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Equatorial Guinea joins the fight to end hunger in Africa MALABO, Equatorial Guinea, Nov. 28, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The government of the Republic of Equatorial Guinea and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have signed an agreement that calls for the FAO to invest US$3 million over three years to develop poultry farming in rural Equatorial Guinea. This investment is part of the government's efforts to develop the country's agricultural sector...

DELFT, The Netherlands, November 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The UNESCO-IHE Governing Board approved the plans to start preparation activities for the UNESCO-IHE Global Campus for Water & Development. The decision was made unanimously at the Board's annual meeting held on 22 November. The UNESCO-IHE Global Campus for Water & Development is an international UNESCO-IHE networking organization with education and research sites as well as nodes of excellence. The...

HAINAN, China, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mission Hills Group, one of China's leading golf and tourism operators, announced that the 2012 Mission Hills World Celebrity Pro-Am has raised a total of US$500,000 for the tournament's charitable partners -- Yao Ming and UNICEF. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121126/CN18196) The celebrity golf tournament saw players gracing the fairways by day and red carpets by night at the luxury Mission Hills resort, as some of the...

redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online An upcoming United Nations conference threatens the "free and open internet,” Google warned this week, saying some countries will use the meeting as an opportunity to shift control of the Internet’s technical specifications and domain name system from US-based organizations to international bodies. “Not all governments support the free and open Internet,” the Internet search giant wrote on its Take Action site, where it is...

Brett Smith for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Greenhouse gas levels, which are capable of driving global warming over the coming decades, reached new highs in 2011, according to a new report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), a United Nations agency. The volume of carbon dioxide grew by two parts per million (ppm) to reach 390.9 ppm, about 40 percent above the pre-industrial level, the survey said. The survey added that the levels of two other greenhouse gases,...

The structure and processes of United Nations climate negotiations are "antiquated", unfair and obstruct attempts to reach agreements, according to research published today. The findings come ahead of the 18th UN Climate Change Summit, which starts in Doha on November 26. The study, led by Dr Heike Schroeder from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, argues that the consensus-based decision making used by the United Nations Framework...

Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online The heat is rising and all nations around the globe will likely feel the sweltering effects of a 7.2-degree F increase by the end of the century, unless more is done now to curb climate change.  But while the world as a whole will feel this climatic impact, none will suffer more than the world’s poorest countries, according to a new report by the World Bank. This global temperature increase will trigger a cascade of cataclysmic...

VANCOUVER, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ - WesternOne Equity Income Fund ("WesternOne") (Toronto Stock Exchange: WEQ.UN, WEQ.DB.B and WEQ.DB.C) today announced the release of its financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012. The results, consisting of WesternOne's interim financial statements for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and Management's Discussion and Analysis ("MD&A") dated November 14, 2012, are available on SEDAR...

FOR DECEMBER 10, 2012 from 9:30 AM to 12:30 PM PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 12, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The United Nations in partnership with the Sustainable Energy Fund will be hosting an international symposium on the challenges of implementing Sustainable Energy for All at the National Constitution Center. "This event is unique in that it seeks to effectively disseminate experience and lessons learned at the global level to inform regional and local level implementation," stated...

ISTANBUL, Turkey, November 12, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Turkcell (NYSE:TKC, ISE: TCELL), the leading communications and technology company in Turkey has announced that its education campaign "Turkey's Money-Box", initiated with the support of the Ministry of Education (MEB) and in partnership with the Turkish Education Foundation (TEV), has been granted the "UN Elite Award" at the IPRA Golden Global Awards. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121112/573857 )...