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WORLD NEWS

One of the most culturally diverse countries on the planet, Brazil is the home of just under 200 living languages, many spoken among indigenous people and surviving centuries of colonization and exploitation. While Portuguese may be the tongue of choice in Brasilia and other major metropolitan areas, it has not stretched its way across much of the countryside and rain forest, where these dialects remain the norm.

UNITED NATIONS

NRDC Report, City Folks Could Save $90 Million per Year Capturing Rainwater

Urban dwellers could collectively save $90 million per year by capturing rainwater from city rooftops and in turn help fight climate change, says a recent report by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). Eight cities across the US from Atlanta to Washington were analyzed looking at the total volume of rooftop rainwater potential available for capture and use, as well as the volume of water that would be potentially available for use...

UN Secretary-General

Ban welcomes political deal reached at Somali constitutional conference

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today welcomed the political agreement reached by Somalis at a national constitutional conference, saying the accord “sets out clear steps for ending the transition and putting in place a constitutional order” in the war-scarred, impoverished country. In a statement issued by his spokesperson, Mr. Ban said the stakeholders who took part in the so-called Garowe II conference, which wrapped up on Friday, deserved...

Special Coverage

South-South Development Expo 2011 - FAO, Rome

Nearly one billion people go hungry in the world today warns the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). That means one out of six persons suffers from chronic hunger. Global food production has grown ...

special feature

2011 South-South Awards Recap

A last look at the sights and sounds from the South-South Awards - a high-level events featuring a dozen heads of state, which recognized

UN DAILY NEWS

Children feel the Cold in Afghanistan

2012-02-20 00:02:00
UNGA Passes Resolution Condemning Syria for Human Rights Violations

2012-02-18 00:02:08
UN, Partners Call for Urgent Scale Up Aid for the Sahel

2012-02-18 00:02:22
Greening the World’s Businesses

2012-02-18 00:02:48

South-South Interviews

Kiyo Akasaka Under Secretary General for Communucations and Public Information

2012-02-10 00:18:17
President of French Polynesia Mr. Oscar Manutahi Temaru

2011-12-14 00:11:43
President of the Republic of Ghana Dr. John Atta Mills

2011-11-25 00:12:29
Ghana President Visits South-South News, Promotes Education

2011-11-24 00:03:19