http://uk.oneworld.net/article/country/659/ en_GB_uk Saint Kitts and Nevis http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/138436/1/ Until last week, the road going south from the Kanthale junction was mostly deserted. Most vehicles whizzed past the junction towards Trincomalee, some 50 kilometres East of Kanthale town. But now numerous vehicles are making their way on the otherwise desolate road that links Kanthale to Muthur. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72928 Pro-whaling nations led by Japan failed to gain a majority at the International Whaling Commission in St Kitts and Nevis, but environmental group Greenpeace said it would return to the Southern Ocean this year to oppose the continued ‘"scientific hunt". http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72911 On the eve of today's controversial International Whaling Commission meeting, a poll shows that citizens from 10 countries in the Pacific and Caribbean, whose governments repeatedly vote to resume commercial whaling, do not support the hunt. * Whales' fate hanging in the balance * Campaigners demand governments unite against Japan's massive porpoise hunt http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72886 A Greenpeace ship has been refused entry to St Kitts, where a controversial International Whaling Commission begins on Friday - a meeting the environmental lobby group says will be a disaster for whales. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/72814 The battle over a resumption of commercial whaling will reach crisis point at the meeting of the expanded International Whaling Commission that opens in St Kitts on Friday. * Undercover footage proves there is no humane way to kill a whale at sea http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/134627/1/ The proliferation and use of information and communication technologies (ICT) present opportunities and challenges to us all; not just to large countries and developed countries but also to developing islands and small states. http://uk.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/70534 The Lena River, ninth-longest river in the world, flows through one of the world’s iciest lands, where the sun is seldom seen during winter. Nearly 80% of the watershed is continuous permafrost – earth that never thaws fully, even in summer. However, climate change is reaching this remote outpost; with consequences not just locally but, probably, for the rest of the world as well. http://southasia.oneworld.net/article/view/111783/1/ The MDG 2005 Report for Sri Lanka was released at Kandy on 16-17 May during a meeting of the Development Forum. The issues discussed at the meeting were lack of progress in the peace process and the transition from relief to recovery as well as the importance of coordination in tsunami relief. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/4477 The number of countries classed as "least developed" - giving them the status of poorest in the world - is set to increase by one at an upcoming United Nations conference on development. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/4599 Hundreds of demonstrators yesterday targetted the offices of a major US drugs manufacturer with a colourful protest calling for drugs firms to drop a high-profile lawsuit which seeks to block a South African law on the import or production of cheaper AIDS drugs. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/7126 Fears grow in Serbia over possible health hazards following confirmation from NATO that it used depleted uranium in its air attacks. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/7126 Fears are growing in Serbia population over possible health hazards following confirmation from the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, NATO, that it used depleted uranium in its air campaign against the country last year. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/9502 A leading human rights watchdog has launched an attack on Sudan's leaders and rebels over the deaths of prisoners. http://www.oneworld.net/link/gotolink/addhit/18034 Outlines existing commitments to gender equity and the advancement of women that have been made by Pacific Island Countries (South Pacific Forum Secretariat)