United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has engineered a major diplomatic deal with the military junta of Burma that could save many thousands of lives.
In a meeting last Friday Ban managed to convince the reluctant head of Burma Tan Shwe into allowing international aid and disaster workers access to the victims of cyclone Nargis.

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The death toll is now over 20 thousand and is expected to rise as more than 41 thousand people are still missing following the devastating rampage of cyclone Nargis through Burma’s fertile Irrawaddy region.
In the cities of Bogale and Patanaw more than two thirds of the buildings have been severely damaged or flattened. Debris from [...]

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Last week the Government of Canada introduced legislation to ensure all gasoline will contain a minimum of 5 percent ethanol by 2010.
Then the Government also announced that they would extend permission for auto racing ventures to continue using leaded gasoline until 2010. Canadian consumers have been banned from using leaded gas for passenger vehicles since [...]

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