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- South Africa eyes 1,00,000 tourists from India by 2014
South Africa is eyeing 42.85 per cent growth in tourists from India to about 1,00,000 by 2014, especially with growing interest for it as a...
- Christiana Figueres new executive secy of UN climate body
Costa Rica's chief negotiator Christiana Figueres has been appointed executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Clim...
- Ban Ki-moon appoints Costa Rican as new UN climate chief
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Christiana Figueres of Costa Rica to be the next head of the United Nations Framework Conven...
- Race for climate top job hots up
The race for the UN’s top climate change job is set to get more intense.
- S Africa, India in race for UN climate chief job
South Africa will pit its tourism minister Marthinus van Schalkwyk against Indian environment secretary Vijay Sharma for the key post of UN...
- G-8 endorses halving of world greenhouse gas emissions
Leading industrial nations endorsed halving world emissions of greenhouse gases by 2050.
- G8 leaders seek common ground on biofuels
The G8 powers was to meet on Tuesday on biofuels, with concern growing that the rise in their use is helping to drive world food prices hig...
S Africa to cull elephants to control populationSouth Africa's government has said it will allow the killing of elephants to control their population, lifting a 13-year moratorium on the ...