en-us http://www.newsique.com/tags/world/report/ Get Informed. Choose Your News. http://www.newsique.com/world/food_imports_to_top_1_trillion/ The amount of money being spent globally on importing food is set to top $1 trillion (�528bn) in 2008, an influential report estimates. Soaring food prices are the cause of the huge bill - likely to be up 26% on the 2007 total - said the UN's Food an news world 2008-05-22 08:22:12 http://www.newsique.com/world/food_imports_to_top_1_trillion/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/business/7412817.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/food_imports_to_top_1_trillion/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_rejects_us_attack_on_human/ China's foreign minister Wednesday rejected criticism of its human rights record, accusing the United States of "clinging to a Cold War mentality" and "practicing double standards." Yang Jiechi was responding to questions about a State Department report r news world 2008-03-12 08:13:24 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_rejects_us_attack_on_human/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/03/12/china.rights/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_rejects_us_attack_on_human/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/ban_the_standby_button_say_torie/ Television sets and other domestic appliances will be fitted with special devices to switch off standby power as part of a radical plan to cut wasteful use of electricity, a special Conservative report will recommend this week. In an attempt to burnish opinion world 2007-09-11 11:09:29 http://www.newsique.com/world/ban_the_standby_button_say_torie/ Guardian Unlimited http://observer.guardian.co.uk/politics/story/0,,2165438,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/ban_the_standby_button_say_torie/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/the_drug_trade_-_whos_using_whos/ Well, we can officially call ourselves Toker Nation now. According to the 2007 World Drug Report by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime, Canada has the dubious honour of leading the industrialized world in marijuana use, at least when calculated as a percent opinion world 2007-07-11 09:35:25 http://www.newsique.com/world/the_drug_trade_-_whos_using_whos/ CBC http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/drugs/users.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cbc/ 98 Interesting [10] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/the_drug_trade_-_whos_using_whos/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_-_750000_a_year_killed_by_/ Beijing engineered the removal of nearly a third of a World Bank report on pollution in China because of concerns that findings on premature deaths could provoke “social unrest”. The report, produced in co-operation with Chinese government ministri news world 2007-07-04 08:17:21 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_-_750000_a_year_killed_by_/ Financial Times http://www.ft.com/cms/s/8f40e248-28c7-11dc-af78-000b5df10621,_i_rssPage=6700d4e4-6714-11da-a650-0000779e2340.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/financial_times/ 88 Shocking [15] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_-_750000_a_year_killed_by_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_buried_smog_death_finding/ The World Bank is alleged to have cut from a report research that suggests pollution causes hundreds of thousands of premature deaths annually in China. The move followed pressure from Beijing, which believes the material is too sensitive and could lea news world 2007-07-03 11:32:44 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_buried_smog_death_finding/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/6265098.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_buried_smog_death_finding/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/desertification_threat_to_millio/ Tens of millions of people could be driven from their homes by encroaching deserts, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and Central Asia, a report says. The study by the United Nations University suggests climate change is making desertification "the gr news world 2007-06-28 00:08:25 http://www.newsique.com/world/desertification_threat_to_millio/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/africa/6247802.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [17] 80 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/desertification_threat_to_millio/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/ Opium production in Afghanistan is soaring out of control, the annual UN report on illegal drugs says. The World Drug Report says more than 90% of illegal opium, which is used to make heroin, comes from Afghanistan. It says cultivation of opium popp news world 2007-06-26 08:18:02 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/6239734.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [9] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/afghan_opium_production_soars/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/human_rights_eroded_worldwide/ Powerful governments and armed groups have been deliberately fomenting fear to erode human rights worldwide, a report by Amnesty International says. The group's annual report on human rights says policies like those linked to the "war on terror" are cr news world 2007-05-23 10:43:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/human_rights_eroded_worldwide/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/europe/6681437.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/human_rights_eroded_worldwide/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/un_climate_report_accord_reached/ Delegates approved the world's first roadmap for stemming mounting greenhouse gas emissions Friday, laying out an arsenal of anti-warming measures that must be rushed into place to avert a disastrous spike in global temperatures. The report, a summary news world 2007-05-04 08:16:24 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_climate_report_accord_reached/ USA Today http://rssfeeds.usatoday.com/~r/usatoday-NewsTopStories/~3/113925543/2007-05-03-climate-report_N.htm http://www.newsique.com/sources/usatoday/ 91 Interesting [6] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/un_climate_report_accord_reached/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/al-qaedaplanning_big_british_att/ AL-QAEDA leaders in Iraq are planning the first “large-scale” terrorist attacks on Britain and other western targets with the help of supporters in Iran, according to a leaked intelligence report. Spy chiefs warn that one operative had said he was news world 2007-04-23 08:28:18 http://www.newsique.com/world/al-qaedaplanning_big_british_att/ Times Online http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1687360.ece http://www.newsique.com/sources/times_online/ 93 Important [8] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/al-qaedaplanning_big_british_att/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_facing_shortage_of_wives/ China will have 30 million more men of marriageable age than women by 2020, making it difficult for them to find wives, according to a national report. news world 2007-01-13 10:52:51 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_facing_shortage_of_wives/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6254763.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Interesting [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/chinese_facing_shortage_of_wives/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/no_threat_found_in_concordia_cam/ A campus of Concordia University in Montreal was locked down Tuesday morning over what turned out to be a false report about an armed man on campus. news world 2007-01-09 16:14:48 http://www.newsique.com/world/no_threat_found_in_concordia_cam/ CTV http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070109/concordia_lockdown_070109/20070109/ http://www.newsique.com/sources/ctv/ 97 Interesting [22] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 1 http://www.newsique.com/world/no_threat_found_in_concordia_cam/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/panel_seeks_end_to_death_penalty/ A legislative commission recommended on Tuesday that New Jersey become the first state to abolish the death penalty since states began reinstating their capital punishment laws 35 years ago. Its report found “no compelling evidence” that capital punis news world 2007-01-03 10:29:03 http://www.newsique.com/world/panel_seeks_end_to_death_penalty/ New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/03/nyregion/03death.html?hp&ex=1167886800&en=059b8a91e7279f4e&ei=5094&partner=homepage http://www.newsique.com/sources/nytimes/ 96 Important [13] 100 mrmdc http://www.newsique.com/profiles/mrmdc/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/panel_seeks_end_to_death_penalty/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/dirty_water_kills_5000_children_/ Nearly two million children a year die for want of clean water and proper sanitation while the world's poor often pay more for their water than people in Britain or the US, according to a major new report. news world 2006-11-10 00:59:20 http://www.newsique.com/world/dirty_water_kills_5000_children_/ Guardian Unlimited http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1944324,00.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/guardian/ 92 Under Rated [7] 100 neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/dirty_water_kills_5000_children_/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/china_denies_us_computer_hacking/ China rejected a U.S. report concluding that the Chinese military is secretly increasing spending to break into U.S. military computer systems, expand its Navy, and invest in intercontinental nuclear missiles and weapons to destroy satellites. The United news world 2008-03-04 08:14:59 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_denies_us_computer_hacking/ CNN http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/04/pentagon.china/index.html http://www.newsique.com/sources/cnn/ 94 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/china_denies_us_computer_hacking/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/nuclear_report_a_victory_-_iran/ Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that a US report on Tehran's nuclear programme is a "great victory". He said in a televised speech that the report had been a "fatal blow" to those who had filled the world for several years with threats, news world 2007-12-05 09:47:47 http://www.newsique.com/world/nuclear_report_a_victory_-_iran/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7128360.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/nuclear_report_a_victory_-_iran/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_welcomes_us_nuclear_report/ Iran has welcomed a major US intelligence report which suggests its government is not currently trying to develop nuclear weapons. The latest National Intelligence Estimate says it is now believed Iran stopped its weapons programme in 2003. Tehran h news world 2007-12-04 08:19:01 http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_welcomes_us_nuclear_report/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/middle_east/7126422.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/iran_welcomes_us_nuclear_report/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/nato_urged_to_end_afghan_transfe/ Nato countries risk turning a blind eye to torture by continuing to transfer detainees to Afghan prisons, according to a report from Amnesty International. The report cites what it calls "consistent" incidences of torture and other abuse by Afghanistan news world 2007-11-13 08:23:19 http://www.newsique.com/world/nato_urged_to_end_afghan_transfe/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/south_asia/7091928.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/nato_urged_to_end_afghan_transfe/#comments http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_police_body_calls_for_debate/ A police watchdog has called for a public debate over the policy to shoot suspected suicide bombers, in a report into Jean Charles de Menezes' death. In its final report into the death, the IPCC said the shooting came after "very serious" but avoidable news world 2007-11-08 08:21:54 http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_police_body_calls_for_debate/ BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/2/hi/uk_news/7084829.stm http://www.newsique.com/sources/bbc_news/ 93 Under Rated [1] neoform http://www.newsique.com/profiles/neoform/ 0 http://www.newsique.com/world/uk_police_body_calls_for_debate/#comments