India , Britain Share Terror Concerns
Visiting Britain right after the North
Korean (NK) nuclear test, Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh and British Prime Minister
Tony Blair concluded their third annual
summit and discussed terrorism, energy
cooperation, and investment promotion.<More>
UN Wants to Stop Violence against Women
A study sponsored by the UN Secretary General concluded that it has found
“compelling evidence that violence against women (VAW) is severe and
pervasive throughout the world” but there is no “knowledge base to inform
police and strategy development.”<More>
Pollution, Poaching Affecting Conservation
Two different and unrelated reports show that there
increasing pollution and poaching are affecting quality
of rivers and wildlife depending on these rivers despite
large spends to clean rivers.<More>