Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Poor counties

  • BONN, Germany — Another round of U.N. climate talks closed without resolving how to share the burden of curbing man-made global warming, mainly because countries dont agree on who is rich and who is poor.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • A new study says worldwide cases of cancer are likely to rise by nearly 75 per cent by 2030, with 90 per cent of the rise occurring in the poorest countries.
  • (Radio Australia)
  • UNITED NATIONS, June 8 (Xinhua) -- A report released by the United Nations Childrens Fund (UNICEF) here on Friday names pneumonia and diarrhea as the two top killers of children worldwide.
  • (Xinhua News Agency)
  • A recession in Europe could have wide-ranging consequences for both rich and poor nations alike.
  • (Voice of America)
  • While the eurozone makes headlines with its travails, the worst impact of the crisis is far away from Europe – in the world's poorest countries.
  • (Financial Times)
  • The fence that divides the city of Nogales is part of a natural experiment in organizing human societies. North of the fence lies the American city of Nogales, Arizona; south of it lies the Mexican city of Nogales, Sonora.
  • (nybooks.com)
  • It is particularly relevant to poor countries, where trucks, generators, and farm and factory machinery routinely belch clouds of sooty smoke and fill the air with sulfurous particulates.
  • (Economic Times)
  • The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund raise the alarm: the rise in food prices is reducing entire populations to hunger. Without immediate aid, there are risks of public protests and armed conflict.
  • (AsiaNews.IT)
  • Tens of thousands of diabetics in poor countries have been switched to expensive new medications that have no additional clinical benefits as a result of lax international regulations, new research warns.
  • (The Independent)

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