Wikio - International Organizations

Worst of financial crisis over: IMF chief (Times of India)

Thu, 15 May 2008 14:20:02 GMT

The worst of the financial sector crisis is over although the impact on the broader economy will likely drags on in coming months, IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said.

Source : Times of India (subscribe)

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Chavez: Interpol report a 'clown show' (CNN)

Fri, 16 May 2008 00:49:10 GMT

Colombia did not tamper with computers files seized from a leftist rebel camp in Ecuador, the international police organization said Thursday.

Source : CNN (subscribe)

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Peace deal announced in Lebanon (MSNBC.com)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:47:16 GMT

Arab League mediators announced a deal on Thursday to end Lebanon's worst internal fighting since the civil war after the U.S.-supported government backed down in its conflict with Hezbollah.

Source : MSNBC.com (subscribe)

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Real Survivor SADC? (The Shebeen)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:08:11 GMT

The following is a quote I got somewhere.... just can't remember where, though. It is, however, particularly apt! ---Quote--- Zimbabwe is like a country of tightrope-walkers. Over the past decade, that tightrope has been shaken vigorously, and lots of people have fallen off. Some rather adept tightrope walkers have managed to persist, however. They can't do it forever, to be sure, but you can't help...

Source : The Shebeen (subscribe)

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Interpol: Colombia did not tamper with computers (CNN)

Thu, 15 May 2008 20:32:35 GMT

Colombia did not tamper with computers files seized from a leftist rebel camp in Ecuador, the international police organization said Thursday.

Source : CNN (subscribe)

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Interpol says no tampering on FARC laptops (Alertnet)

Thu, 15 May 2008 18:42:33 GMT

Source: Reuters (Recasts with Interpol announcement) By Patrick Markey BOGOTA, May 15 (Reuters) - Interpol, the international police agency, said on Thursday documents found on Colombian rebel computers, which ...

Source : Alertnet (subscribe)

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IOM to further study link between migration and dev't (ABS CBN)

Thu, 15 May 2008 12:45:17 GMT

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) launched Thursday a P55 million project aimed at improving research and inter-regional information exchange on remittance corridors and national development in Southeast Asia and Europe. The project will map remittance corridors for the Philippines from Italy, where 128,080 Filipino migrants stay. It will also include Indonesia from Netherlands,...

Source : ABS CBN (subscribe)

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World Bank Hosting Mobile Banking Conference in Egypt (cellular-news)

Thu, 15 May 2008 10:13:44 GMT

IFC, a member of the World Bank Group; the GSM Association; the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor; and the UKâs Department for International Development are organizing the first mobile money summit in Cairo.

Source : cellular-news (subscribe)

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Obama Goofs On Iraq And Afghanistan (Freedoms Zone)

Wed, 14 May 2008 19:27:46 GMT

Let me see if I have this right : Arabic translators deployed in Iraq are needed in Afghanistan, even though Afghans don't speak Arabic and the only people speaking Arabic in Afghanistan are the people shooting at NATO troops; agricultural specialists that we've sent to Baghdad are needed in Afghanistan to help Afghans develop crops other than heroin poppies, even though in Iraq, oil fields not poppy...

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Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence: Russia-Georgia Tensions (DR.ABDUL RUFF Colachal)

Wed, 14 May 2008 06:47:31 GMT

Abkhazia and South Ossetia independence: Russia-Georgia Tensions Even as a new president taking over the Kremlin reigns, long-standing tensions between Russia and Georgia over breakaway Abkhazia and South Ossetia regions in Georgia have flared dangerously recent days with each country accusing the other of provocative actions that risk war.

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50 Moscow Daylight Saving Time /18:50 GMT/ from an airdrome near Moscow to deliver a consignment of humanit (Russia News Net)

Wed, 14 May 2008 02:49:13 GMT

Qin Gang, an official spokesman for the Foreign Ministry said in Beijing the government welcomed the readiness of foreign states and international organizations to provide aid and was ready to contact...

Source : Russia News Net (subscribe)

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Revamped agro-labor policy ires Thailand (Haaretz.com)

Wed, 14 May 2008 01:41:56 GMT

The Israeli government's decision to involve the International Organization for Migration, which is affiliated with the United Nations, in enlisting Thai nationals for agricultural work here has led the Prime Minister's Office to deny entry to 5,000 Thai workers since the beginning of the year - 20% of the total quota of foreign agricultural workers. Farmers are expected to bear heavy...

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Lake Geneva organizations give help: Myanmar/Burma and China (GenevaLunch)

Tue, 13 May 2008 15:09:51 GMT

Geneva and Lausanne, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - The ICRC (International Red Cross), based in Geneva, announced Tuesday that it had succeeded...

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Intl NGO urges ASEAN to demand access to Myanmar victims (ABS CBN)

Tue, 13 May 2008 13:43:45 GMT

A US-based international non-government organization has added its voice to critics who are calling on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to demand that Myanmar (Burma) allow international aid workers immediate access to millions of victims of the horrific cyclone that recently devastated the country.

Source : ABS CBN (subscribe)

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Open Link and Verysell Projects Partner to Sell and Support Open Link's Systems across Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) Countries (Business Wire)

Tue, 13 May 2008 12:00:00 GMT

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Verysell Projects has reached an exclusive agreement with OpenLink (www.olf.com) to provide value added

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best of the covers mixtape. (Music Is Art)

Tue, 13 May 2008 10:58:25 GMT

so many good cover versions out there. here’s my own personal selection, please enjoy. side a drive (r.e.m.) :: the veils gimme more (britney spears) :: sia no ordinary love (sade) :: deftones teenage kicks (undertones) :: seabear obstacle 1 (interpol) :: charlotte martin pretty in pink (psychedelic furs) :: the national too little too late (jojo) :: daniel rosen of grizzly [...]

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Albania takes over BSEC chairmanship (Turkish daily news)

Tue, 13 May 2008 08:43:19 GMT

Albania will work toward ensuring freer trade between Black Sea countries, the country's foreign minister said at the headquarters of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (BSEC) in Istanbul

Source : Turkish daily news (subscribe)

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Controversial Kerala 'godman' taken into custody (Times of India)

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:14:18 GMT

Swami Amrit Chaitanya, against whom Interpol had issued a look out notice for allegedly swindling about Rs 45 lakh from a Keralite woman in the Gulf, has been taken into custody.

Source : Times of India (subscribe)

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International Organization for Migration in Philippines Upgrades Network Security System With Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (The Earth Times Online Newspaper)

Tue, 13 May 2008 07:00:28 GMT

MANILA, PHILIPPINES -- 05/13/08 -- The International Organization for Migration (IOM), the leading intergovernmental organization dedicated to promoting humane and orderly policies for the movement of persons across borders, has completed an upgrad..

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05/13/2008: Gates Salutes NORAD's 50 Years as Guardian of Skies (Department of Defense)

Tue, 13 May 2008 04:00:00 GMT

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates saluted North American Aerospace Defense Command's role as the guardian of North American skies at the organization's 50th anniversary observance.

Source : Department of Defense (subscribe)

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