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Peretz Calls on Israelis, Palestinians to Make Climate Cooperation a Bridge to Peace [JSpace News]

by Tamar Auber, 25 Sept. 2014. Source: JSpace news Tuesday, Sept. 23rd 2014, in New York City, over 125 world leaders gathered at the United Nations to talk about the need for international action to help stop climate change. In his mid-day talk with the press, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed the importance of the historic […]

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Yemen allocates $200 million USD for irrigation, food security [OOSKAnews]

28 Sep 2012 – 00:00 by OOSKAnews Correspondent YEMEN, SANAA — The Yemeni government this week announced it was allocating $200 million USD for projects to improve irrigation and food security. The funding is part of the Phasal Program for Development and Stability, adopted by the government for the period of 2012 to 2014. The […]

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