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25.05.2005 Insatiable demand for energy combined with little opportunity for public debate leads to a predictable result - exponential increase in construction of nuclear power stations. It's full steam ahead in China.
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From: People & the Planet
Related topics/regions: [Climate change] [Nuclear Issues]
17.05.2005 The Ministers responsible for ICTs from the ASEAN countries and China have adopted the Beijing Declaration on ASEAN-China ICT Cooperative Partnership for Common Development at the ASEAN-China ICT Ministerial Forum on 12 May 2005 in Beijing.
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Related topics/regions: [Asia and the Pacific] [International cooperation] [ICT]
17.05.2005 Post and Telecommunications Minister Barrister Mohammad Aminul Haque on Monday said the ministry has undertaken a project to install 900,000 new land phones in Dhaka, district headquarters and upazila sadars with the financial help of the Chinese Government, reports BSS.
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Related topics/regions: [Bangladesh] [International cooperation] [ICT]
Agricultural Programs Help Alleviate the Widespread Poverty in Rural China
16.05.2005 Behind the headlines about China's economic boom is the story of entire regions that live in desperate poverty. Ranking behind Algeria, Botswana, and Turkmenistan in wealth per person, more than 100 million Chinese live on less than a dollar a day. Mercy Corps Communications Director Jeremy Barnicle traveled to rural China and brings us reports from the field.
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From: Mercy Corps
Related topics/regions: [Poverty] [Economy]
Image: Agricultural Programs Help Alleviate the Widespread Poverty in Rural China
13.05.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., May 13 (OneWorld) - The United States should press China to help solve one of the world's worst humanitarian crises by ending its policy of repatriating North Koreans, according to a new report from a leading refugee advocacy group.
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From: OneWorld US
Related topics/regions: [United States] [North Korea] [Food] [Refugees] [Nutrition/malnutrition] [Geopolitics]
04.05.2005 The UN has said that though political commitment to fight HIV/AIDS in India and China has increased significantly the epidemic continues to grow and is impacting poverty reduction in many countries.
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From: United Nations
Related topics/regions: [Africa] [South Asia] [Poverty] [AIDS]

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