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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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New law on cards to tackle child labourKingston, Jamaica - Government is moving to draft new legislation to eliminate child labour locally, despite progress in reducing the incidence of abuses here. |
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Jamaica’s First Female PM Sworn in OfficeKingston, Jamaica - Portia Simpson Miller took office Thursday as Jamaica's first female prime minister, pledging to fight violent crime, root out corruption and protect human rights. |
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Cabinet Moves to Protect Marine Environment from PollutionKingston - Cabinet has approved a National Plan of Action (NPA) aimed at protecting the marine environment from land-based sources of pollution. |
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news from the Caribbean
- UN agency delivers food supplies for over half a million in Haiti
- Spaghetti-Thin Snake Is World’s Smallest
- Economic crises can have health benefits
- Computer Program Reveals Anyone’s Ancestry
- Rain Power: Harvesting Energy from the Sky
- Haiti: UN pledges to help Government improve security in 2008
- Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007
- Saving a baby: With faith and fortitude, a student helps an infant get surgery
- Monkeys Use ‘Baby Talk’ With Infants
- Both Cuba, Venezuela reap benefits from medical program
