IATP and allies responded to a call for input by the U.N. Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food on Concentration of ...

Chinese President Hu Jintao took centre stage Thursday ahead of an Asia Pacific summit with trade and climate change high on the agenda of his talks with the leaders of Australia and the United States ...

There is general agreement on the serious shortcomings affecting international relations today. As global unity becomes manifest, awareness of the vulnerability of humankind rises. This situation has ...

The 2000 fire season saw 8.4 million acres of public land burned in the US, with a total firefighting cost of over $1.3 billion. This got the attention of former President Clinton, who asked staff to ...

Any effort to address the ethical questions outlined in this paper will involve two institutional stages: 1) hearings by a Parliamentary committee given a mandate specifically to examine the ethical ...

This report examines one proposal advanced to foster regional integration, that is, the exchange of trade preferences among Sub-Saharan countries.

Intended to clarify the content of the Right to Adequate Food and the responsibilities of all actors involved. A guide for conduct of international community, states, others to focus policy and ...

This paper addresses the issue of whether late industrializing countries, including those with modest manufacturing experience as well as those which have successfully promoted manufacturing over the ...

NEW YORK - The New York Siting Board approved independent power producer Mirant Corp.'s application to build a large power plant along the Hudson River north of New York City, the board said in a ...

The Sierra Club is claiming a major victory after the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals restored a suit that environmental groups filed to require the Forest Service to study effects of proposed ...

It's 2008: The housing market is a mess, new home construction is half the level of four years ago and remodeling sales are down. It's a pretty crummy time to be in the building supply industry. But ...