Sunday January 25, 2009
Associated Press
PUBLISHED BY ‘THE STAR’ (Malaysia)
Posted by Gilmour Poincaree on January 25, 2009
Sunday January 25, 2009
Associated Press
PUBLISHED BY ‘THE STAR’ (Malaysia)
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Posted by Gilmour Poincaree on December 25, 2008
December 25, 2008
by Borzou Daragahi
PUBLISHED BY ‘THE L.A. TIMES’ (USA)
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Posted by Gilmour Poincaree on December 4, 2008
December 04, 2008 Edition 1
PUBLISHED BY ‘THE MERCURY’ (South Africa)
OSLO: About 100 nations began putting their names to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs yesterday, amid calls for major arms producers such as China, Russia and the United States to join them.
Norway, which played a key role in hammering out the worldwide ban on using, producing, transferring and stockpiling cluster munitions, was the first country to sign the convention.
“The world is a safer place today,” said Richard Moyes of the Cluster Munitions Coalition, an umbrella group that comprises some 300 non-governmental organisations.
“This is the biggest humanitarian treaty of the last decade,” he said.
Dropped from warplanes or fired from artillery guns, cluster bombs explode in mid-air and scatter hundreds of bomblets, which can be just 8cm long.
Many bomblets fail to explode, littering war zones with de facto landmines that can kill and maim long after a conflict ends.
Worldwide, about 100 000 people have been killed or maimed by cluster bombs since 1965, 98% of them civilians.
More than a quarter of the victims were children, who mistook the bomblets for toys or tin cans. – Sapa-AFP
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Posted by Gilmour Poincaree on December 3, 2008
First Published 2008-12-02 – Updated 2008-12-02 16:05:18
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ALGIERS – Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil, the current president of OPEC, on Tuesday urged Russia, Norway and Mexico to join or cut their crude production to show solidarity with the group.
“What we really want is for these countries to become members of OPEC,” Khelil said on the sidelines of a conference of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries in Algiers, according to APS news agency.
“I don’t see why Russia can’t be a full-fledged member of the organisation. It’s the best way to express solidarity,” he said.
If the three countries refuse to join OPEC, they should reduce oil production, Khelil said.
“We don’t need an agreement to stand by countries that share the same goal. If they have problems (joining OPEC), they should just apply their intended reductions.”
Russia, a top world oil producer, is not a member of OPEC, but has held regular consultations with the organisation.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin last week said Moscow had prepared a draft memorandum on cooperation with the 13-member cartel.
OPEC secretary general Abdalla Salem El-Badri said Monday the cartel may decide on a “major” output cut when it meets in Oran, Algeria, on December 17.
OPEC has already slashed output twice this year by a total of two million barrels per day in response to plunging prices but fears remain that a global recession could ravage demand for energy.
Oil prices have fallen under 50 dollars a barrel.
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