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28 Jun 2011
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FIFTY EIGHT, Guyana — A battered, decades-old Bedford truck that would not look out of place in a “Mad Max” movie pulled off the road. Gold miners crawled out of its mud-splattered cab, sauntered into Peter Rajmenjan’s diner and asked if he had any bush hog for sale.
“The only wild meat I have left today is deer,” replied Mr. Rajmenjan, 55, whose establishment lies at the 58-mile marker on the main road cutting through the Guyanese jungle.
Over plates of...
Beth
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28 Jun 2011
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HAVANA — For months, Cubans have been treated to an uncharacteristically blunt assessment of their future by none other than their president, Raúl Castro.
They do not work hard enough and live too much off the state dole, he has said. The economy has been based on an unworkable math in which two plus two “equals six or eight,” as he put it in a speech on Saturday. And the leadership has failed to groom a young generation to take over, leaving the upper echelon of...
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27 Jun 2011
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23 May 2011, Apia, Samoa - The start of the “Lessons for Future Action Conference” in Apia today heightened the urgency to address issues of climate change adaptation and future decisions affecting Small Island Developing States (SIDS).
The threat of natural disasters is becoming increasingly clear both in terms of their impact on SIDS, and of their personal vulnerability. A strong message during the opening ceremony was the need for immediate action, in cooperation with others, as...
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27 Jun 2011
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RMI Media Release and photo, 14 June, Majuro - A Memorandum of Understanding to pave the way for the implementation of the Pacific Adaptation to Climate Change Project in the Marshall Islands has been signed this week on Tuesday June 14th, 2011.
The MOU was signed by (pictured L-R) the Majuro Water Sewer Company (MWSC) Manager Mr. Hirobo Obeketang, MEC Board of Directors Chairman Hon. Minister Maynard Alfred, and the Office of Environmental Planning and Policy Coordination (OEPPC) Director Ms...
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27 Jun 2011
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The BirdLife International Pacific Partnership and the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme (SPREP) have signed a revised Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) which will strengthen the two organisations’ efforts to work on joint conservation objectives across the region.“This is an important document for our future collaboration”, said David Sheppard - Director of SPREP. “By focusing on specific area of cooperation, the MoU will make more effective use of the respective...
