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Israeli minister touts new 'oil weapon'Jerusalem (UPI) Apr 8, 2010 As the United States and its allies ponder harsh new sanctions on Iran, Israel's infrastructure minister has come up with a new strategy for countering the Islamic Republic and terrorism - green technology to cripple the main oil-producing states. Uzi Landau unveiled his master plan at the recent annual conference in Washington of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the most powerful pro-Israel lobby group in the United States. By breaking the stranglehold that Iran, Saudi Ara ... read more |
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Jakarta (AFP) April 7, 2010Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Wednesday identified illegal logging as another form of entrenched corruption he wants to add to his growing list of "mafia". The former general talked tough about stopping the fastest rates of deforestation in the world as he left Indonesia for a regional summit in Vietnam where the environment is looming as a key issue. He also expressed ... more  
Jerusalem (AFP) April 7, 2010An Israeli minister threatened on Wednesday to cut off some water supplies to Palestinians in the West Bank unless they stop dumping untreated sewage. "If the Palestinians continue to dump their waste water, polluting rivers and the aquifer, Israel will stop supplying them," Infrastructure Minister Uzi Landau told army radio. "Palestinians must meet their duties and connect to sewage tre ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) April 7, 2010The UN will move 8,000 Haitians out of a makeshift camp to a new site almost three months after a huge quake ravaged the country, officials said Wednesday, but many more remain at risk as the rainy season approaches. In a race against the time, people left homeless by the January 12 earthquake will be moved from the Petionville golf club, which is prone to mudslides and flooding, to a new lo ... more |
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ASEAN to urge for legally binding climate change pactHanoi (AFP) April 7, 2010 Southeast Asian leaders will call for a legally binding global pact on climate change, according to a draft summit statement seen by AFP on Wednesday. The statement said the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) leaders meeting in Vietnam on Thursday and Friday will also urge rich countries to continue taking the lead in cutting greenhouse gas emissions. All parties under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change should "work together to secure a legally binding agreement, particula ... read more |
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