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28 Aug 2008
 
 
Rich or poor? New faultline in UN climate talks
CLIMATE CHANGE
Rich countries are pushing developing nations with the strongest economies to do far more to combat climate change, opening a faultline between rich and poor in U.N. talks on global warming. The...
 
 
Tax reform crucial for services - Manuel
SOUTH AFRICA
Reforming tax administration is crucial to addressing poverty, reducing the education backlog and achieving acceptable health services, Finance Minister Trevor Manuel said on Thursday. Briefing...
 
 
16 Jul 2008
 
 
 
Daily Podcast - July 16, 2008
Multimedia
In today's podcast: Manuel denies being opposed to industrial policy, as OECD slates the plan, US courts Africa before Doha round meeting and Harmony workers down tools after fatal accidents.
 
 
Manuel denies being opposed to industrial policy, as OECD slates the plan
SOUTH AFRICA
Finance Minister Trevor Manuel has moved to strongly deny the persistent suggestion that he does not support South Africa's National Industrial Policy Framework (NIPF), but he stressed on Tuesday...
 
 
06 Jun 2008
 
Rows threaten world food summit success
INTERNATIONAL
A U.N. global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide. Delegates from 183 countries at the Rome...
 
 
05 Jun 2008
 
Food summit may end without declaration of intent
News
A summit on the global food crisis was at risk of closing without a declaration of intent on Thursday because of squabbling over side issues. Delegates from 183 countries at the Rome talks missed...
 
 
04 Jun 2008
 
UN climate change chief confident of 2009 deal
CLIMATE CHANGE
A new global deal on climate change should be achieved at a meeting in Copenhagen next year despite disagreement at talks this week, the head of the U.N climate change secretariat said on Tuesday....
 
 
04 Apr 2008
 
EU aid went down 1.7-bn euros in 2007 - aid chief
EUROPEAN UNION
Development aid from the European Union's 27 countries fell last year, the bloc's top aid official said on Friday, urging governments to live up to their commitments to give more to poor...
 
 
 
                       
 
 
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