As a part of the World Bank’s spring meetings changes in the voting shares for member countries were made. A country will get more or less votes on decisions made by the Bank loosely based on how much capital they contribute.
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Votes in World Bank decisions change
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on April 27th, 2010
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Comments OffG-8 falling short of promises, again
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on April 14th, 2010
A think tank that monitors international aid contributions says that the G-8 is falling way short of meeting their pledges. In the 2005 Gleneagles summit, the G-8 promised an extra 25 billion pounds in aid to poor countries, so far they have contributed less than half of that.
Posted in World News Tags: Budget Cuts, Buisnees, Developing Countries, Development Assistance, Financial Help, G8 Countries, Gleneagles, Global Recession, Inflation, Irish Aid, Lawson, Millennium Development Goals, Oecd, Oxfam, Pledges, Poor Countries, Poverty Relief, Rich Countries, Second World War, Thinktank, World News Comments OffThe Age Of The Killer Robot Is No Longer A Sci-fi Fantasy
Posted by Bookyards on January 23rd, 2010
You can’t appeal to robots for mercy or empathy – or punish them afterwards. CHRIS COADYFrom The Independent:
In the dark, in the silence, in a blink, the age of the autonomous killer robot has arrived.
Posted in World News Tags: 21st Century, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Autonomous Robots, Battlefield, Blink, Cinema Screen, Current Rate, Dominant Method, Empathy, Fantasy Picture, Killer Robot, La Vista, Missions, Norm, Paragraph, Rate Of Acceleration, Rich Countries, Sci Fi, Silence, Technological Transformation, World News Comments OffWorld News Briefs — December 17, 2009
Posted by Bookyards on December 17th, 2009
Clinton: US Ready To Join $100B Climate Aid Fund — Yahoo News/AP
COPENHAGEN – U.S.
Posted in World News Tags: Afghans, Beltran, Climate Treaty, Dissident Group, Drug Lord, Eln, Farc, Hillary Clinton, Leyva, Nato Chief, News Briefs, Plo, Ponders, Poor Countries, Rebel Groups, Rich Countries, S South, Security Pact, Silvio Berlusconi, Suicide Bomber, World News Comments OffLand grabs in Ethiopia
Posted by UpdatedFrequently on November 24th, 2009
A chunk of land the size of Nebraska has been sold off in Ethiopia in recent years. The government there is leasing farm land to wealthier nations, who hope to use the land to help feed their own people.
Posted in World News Tags: David Hallam, Diplomatic Support, Ethiopian Prime Minister, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Ethiopians, Food Aid, Food And Agriculture Organization, Industrial Farming, Land Deals, Land Grabs, Leasing Farm Land, Meles Zenawi, Opposition Figure, Political Contexts, Population World, Prime Minister Meles Zenawi, Recieves, Rich Countries, Security Summit, Washington Post, World News Comments Off
