Full Coverage: Northern Europe

30.06.2007 Politicians and clerics in Pakistan have not done themselves any favours in their rush to condemn the United Kingdom's recent honouring of Salman Rushdie, says Zubeida Mustafa.

29.06.2007 UK development groups broadly welcomed the Cabinet changes ushered in by the new Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, as they outlined the areas in which they wanted action.

28.06.2007 Africa will be badly affected by climate change because it lacks policies to adapt, Britain's envoy on climate change for the continent said in Zambia.
From CRI

28.06.2007 Journalist Robert Fisk put the question: How could Blair - "this vain, deceitful man, this proven liar, a trumped-up lawyer who has the blood of thousands of Arab men, women and children on his hands - get a job as Middle East envoy?" Jan Oberg gives an answer.

27.06.2007 Pakistan Perspectives features three playreadings of new plays from writers who live and work in Pakistan at London's Soho Theatre on 9, 10 and 11 July. The event was inspired by a desire to dramatise the experience of being Pakistani now.

26.06.2007 The official "household" of Britain's Prince Charles says it reduced its carbon emissions by 9 per cent last year, and aims to reduce emissions by at least another 12.5 per cent by 2012.
From Prince of Wales

26.06.2007 Investment plans worth around $400 million were unveiled by three corporations today for the construction of a major bioethanol plant in Britain alongside a hi-tech demonstration plant to advance development work on the next generation of biofuels.

26.06.2007 More than 70,000 music fans signalled their commitment to action on climate change at this year's Glastonbury festival by signing up to the UK's "I Count" campaign against climate chaos.

26.06.2007 A leader of the Chagossian community - expelled from their Indian Ocean island home by Britain to allow development of a U.S. nuclear base - has attacked the UK government's decision to appeal against the third High Court ruling in their favour as “heartless and callous.”
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25.06.2007 As one of the world’s biggest and most resource-hungry public sector institutions, the UK's National Health Service must brace itself for the health impacts of global warming and act urgently to reduce its significant carbon emissions, according to a new report.

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20.06.2007 Though currently mired in a $43 billion Saudi arms deal scandal, the British government today announced plans to help tackle $400 billion worth of corruption in the global construction industry.

19.06.2007 Labour activist Tony Benn recalls a trip to Nottingham for a meeting, many years ago, at which someone complained, “The trouble here is all these immigrants.” Benn could not recall seeing any immigrants in the city: the “immigrants” turned out to be Scottish miners - “They’d been sacked in Scotland and sent to the Nottingham coalfields.”

19.06.2007 Nearly 1.3 million children live in severe poverty in Britain, the fourth richest country in the world, according to a new report.

19.06.2007 The UK economy is benefiting from the influx of migrant workers, says a new Trades Union Congress study, as the government announced that Britain is to be actively promoted as a destination for migrants - and a few days after the Immigration Minister said that the scale of migration had unsettled the country.

18.06.2007 Rush Hour, a photographic montage of rush hour in Sierra Leone with a bustling soundtrack, runs at the Museum of Docklands from 6 July to 1 November.

18.06.2007 As European Union leaders meet in Brussels to discuss the future of Europe, a network of over 300 British NGOs has reminded them of their obligations -- as the world's largest trade block and the biggest aid donor -- in the fight against global poverty.

18.06.2007 Corporate and government efforts to inform consumers on climate change are falling on deaf ears, with barely one in ten people believing what they say on the issue, according to a new survey.

18.06.2007 While the world's eyes were focused on violence between warlords, Ethiopians and Islamists in Somalia, the vice-president of a neighbouring Somali country visited the UK almost unnoticed.

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