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September 23, 2009 10:40 AM

Bokova to be UNESCO head

The Former Bulgarian Foreign Minister, Irina Bokova will be the new leader of the UN Cultural and Scientific organisation UNESCO. Ms Bokova beat the favourite, Egyptian Culture Minister Faruq Hosni, whose candidacy had been clouded by allegations of anti-Semitism. It took five days and five rounds o...

September 23, 2009 10:40 AM

Reddish dust blown from deserts engulfs Australia

Australia's biggest city, Sydney, has been engulfed in reddish dust blown in by powerful winds from the deserts of the country's outback. Visibility is so bad that international flights have been diverted and harbour ferry traffic disrupted. New South Wales and Queensland are also hit by t...

September 23, 2009 10:40 AM

Peace between Israel and Palestinians is critical to Israel's security: Obama

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that the resumption of Palestinian-Israeli peace negotiations depends on the reference to the negotiations process. In a statement issued by Palestine news agency, WAFA after the tripartite meeting between Abbas, U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Pr...

September 23, 2009 10:39 AM

Brown offers to cut Britain's N-deterrent

The British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown is offering to reduce Britain's nuclear deterrent. Mr. Brown will tell the special session of the United Nations Security Council tomorrow that he is prepared to cut Britain's fleet of Trident missile-carrying submarines from four to three. The Fore...

September 23, 2009 10:38 AM

Iran to test improved top centrifuge developed indigenosuly

Iran says it is testing an improved top centrifuge developed by Iranian Scientists for enriched uranium. Centrifuges can be used to making both nuclear weapons and fuel for power stations. The announcement comes a few days before Iran anticipate talks on its nuclear programme. The United States and ...

September 23, 2009 8:44 AM

UK economy growth to be fragile next year: CBI

In U.K, a forecast by business group, the CBI, has warned that the U.K economy has begun to emerge from recession but growth next year will be fragile. It predicts that U.K GDP will grow by 0.3 per cent between July and September from the previous three months and will add 0.4 per cent between Octob...

September 23, 2009 8:43 AM

Talks on climate change moving too slowly: Ban Ki-moon

UN Secretary-General Mr Ban Ki-moon has said talks on climate change were moving too slowly. Addressing the Climate Change conference at the United Nations , Ban said all the countries can contribute to the greater good of curbing the menace instead of demanding concessions from others. He called fo...

September 22, 2009 11:56 PM

India ranked 9th in world tree planting

India has been ranked ninth in the tree planting roll of honour in a campaign to plant a billion trees. The campaign under the title United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) was launched in November 2006. India has registered 96 million trees. Under this plan, civil society and governments are as...

September 22, 2009 11:28 PM

Rescue teams set out to reach earthquake hit areas

In Bhutan, scores of government officials and rescue teams have set out to reach the earthquake hit areas to assess the damage of yesterday's earthquake that killed at least 12 people.<br/><br/> King Jigmey Khesar Wangchuk has ordered deployment of Bhutanese army in rescue and re...

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