Somewhere deep in the Pacific Ocean, seventy million reef sharks are saying thank you in their own sharky language.
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Somewhere deep in the Pacific Ocean, seventy million reef sharks are saying thank you in their own sharky language.
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Mr Beltran lives in northern Nicaragua, one of the poorest and driest areas of the country, where a pilot project to harvest rainwater is beginning to transform local agriculture and local people's lives.
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Aids-related deaths are at the lowest level since their 2005 peak, down 21%, figures from UNAids suggest.
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Censured for engaging child labour by gloabl apparel brands, the Indian apparel export industry has decided to adopt zero tolerance on child labour and cleanse the supply chain.
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If you rely on the corporate media for your news, you may not be aware that this is the most significant revolutionary period in human history.
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Australia's carbon tax has finally received approval from the country's Senate after years of bitter political wrangling. The Australian prime minister Julia Gillard called it one of the most important environmental and economic reforms in Australia's history.
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In what can only be described as a major victory for green activists, the Obama Administration has announced it will delay a decision on TransCanada's controversial Keystone XL pipeline for 12-18 months.
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Australia's parliament moved forward Thursday on a landmark scheme to remove trademarks and advertising from cigarette packages, defying threats of a multi-billion-dollar legal challenge from tobacco companies.
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Leading world economies will no longer be able to export hazardous waste to poorer nations unless they obtain the latter's consent, a spokesman from the UN environment agency said Tuesday.
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The last of America's most powerful Cold War-era nuclear bombs - the B53 - is being destroyed in Texas.
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Tunisian election officials are counting votes after Sunday's election, the first free poll of the Arab Spring.
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Bolivian President Evo Morales announced Friday he was scrapping a hugely controversial plan to build a highway through an Amazon ecological reserve that has triggered widespread protests.
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The Basque extremist group ETA said Thursday it was ready to call an end to a 43-year violent campaign for independence and said it wanted to begin talks with Spain and France - a move that could pave the way for ending Europe's last armed militancy.
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via Voice of America |
Sat November 12, 2011
