad, India, New Delhi, Politics, Fiji, Commonwealth of Nations, Political history of Canada, Frank Bainimarama, Fiji ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Head of the Commonwealth, Fijian coup d'ￃﾩtat, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Melanesia, Commonwealth Games
CLIMATE CHANGE: Commonwealth Champions Adaption Fund
Kampala :: Uganda | 1 day ago
Credibility Kamalesh Sharma, to discuss the relevance of the grouping in today's evolving global power structure...The Port of Spain Climate Change Consensus that Commonwealth leaders adopted was reached at the end of a special meeting also attended by French President...
Tags: France Rwanda, Commonwealth, climate change, commonwealth leaders, Uganda, Kampala, Politics, War Conflict, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, Rwanda, Environment, Human rights abuses, Juvￃﾩnal Habyarimana, Rwandan Genocide, War in Afghanistan, Paul Kagame, Diplomatic conferences, Commonwealth of Nations, Assassination of Habyarimana and Ntaryamira, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Peter MacKay, LGBT rights in Uganda, Afghanistan, Kyoto Protocol, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, Political history of Canada, Nicolas Sarkozy, Gordon O'Connor, Fiji, Michael Ignatieff, Canadians of German descent
Focus on Education
Somerset :: KY :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Child’s play for Southwestern High School’s own Clarice Esch. The junior was accepted earlier this year into a prestigious program at one of the state’s top universities, offering her an opportunity to flex her mathematical mind against some of the best...
Tags: Gatton Academy, Carol Esch of Somerset, Clarice Esch, Commonwealth, WKU, Western Kentucky University, Somerset, Carol Martin Gatton Academy of Mathematics and Science in Kentucky, Education, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Sun Belt Conference, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Zuma team heads to Zim
Harare :: Zimbabwe | 1 day ago
Credibility A team of South African officials departed for Zimbabwe on Sunday where they will facilitate talks on the Zimbabwean power-sharing agreement, the presidency said. "The facilitation support team constituted by President Jacob Zuma to work on the Zimbabwean...
Tags: Zimbabwean, Jacob Zuma, south african, presidency jacob, Commonwealth, prime minister, african efforts, coalition governing, South Africa, african presidency, Zimbabwe, Harare, Politics, Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwean presidential election, Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwean political negotiations, Movement for Democratic Change, South African people, Zulu people, Polygamy, Environment, African National Congress, Schabir Shaik trial, Tendai Biti, Roy Bennett, Gideon Gono, Second round of voting in the 2008 Zimbabwean presidential election, Thabo Mbeki, Zulu, Charles Nqakula
PM not seeking apology from Kelantan MB
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 1 day ago
Credibility Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he will not ask Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat to apologise over the Kelantan Mentri Besar�s intention to pray for his and Umno�s future to be destroyed if the federal government refused to pay oil royalty to Kelantan...And...
Tags: Kelantan Mentri Besar, najib tun, tun razak, seri najib, Commonwealth, datuk seri, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Najib Tun Razak, Malay Malaysians, Politics, Malay styles and titles, Nik Aziz Nik Mat, Environment, Social Issues, Pakatan Rakyat, Kelantan, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Commonwealth of Nations, Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, Labor, Najib, United Malays National Organisation, Malaysian Muslims, Sheikh Hasina, Murder of Shaariibuugiin Altantuyaa, Barisan Nasional
WORLD AIDS DAY: Groups Urge Repeal of "Antiquated Colonial Laws"
Kampala :: Uganda | 2 days ago
Credibility HIV virus is now infecting Caribbean men and women at an equal rate, activist groups are urging regional leaders to eliminate laws that further the stigmatisation associated with the deadly virus...Caribbean governments for retaining anti-gay laws on...
Tags: Caribbean Vulnerable Communities Coalition, Commonwealth, Ugandan, CHAAG, UNAIDS-WHO, sexual minorities, Williams, antiquated colonies, Stephen Lewis, world aids, Uganda, Kampala, HIV/AIDS, HIV/AIDS in the People's Republic of China, HIV/AIDS in El Salvador, Social Issues, AIDS, HIV, World AIDS Day
India-US reprocessing pact in a week: M.K. Narayanan
Tehrān :: Iran | 2 days ago
Credibility It's all a matter of legalese now," Narayanan said Saturday when asked why the reprocessing pact could not be signed during the four-day visit of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to Washington that ended Thursday. "It will take a week or a little more to...
Tags: Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency, Commonwealth, support militants, IAEA, Tehran, reprocessing pact, Tehrān, Politics, Nuclear program of Iran, Nuclear proliferation, Foreign relations of Iran, Iran ￢ﾀﾓ United States relations, Iran and weapons of mass destruction, Science and technology in Iran, Politics of Iran, Environment, Nuclear technology, Ali Larijani, War Conflict, Indo-US civilian nuclear agreement, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Nuclear power, Manmohan Singh, Oil refinery, Gaza, Gasoline, Climate change, Energy conversion, Nuclear fuel bank, Hezbollah
An 'old boys club' headed by an old lady --
Port of Spain :: Trinidad and Tobago | 2 days ago
Credibility Over the next three days Trinidad and Tobago, this small country, will showcase its wonderful Chinese architecture to our envious Commonwealth brethren...Watch my costume (including my brand-name ’darkers’ that I don’t take off, not even to look Her Majesty...
Tags: Commonwealth, prime minister, Copenhagen Summit, commonwealth leaders, Port-of-Spain Consensus, Canada, backs climate, Trinidad and Tobago, Port of Spain, Environment, Climate change, Carbon finance, Diplomatic conferences, Global warming, Politics, Kyoto Protocol, Copenhagen, Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Post-Kyoto Protocol negotiations on greenhouse gas emissions, Carbon dioxide, Commonwealth of Nations, International reaction to the United States presidential election, Manmohan Singh, Individual and political action on climate change, Kevin Rudd, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, Rudd, Barack Obama, Forests, Climate change consensus, Nicolas Sarkozy
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