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AnonymousOn the day I looked at this website / newspaper, an article on the first page read: Iran looks East
"Asia needs our energy and we need their technology," said Iran's ambassador to Thailand Moshen Pakaein.
Being able to examine international relationships via international news reporting can be invaluable for the globally minded student. Much of this news doesn't make it into our US papers and therefore we cannot get an accurate picture of global relationships. Having a view of who is friendly with whom, who is doing significant business with whom, and who is helping each other militarily could shed significant light on international relations and politicial innuendo.
Anonymoushttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/?
One of the headlines in this South Asian newspaper was called "Power Moms". A great way for students to keep up with certain themes and their international significance (ie. human rights, equal rights, etc) is to look at international newspapers and websites. This article talked about how women are being represented in the media, movies, television, advertisements, etc. and how their status is starting to have more authority than ever before. Looking at themes internationally could also spark deeper exploration by renting foreign films, downloading foreign webvideos, etc.
AnonymousHu just made a visit to Sweden.Hu said that China was firmly committed to peaceful development He also said that China was firmly committed to peaceful development and endeavors to uphold world peace and common development internationally.
AnonymousI read on the Eastday newpaper's website an article about the G8 Conference. Leaders from the Group of Eight (G8) leading industrialized powers yesterday sealed a compromise on climate change which German Chancellor Angela Merkel described as a "real turning point." Merkel told reporters that the leaders have agreed to "substantially" cut greenhouse gases in the fight against climate change, which is a "great success." According to the chancellor, the G8 leaders have agreed to "seriously consider" the decisions made by the European Union, Canada and Japan of cutting carbon emissions by 50 percent below the 1990 levels by 2050.
They also agreed to tackle climate change within the framework of the United Nations, said Merkel. The agreement sent a "strong signal" for the UN climate conference to be held in December in Bali, Indonesia, designed to kick off the international negotiations for a post-Kyoto agreement, she said. Meanwhile, the G8 nations would "invite" the emerging economies, including China and India, to "address the increase in their emissions by reducing the carbon intensity of their economic development," said the declaration. Still, oganizations like Greenpeace were disappointed; they felt like too little was being done.
AnonymousThe city of Shanghai’s weather bureau is planning to cooperate with the Shanghai Insurance Regulatory Bureau and more than 10 insurance companies to develop climate insurance for natural disasters such as lightning strikes. They will study natural disasters brought on by changeable weather patterns, targeting the arrival times of dangerous weather.
ang Weilin, member of Chinese Meteorological Society, said that the country’s economic losses caused by lightning strikes totaled 2,500 million yuan (US$328 million) in 2004. Lightning has killed 193 people so far this year. The city has brought in advanced lightning-proof equipment which will be put into operation next year. Lightning is a common phenomenon in Shanghai’s summers and it can paralyze power supply equipments.