U.S. aid-cutback plan sends wrong message The Miami Herald | If President Barack Obama's foreign aid budget request for 2011 is a reflection of his priorities in world affairs, it looks like the president is saying ``adios'' to Latin America. | The administration's foreign aid request to Congress for next year calls for a 13 percent increase for Africa, a 7...
FACTBOX - Over 80 nations sign up to "Copenhagen Accord" The Star | REUTERS - More than 80 nations have signed up to the "Copenhagen Accord" for fighting climate change but China, India and Russia are among nations yet to make clear if they will endorse the deal, documents showed on Wednesday. | The U.N. Climate Change Secretariat wrote to all countries on Jan. 18...
Building costs to spike The Gleaner | The 7.5 per cent spike in the cost of cement this week is already ricocheting through the construction sector, whose players say the increase that comes atop growing operational expenses from higher fuel costs and inputs will eventually push up the...
New System for Financing the Commonwealth Secretariat All Africa At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2009 in Trinidad and Tobago, member states agreed to a new system for financing the Commonwealth Secretariat. As a result, the contributions of a number of countries will increase significantly,...
USGS says bleak 2009 economy cut U.S. mineral production value by 22% Mineweb RENO, NV - | Continued declines in the U.S. housing market and automobile manufacturing resulted in reduced production and consumption of metals in the United States last year, the U.S. Geological Survey noted in its 2010 Minerals Surveys....
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Bond, Pollard Sold in IPL Auction Wall Street Journal By ASSOCIATED PRESS | MUMBAI--West Indies allrounder Kieron Adrian Pollard became the first and most expensive purchase of the third Indian Premier League player auction Tuesday. |...
EDITORIAL - Use divestment to clear back pay The Gleaner | The Government, in the documentation supporting its request for US$1.3 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund, says that it marked 20 state-owned firms and parastatal entities for divestment. | All the institutions with for-sale shin...
Choosing R-Day chief guest: The Indian Express Zeenews New Delhi: In an innovation increasingly evident, the government has been weaving strategy with hospitality to decide its chief guest for the Republic Day. So in the 60th year of the republic, as it gets ready to host chief guest and South Korean Pre...
Air Jamaica deal one week away The Gleaner | Trinidad will say within a week whether it is buying Air Jamaica, and will disclose the terms under which it will takeover the loss-making carrier, Finance Minister Audley Shaw said Wednesday. | "We expect to get a firm answer, aye or nay in Januar...
Capturing Lara, batsman who launched a thousand strokes (IANS Book Review) Samachaar The West Indies dominated world cricket for an era and Brian Lara was one of its greatest legends whose rise and brilliant career have been captured by Clifford Narinesingh in the book "Lara: The Untamed Spirit". | Lara's batting epitomised the West Indian approach to cricket which ensured the game's survival for many decades. That approa...
UWI notebook: Jamaican raspberry fruit with health-beneficial properties The Gleaner | USING PLANTS TO TACKLE DISEASE | Scientific studies clearly demonstrate the relationship between diet and health. Inflammatory diseases such as diabetes, cancer and cardiovascular disease are leading causes of death in Jamaica. With the high occurrence of these diseases locally, as well as worldwide, it becomes increasingly important to find alte...
