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Climate change spreads infectious diseases worldwide

The UK is by no means an exception to this trend. A recent study from the University of Plymouth concluded that the most dangerous climate-change linked threat to Britain’s environmental health could be vector borne diseases (such as Leishmaniasis – carried by the sand fly) which could spread to new areas because of warming temperatures.…
NEW HAITI UNIVERSITY TO BE BUILT AWAR FROM EARTHQUAKE DEVASTATED CAPITAL
BY GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE
HAITI: New university to be built away from earthquake devastation
Garry Pierre-Pierre
A completion date of January 2012 for a new university in Haiti has been announced by the president of the Dominican Republic Leonel Fernández. This new ‘University of Haiti’ will be built in the northern city of Cap Hatïen, costing US dollars USD30 million, fully funded by the neighbouring Dominican Republic’s government and business community.…
CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASES SHIFTS INFECTIOUS DISEASES WORLDWIDE
BY ALYSHAH HASHAM
AS negotiators at the recent United Nations climate change conference in Cancun wrapped up their work, one problem concentrating minds enough to secure a partial deal was the spread of disease on the coat-tails of global warming. Infectious diseases are spreading to regions where they were previously absent, driven by warmer temperatures and changing rainfall patterns.…
CLIMATE CHANGE INCREASES SHIFTS INFECTIOUS DISEASES WORLDWIDE
BY ALYSHAH HASHAM
AS negotiators at the recent United Nations climate change conference in Cancun wrapped up their work, one problem concentrating minds enough to secure a partial deal was the spread of disease on the coat-tails of global warming. Infectious diseases are spreading to regions where they were previously absent, driven by warmer temperatures and changing rainfall patterns.…
RUSSIA MORE CORRUPT THAN HAITI SAYS TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL
BY KEITN NUTHALL
RUSSIA is so corrupt, it is regarded as having more graft than earthquake-shattered Haiti, the 2010 corruption perceptions index of Transparency International has declared. It placed Russia at 154th out of 178 countries in its corruption rankings, level with failed narco-state Guinea-Bissau and worse than Haiti (146th) and Pakistan (143th).…
NATO HOLDS CYBERWARFARE EXERCISES
BY KEITN NUTHALL
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THE NORTH Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) is taking the threat of cyberattacks on business and government computing networks so seriously, it is staging cyberwarfare trials. The world’s strongest military alliance in November held the Cyber Coalition 2010 exercise near Mons, Belgium, and remote locations to test cyber-attack agencies and NATO strategic decision making.…
GLOBAL - NICHE SPIRITS HIT BY THE RECESSION, BUT THE LONG-TERM OUTLOOK IS ROSY
BY ALAN OSBORN
DEFINING a niche drink is an arbitrary matter and what may pass as niche today may well be considered mainstream tomorrow. Flavoured vodka, for instance, had a relatively specialised following in Europe until a few years ago – now it is classified as an official spirit drink under European Union (EU) regulations.…
LOCAL SPIRITS CAN OFFER IMPORTERS A COLOURFUL ARRAY OF NICHE OPTIONS
BY PACIFICA GODDARD, KARRYN MILLER, GARRY PIERRE-PIERRE, KEITH NUTHALL
FOR niche spirits, obscure can be good – and so products made in countries not renowned for their spirits production can gather export market cache. Latin America and the Caribbean are regions where effort by buyers can pay dividends.…
SOURCING - WINNERS AND LOSERS
WINNERS
TURKEY
This was the year when Turkey really came into its own. With a well-established and successful clothing and textile industry, supping Europe, Russia and the Middle East, its industry this year laid claim to becoming a fashion centre. August’s Istanbul Fashion Week caught a lot of global attention with 21 catwalk shows, an audience of 40,000, and more than 500 overseas guests.…
BRAZIL AND INDIA OPEN KNITWEAR MARKETS FOR POOREST COUNTRY EXPORTERS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MAJOR emerging markets Brazil and India have told the World Trade Organisation (WTO) they are fulfilling commitments to open their markets duty-free to the 49 poorest countries worldwide (called ‘least developed countries’ of LDC) mostly sub-Saharan African, Asian and Pacific islands.…