The ministry’s decision came within few days from the recently concluded United Nations Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico in which, role of tourism in climate change agenda was equally positioned.
Norway's Nobel committee held its Peace Prize awards ceremony on Friday without the award's recipient, human rights activist Liu Xiaobo.
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Young kids hurling stones at army tanks, stifling curfews, incongruous checkpoints and an unrelenting settlement activity...The visualization of the word 'Palestine' is unlikely to change any time soon. Fathers would still have to carry children on their shoulders to protest against the army incursions while their mothers rally in support of people forced out as a result of expanding settlements. The peace talks have been officially stalled, the latest of the news reports suggest.
A German tourist has been killed by a shark at Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad claimed that the documents published by whistle-blower website Wikileaks were released intentionally by the U.S. administration. In an interview to the state-run Press TV Ahmadinejad maintained that the documents would not impact the country's relations with other Arab governments.
Government policies all over the world are distorting the market for agricultural products and discouraging their production at a time when there is a global shortage of them.
It's been 33 years since Egypt's President Anwar El Sadat visited Israel. He then became the first ever Arab leader to engage with Jewish state. Though the United States brokered peace between the two nations, recent political developments suggest that things could go off balance in the coming months.
Mahindra Satyam, a leading global consulting and IT services provider, said on Thursday that it has received a contract from Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) to implement SAP ERP.
President Barack Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday not to let the chance for peace slip away, bringing them together for ceremonial handshakes at the White House on the eve of relaunching direct talks.
President Barack Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Wednesday not to let the chance for peace slip away as he opened a U.S.-sponsored summit to relaunch direct talks shadowed by Middle East violence.
U.S. President Barack Obama urged Israel and the Palestinians on Wednesday ...
Israel's defence minister said on Wednesday the Jewish state would be willing to hand over parts of Jerusalem in peace talks with the Palestinians to be launched by U.S. President Barack Obama.
U.S. President Barack Obama was poised on Wednesday to launch a new U.S. push for Middle East peace even as a flare-up of Hamas violence and a deadlock over Israeli settlements loomed as potential deal-breakers.
Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak urged Europe Monday to throw its weight behind U.S.-led efforts to secure a peace agreement between Palestinians and Israelis.
Russia's severe drought may cut its grain output by 40 percent this year, a leading analyst said on Monday, as Russia's weather service forecast short-lived rains in some areas which could help planting for next year.
Leading Russian agricultural analyst SovEcon said it cut its 2010 grain crop forecast to 59.5-63.5 million tons from a previous forecast of 70-75 million tons, a day after Russia's first grain export ban for 11 years kicked in.
Israeli Antiquities Authority (IAA) have discovered a rare gold coin dating back to 2,200 years. It weighs almost an ounce while most gold coins weiged 4.5 gms, CNN reported.
The coin was minted in Alexandria, Egypt, by Ptolemy V and dates to 191 BCE. It is only the second gold Ptolemaic coin ever found in Israel.
U.S. wheat futures bounced back on Wednesday, snapping a three-session losing streak, as traders took positions ahead of a key U.S. government report expected to estimate lower global output after Black Sea crop damage.
BP Plc has asked Kuwait's sovereign wealth fund to raise its share in the company to three percent, the al-Anba newspaper reported on Monday.
Internet sales of counterfeit and pirated goods to European consumers are frustrating attempts to stem illegal trade, a European Commission report said on Thursday.
BP Plc defended its embattled chief executive on Wednesday and denied a report he would leave soon as the company explored a new approach in the Gulf of Mexico to end the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
BP denied a report its embattled chief executive would leave soon, as it lined up $7 billion in asset sales to help pay for the worst oil spill in U.S. history, lifting its shares on Wednesday.
