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/ 14 November 2010
Leaders agreed to establish a free trade area in the world’s fastest growing region with China warning that economic recovery was not certain.
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/ 27 October 2010
Ministers from around the world began on Wednesday a final push for a UN deal to protect nature.
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/ 18 October 2010
The world cannot afford to allow nature’s riches to disappear, the United Nations said on Monday.
Advice to university Vice-chancellors: A successful tenure at an institution amounts to being at the right book launches, presiding and pontificating.
Poorer countries’ efforts to fight climate change are being stymied by rich nations’ lack of commitment, the UN said on Thursday.
China and a top G77 official accused rich nations on Monday of trying to kill off the Kyoto Protocol.
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/ 9 September 2009
Japan’s new ruling Democratic Party clinched a deal on Wednesday to form a coalition with two tiny parties whose help it needs to pass laws smoothly.
Japanese youth face a range of uncertainties as the country heads toward an election, with job prospects dwindling in a downbeat economy.
Japan on Wednesday unveiled plans for only marginally deeper greenhouse gas cuts over the coming decade than its current UN commitments.
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/ 27 February 2009
Japan’s lower house of Parliament approved a record budget on Friday, a step likely to intensify pressure for the country’s unpopular premier to quit.