UK and France propose climate fund for poor
Britain has always kept its pledges when it offer aid to the poorer nations however many other countries have made pledges and have not paid the amount promised. I think France's history about honoring pledges is...
IMF Protesters Met With Tear Gas In Turkey
Police threw tear gas at the hundreds that protested the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank in Istanbul, Turkey on Tuesday. Some of the protesters threw fire bombs at a convention centre where leaders of the IMF and the World Bank were meeting. Bank windows were...
IMF Should Not Condone Abuses
The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has again asked the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to not condone the human right abuses committed by the Sri Lankan government by providing the funding. The Sri Lankan govenrment...
Vancouver fund proving that doing good is good business
This week, Vancouver's Renewal2, a fund focused on financing ventures with a social mission announced that they have raised their first $16 million. In 2009 that is a monumental task and is testament to the...
UN releases US $ 10 million to relief fund to Sri Lanka
UN Under Secretary, Sir John Holmes after visiting Vavuniya welfare village for civilians who have escaped the torture of LTTE informed Sri Lanka Government that he would release US $10 million to provide...
Germans told to stop eating so much schnitzel and bratwurst
Germany's federal environmental agency has asked Germans to limit their meat intake and only eat meat on special occasions. German's mostly have a diet that is heavy on animal products. The production of meat...
Anniversary of 2004 Asian tsunami: 400 bodies still unidentified
It will be four years on December 26th since the 2004 Asian tsunami struck, proving how vulnerable and unprotected humans still are against the powerful forces of nature. But to this day, 400 bodies of tsunami...
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