This is an excellent video file on Delhi Water Privatisation.
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The aim of the Africa Progress Panel is to focus world leaders' attention on making the most of the growing number of opportunities for progress in Africa.
It will also comment on the challenges African governments, the G8 and other international partners face in meeting the commitments made towards Africa's development.
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'The objective of the report of the Africa Progress Panel is to examine the state of the continent in 2008, to focus world leaders’ attention on delivering on existing commitments and to mobilise resources
to deal with new challenges, in particular the crisis in food production. The Panel has drawn on the work of various institutions and eminent individuals working on African issues to present an independent assessment of progress. We have strived to combine these assessments with our experie more...
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Pursuant to resumed judicial assistance proceedings, the Swiss Federal Office of Justice (FOJ) has frozen the assets of former Haitian president Jean-Claude Duvalier and his associates in Switzerland.
The Duvalier case dates to 1986 when the Haitian authorities submitted an international judicial assistance request to Switzerland and requested the former leader's assets to be frozen. The block was eventually implemented in 2002. Since then, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA), in c more...
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The editorial regarding 'Fissures on Afghanistan' (Wednesday) correctly warns that 'So long as Pakistan remains a sanctuary for jihadists targeting Afghanistan, NATO's progress in keeping the terrorists out will be limited.'
In addition, the ongoing peace negotiations between Pakistan and the Taliban in the country's Federally Administered Tribal Areas have coincided with increased cross-border terrorist attacks in the south and east of Afghanistan, further undermining NATO's stabilization eff more...
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The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) released the preliminary results of the mutual legal assessment of the anti-money laundering (AML) and counter-terrorist financing (CFT) measures adopted by the Russian Federation for compliance with the FATF standards.
The assessment was conducted by the Eurasian Group (EAG and Moneyval) between October and November 2007.
The AML/CFT system so far implemented by Russia is making progress with respect to the FATF standards, but is still lacking grip more...
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Management Systems International is seeking a Chief of Party for an upcoming USAID project in Albania. The program will focus on reforming key functions and institutions in the public sector in Albania to make them more transparent and accountable. In particular, activities will deal with reforms in the tax administration, court administration and business licensing/permitting functions, specifically focused on reducing their vulnerabilities to corruption. The project is expected to begin in the more...
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