AFRICA: Uneven progress in paediatric ART rollout demands more action
01 Dec 2009 15:38:20 GMT
Source: IRIN
Phoebe Rajula is grateful that she and her daughter have access to life-prolonging antiretroviral
medication, but the frequent trips to Mbagathi District Hospital in the capital, Nairobi, for their medication take a toll on her meagre finances and her energy levels.
Obama to send 30,000 troops to Afghan in six months
01 Dec 2009 15:35:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will propose an expedited plan to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan over six months in a speech on Tuesday night, a senior ...
France may boost training in Afghanistan-paper
01 Dec 2009 15:33:12 GMT
Source: Reuters
PARIS, Dec 1 (Reuters) - France is considering sending more men to Afghanistan, possibly to train Afghan security forces, in response to a request from U.S. President Barack Obama, the newspaper Le ...
Denmark says 98 leaders coming to climate summit
01 Dec 2009 15:30:19 GMT
Source: Reuters
COPENHAGEN, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Ninety-eight world leaders have confirmed they will attend the U.N. climate conference in Copenhagen this month, Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on ...
GLOBAL: Mine Ban Treaty has "profound humanitarian impact"
01 Dec 2009 15:17:04 GMT
Source: IRIN
It has taken just 10 years, but the effects of the Mine Ban Treaty (MBT) have brought about a sea
change in the use of antipersonnel mines, ensuring that the use of these bombs is becoming increasingly rare, and even offering the hope that these indiscriminate weapons will one day be consigned to
the dustbin of history.
US Govt delays action on more ethanol in gasoline
01 Dec 2009 15:08:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
* Final test results expected in mid-June
* Vehicles built after 2001 likely to handle E15
(adds details of EPA decision, comment from Growth Energy)
WASHINGTON, Dec 1 (Reuters) - The U.S. ...
Sri Lanka lets war refugees move freely
01 Dec 2009 15:03:30 GMT
Source: Reuters
By C. Bryson Hull
COLOMBO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's government on Tuesday let thousands of refugees temporarily leave camps where they have been held since the end of a 25-year war with the ...
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