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Beth
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02 Aug 2011
Jeddah 30 July 2011 - Construction Products Holding Company (CPC) sponsored the participation of three female students from Dar Al-Hekma College, Jeddah, in the five-day Global Leadership Conference 2011 held recently in Singapore.
The conference was in preparation for the Earth Summit to be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2012, which will be attended by representatives from 20 countries.
"The conference was a good opportunity for today's generation of students to acquire...
Beth
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18 Jul 2011
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Manama, June 26 (BNA) - Dean of the Science College at the University of Bahrain (UoB) Dr Hashim Ahmed Al Sayed today announced that the Masters programme in Environment and sustainable development at the start of the 2011/2012 semester.
Dr Al Sayed said that this programme is considered one of the most important academic programmes that the UoB had presented in 2002 in cooperation with the UNESCO towards further developing the academic standards of higher studies at the university. This...
Beth
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08 Jul 2011
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July 07 2011 -- President James Michel has called on Small Island Developing States (SIDS) to take on the responsibility of becoming ‘the guardians of sustainability of our planet’ and to reclaim the concept of sustainability in the modern world order.
“Islands are more vulnerable and more threatened today than they have ever been in their history. We all know that for islands, the spectre of climate change is existential. Even those that will not be completely engulfed by...
Beth
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30 Jun 2011
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http://www.nytimes....
By SONIA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP
Published: March 21, 2011
SINGAPORE — In the aftermath of earthquakes and tsunamis, one of the most desperate needs for survivors is often to have access to clean drinking water.
In the future, help may be on the way from Singapore.
Desalination plants have long been essential to providing fresh water in places where natural supplies are lacking. Traditionally, two methods have been used to remove salt from water: thermal distillation, in which salt water...
Beth
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30 Jun 2011
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afrol News, 6 April - A high speed ferry between São Tomé and Cape Verde is planned for operations already in June this year, according to an announcement by the Cape Verdean government.
The plans were revealed during the three-day visit of Cape Verdean Prime Minister José Maria Neves to São Tomé and Príncipe today. PM Neves headed a larger delegation of Cape Verdean ministers and businessmen to the fellow Portuguese speaking archipelago, agreeing to...
