1 December 2000 : news summary

Security/Conflicts

‘Into the Whirlpool’, G, 24/11/00
Israelis-Palestinian violence continues and efforts to resume peace talks fail.

Corruption

‘Great African hope spirals out of control’, INDoS, 26/11/00
Two decades of corruption and misrule under President Moi have left Kenya lawless and near to economic collapse.

Other

‘Poor nations bear heat of climate conference failure’, DevNews, 30/11/00
‘Europe ‘must take drastic action to cut energy use", DevNews, 29/11/00
‘UNEP chief ‘shocked and disappointed’ by failed climate talks’, DevNews, 27/11/00
‘Prescott’s climate deal was all hot air‘, ST, 26/11/00
‘US demands imperil global warming deal‘, T, 25/11/00
‘Cost of disasters will exceed GDP‘, T, 24/11/00
‘Islands in peril plead for deal’, G, 24/11/00

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