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11th June 2013
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Underdog
It’s all over – the European football season ended on 25th May with the Champions league final at Wembley Stadium in north-west London. Wembley was the right place for the final, as Britain gave the “beautiful game” of football to the rest of the world. We set out the rules in 1863 that eventually became […]
11th June 2013 Vientiane, Laos
Laos through my eyes – Aiden Glendinning
Having originally come to Laos on a working holiday in February 1995, I count myself fortunate to have had the opportunity to make my life here. A young man not long out of university, I was asked to visit two ex-college mates working for Houakhong Trading, a fuel company set up by a British investor.
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10th June 2013
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The G8 – scaling up nutrition, the Guatemalan experience
On 8 June the UK hosted a meeting in London, in the context of its presidency of the G8, to discuss nutrition and food security. The Guatemalan Vice President, Roxana Baldetti participated to talk about Guatemala’s experience. Guatemala is no stranger to the challenges presented by malnutrition, under nutrition and food security. The UN index […]
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10th June 2013 Washington DC, USA
Keep Proud and Carry On
I participated in my first LGBT Pride when I was about 22. I’d just come out, and I stood nervously on a London street with my friend, watching bright and colourful Pride floats filled with people pass. I gazed shyly at those participating, admiring how they were so comfortable and proud about who they were. I […]
10th June 2013
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Pope and PM against Famine and Hunger
Last week I wrote about plans for sustaining global momentum on development and against poverty after 2015. 2015 feels a long way away. And yet in the last few days we have seen, very practically, how government, civil society and faith can come together to make a difference now. Speaking on 5 June, Pope Francis […]
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10th June 2013 Warsaw, Poland
Did you know just how easy it is to sell GREAT British Food and Drink to Poland?
There’s lots of people who ask me where can I get a good range of British food and drink brands in Poland. The answer has always been – well nowhere really, unless you want to have a quick look in a range of supermarkets or the odd online shop or deli. You know we’ve fallen […]
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10th June 2013 Geneva, Switzerland
Let there be light
Week two of the June session is never much fun. The end is just a bit too far from sight, there’s a huge amount of fiddly sorting out still to do and almost everyone is in a ratty mood from having spent too much time together. Tempers tend to reach optimal fraying point at about […]
7th June 2013 Los Angeles, USA
Efforts in the Global Mapping of Carbon Emissions
The Los Angeles S&I team recently visited NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) to meet the Megacities Carbon Project team. The MCP is designed to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in urban areas, starting with Los Angeles (LA). CLARS, a laboratory housing remote-sensing instruments built by JPL researchers, sits atop of Mount Wilson, where it samples […]
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7th June 2013 Harare, Zimbabwe
A Generational Change Plays Out as Women in Helmand Register to Vote in Local Elections
I attend many public gatherings known as ‘shuras’ in Helmand. The one I was invited to address on Monday was however different in that it was for women and run by women. I came away feeling we had reached a really important milestone in the tough journey women face in Helmand. The aim of this […]
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7th June 2013
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Breaking down barriers through sport
Last week UK company G4S (possibly the biggest employer in Africa) gathered seven young athletes from around the world (Bangladesh, Botswana, India, Kenya, Peru, South Africa and The Philippines) at the British Residence in Addis Ababa. They were part of the “G4S 4teen” programme, which has supported 14 extremely talented young athletes towards their sporting […]