Poorly rated nations get UN human rights seats
                   
iht.com     May 22, 2008            

Sri Lanka, which has been strongly criticized for its human rights record, lost its bid for a seat on the UN Human Rights Council, but four other countries with poor rights records won seats - In a close race for two Western seats on the UN's human rights body, France on Wednesday received 123... [read full story]                

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Scientific First As Italians Cultivate Threatened Red Tuna; 'So Many Years Of Research'

underwatertimes.com     11 hrs ago   1 related          

Bari, 25 July (AKI) - For the first time in the world, scientists at Bari University in the southern region of Puglia have cultivated the larvae or eggs that may make it possible to save the species and enable commercial...                

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Patrick Pfeiffer: The Big Green Bus: Environmentalism Done Right

huffingtonpost.com     11 hrs ago          

"Either you're on the bus or you're off the bus," was the hackneyed statement proposed to me by three members of Dartmouth College's Big Green Bus; an ex-diesel goes veggie 37' foot school bus. My hometown San Francisco weekend...                

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Tariff Deal May Aid Doha Talks

wsj.com     11 hrs ago   6 related          

GENEVA -- European Union and U.S. trade negotiators achieved a minor breakthrough at the World Trade Organization summit, persuading Brazil to accept a compromise proposal on agricultural and industrial goods. The Latin...                

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Healthy start to listing celebrations

thestar.com.my     11 hrs ago   6 related          

By CHRISTINA CHIN and ANDREA FLMER GEORGE TOWN: The state’s three-day Unesco World Heritage Site listing celebration got off to a “healthy” start with Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng leading a group for a walkabout in the city's...                

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