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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Refugees living in Zambia will receive continued assistance, UN official pledgesKala, Zambia - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres has assured refugees from several African countries living in Zambia that his agency will continue to assist them in their efforts to either return to their homes, or to settle in local communities. |
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Belgium to increase aid to eradicate povertyBujumbura - Belgium has pledged to increase its aid to Burundi by 15 million euros (US $19 million) per year, the Belgian cooperation and development minister, Armand de Decker, has announced. |
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Burundi: Work With U.N. on Justice and ReconciliationNew York City - Burundian authorities and United Nations experts, due to meet Monday, should ensure the speedy establishment of mechanisms to address grave violations of international law committed in political and ethnic conflicts in this central African nation, Human Rights Watch said today. |
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‘Breakthrough’ for Burundi peaceBujumbura, Burundi - A new interior minister has been appointed in Burundi - removing a major obstacle to the peace process. |
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news from Africa
- Looted Obelisk Returned to Ethiopia
- Ghana, EU clinch deal to crackdown on illicit timber trade
- Ghana’s grass-roots bid to save country’s last forests
- Italy apologises to Libya for colonial era damage
- Little robin from Gabon is world’s newest species
- Human rights outlook in Togo is improving, UN and African experts say
- Congo Basin passes 1 million ha milestone in swing to sustainable forestry
- Amid global food crisis, UN helps boost farm production in Swaziland
- UN opens first zero emission community power centre in rural Kenya
- African ‘wall of trees’ gets underway
