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Yellow Humvees and the UN Procurement Scandal

Posted by Juliana Rotich on 18/11/2008

The use of SUVs by UN staff in Nairobi is rankling some bloggers. They are posting pictures on their blogs, and have even created a flickr pool called ‘Kick The Habit'. The title of the set of pictures borrows from UNEP's (United Nations Environment Program) campaign from June of this ...

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UK: Miliband Should Press Syria on Rights

Posted by Amr Khairy on 18/11/2008

(London, November 16, 2008) The UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, should use his visit to Syria to raise human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, Miliband should urge the Syrian government to release activists detained solely for exercising freedom of expression and ...

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US: Obama Should Repudiate Bush Counterterrorism Practices

Posted by admin on 16/11/2008

(Washington, DC, November 16, 2008) Upon taking office, President-elect Barack Obama should decisively repudiate the abusive counterterrorism practices of the past seven years and adopt fair and effective policy reforms, Human Rights Watch said in a briefing paper released today. read more

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UK: Miliband Should Press Syria on Rights

Posted by admin on 16/11/2008

(London, November 16, 2008) The UK foreign secretary, David Miliband, should use his visit to Syria to raise human rights concerns, Human Rights Watch said today. In particular, Miliband should urge the Syrian government to release activists detained solely for exercising freedom of expression and ...

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New CO2 burying technique says no to leakage!

Posted by varshalohlta on 14/11/2008

'Engineer aims to bury CO2 with a leak proof technology' Every day, every hour, every minute and every second we are inching towards global warming. To battle with this problem countries around the world are trying every possibility to go...

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