12 Dec 2009 01:05:16 GMT Birds fly across a mound of rubbish in Managua's municipal garbage dump Birds fly across a mound of rubbish in Managua's municipal garbage dump, known as "La Chureca", December 11, 2009. The dump is located near Xolotlan Lake, also known as Lake Managua. The lake, which ...
12 Dec 2009 01:03:02 GMT A woman collects recyclable items from Managua's municipal garbage dump A man collects recyclable materials from Managua's municipal garbage dump, known as "La Chureca", December 11, 2009. The dump is located near Xolotlan Lake, also known as Lake Managua. The lake, which ...
12 Dec 2009 01:01:31 GMT A man collects recyclable materials from Managua's municipal garbage dump A man collects recyclable materials from Managua's municipal garbage dump, known as "La Chureca", December 11, 2009. The dump is located near Xolotlan Lake, also known as Lake Managua. The lake, which ...
12 Dec 2009 00:47:24 GMT US Senate Democrats seek compromise on drug imports * White House says not fighting drug importation plan
* PhRMA open to importation with safety certification
By Susan Heavey
WASHINGTON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Democrats scrambled on Friday to ...
12 Dec 2009 00:41:27 GMT Country Went to Pieces
NDTV's Buck Stops Here told a "dissenting" Indian negotiator for the Copenhagen summit that the government will be "thinking in two voices". This is an amazing concept, of course: Thinking in voices. It is also among the preliminary ...
Don't forget people displaced by conflict in southern
Philippines - report With international attention on the situation of people displaced by Typhoon Parma and Tropical Storm Ketsana in the Philippines, a new report by
the Geneva-based Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC) of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) highlights the drastic plight of people displaced by internal armed conflict in the
Republic’s southern island region of Mindanao.
12 Dec 2009 00:28:58 GMT Turkey's top court bans pro-Kurdish party * Ruling could undermine PM's Kurdish initiative
* EU expresses concern for democracy
* Turkish lira and bond prices fall (Adds U.S. State Department reaction, paragraphs 3, 18-19)
By Pinar ...
12 Dec 2009 00:18:24 GMT Israeli minister: no real 'freeze' on settlement * Settlement population could rise by 10,000 in coming year
* Minister says homes already started will be completed (Adds U.S. State Department comment, paragraphs 8-9)
JERUSALEM, Dec 11 ( ...
CLIMATE CHANGE: The World Is Bogged Down in Copenhagen Poor countries will suffer horrendous impacts if an agreement isn't reached by the end of the climate change summit in Copenhagen. That was the warning launched by the developing South
Friday during the talks that remained as bogged down at the end of the first week as at the start.
