Progress made, but much to do to reach mine-free world, summit ...
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NAIROBI : Much has been done to rid the world of landmines since a ban was born in 1997, but major challenges, many of them financial, must be overcome to wipe the devices off the planet, a conference in Nairobi heard.
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Clean-up continues with waters still rising in some areas.
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The successful cleanup of mine tailings in American Fork Canyon is being touted as an example of what can happen elsewhere in the West if public/private partnerships can be achieved.
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Prices for raw materials had languished for years, but the sector is now trying to meet burgeoning global demand for iron, copper and other key commodities.
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China and the developing world need lots of what the big mining companies can give them.
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African leaders have lauded progress towards peace in the continent's powderkeg Great Lakes region, but said more was needed to overcome challenges to lasting stability and development.
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It's on track to meet sales targets, but profits might not keep pace.
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Sun Microsystems makes some progress, but the results could have been so much better.
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A conference has opened in Kenya to try to eradicate the use of landmines around the world. Dozens of people are killed or injured by landmines every day and many of them are civilians.
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15 September 2004 - The world has made genuine progress towards achieving the ambitious programme outlined at the 1994 Cairo population conference, a United Nations review released today finds, but a serious funding shortfall is obstructing efforts to
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Well, this is some news I've been wanting to share for a while, but I've had to wait until everything was ready.  During the summer, I spoke at RubyConf*MI, one of the first regional Ruby Conferences (I think San Diego held the only one earlier than the Michigan folks).  At the time, they filmed all the presentations.
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The world is meeting targets on improving access to clean drinking water, but falling behind on sanitation goals fixed at a summit four years ago, the United Nations said Thursday.
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Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma says progress has been made toward ending his country's presidential crisis.
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Polishing memorandum of understanding
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Members of a global landmine convention meet in the Kenyan capital to assess progress against the deadly weapons.
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The UN launches a global initiative to tackle the growing mountain of electrical and electronic waste.
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A number of African leaders are gathering in Johannesburg to discuss progress -- or lack of progress -- on meeting the goals of the New Partnership for African Development, or NEPAD.