By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – A new United Nations report says that the growing number of mega-fires around the world may be contributing to global warming. It therefore calls on governments globally to introduce comprehensive strategies to reduce the risk of such conflagrations. The report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), released just at an international conference in South Africa, urged policy-makers to improve their monitoring of carbon gas emissions from wildfires to better determine the potential climate change impacts. The report’s release follows a series of high-profile mega-fires, including the February 2009 Black Saturday blazes in Australia that... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, May 11th 2011 |
US President Barack Obama said bin Laden, the most-wanted fugitive on the US list, has been killed on Sunday in a US operation in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad, about 150km north of Islamabad. “Tonight, I can report to the people of the United States and the world, the United States had carried an operation that has killed Osama Bin Laden, a terrorist responsible for killing thousands of innocent people,” Obama said in a statement. “Today, at my direction, the United States carried out that operation… they killed Osama Bin Laden and took custody of his body. “The death... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, May 2nd 2011 |
THE MARCH OF WESTERN SCIENCE By Ozodi Thomas Osuji – Before I get to my subject, let me first briefly describe the march of Western science. The march of Western science from its roots in Greece to today is a fascinating story. We know that about twenty five hundred years ago something extraordinary happened in ancient Greece. Men began using pure reason in their efforts to understand the world they lived in. Prior to that time, and as is still in many parts of the world today, human being felt the need to explain their world and circumstances through the auspices... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, April 23rd 2011 |
By Own Correspondent with support from HRE- In a press release issued dated 15th April in Geneva, UN Independent Expert in the field of cultural rights, Farida Shaheed on Friday encouraged the Austrian Government to approach cultural diversity as an invaluable resource and to take concrete measures to promote it. “The Government should mainstream cultural diversity and the cultural heritage of Austria’s diverse populations by incorporating minority cultures and histories in public schooling curricula, media and cultural activities,” she said. “They should also promote intercultural understanding and minority language proficiency in all official institutions and among civil servants.” Shaheed welcomed... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, April 17th 2011 |
The author, Lucien BONNET, from Montréal of Haitian origin, graduate in Communication Sciences from the University of Montreal, explains here that the shortage of residences in Haiti is so serious that even Haitians of the Diaspora, generally more fortunate, who would like to return to the country or to go there for visit, cannot find there suitable housing. HOUSING CRISIS IN HAITI. Following in Haiti of the Preliminary results showing Michel Martelly elected next Haitian president, many Haitians of the Diaspora propose to return in their native country where, among other challenges, the possibilities of comfortable dwellings do not fail... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, April 13th 2011 |
