Pak blocks SAARC pacts on connectivity, disaster response
Pakistan has played a spoiler in South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation’s efforts to firm up agreements on developing intra-regional connectivity and establishing a common response to disasters.A Motor Vehicles Agreement, providing for connectivity between Kabul and Dhaka criss-crossing the region, and a pact on Rapid Response to Natural Disasters, were scheduled to be signed during …

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Youth Reject Nuclear Weapons
From January to March 2010, youth members of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) in six countries conducted surveys of their peers’ attitudes toward nuclear weapons and their abolition in advance of the upcoming NPT Review Conference.

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Can financial crisis in Greece be solved?
Europe must act fast to rescue the Greek economy, former economy minister says. Can the crisis be resolved?

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Bhutan declaration on climate change
SAARC Journalists’ Summit 29 April, 2010 – The fifth SAARC journalists’ summit, which ended in Paro yesterday, called for media professionals in the eight SAARC countries to raise public awareness of the immediate threats of climate change, a prerequisite to mitigate its negative impacts on life.

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SAARC join hands to face climate change challenges
Thimphu, Bhutan, Apr 28 : Against the backdrop of volcanic eruptions in iceland sending up ash clouds disrupting air services over Europe for days together, eight Heads of State and Governments of South Asian countries began deliberations today on chalking out regional cooperation to face the challenge of climate change, and make ”a green and happy South Asia”.

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