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• U.N.: Nations not doing enough on poverty
The only countries to reach or exceed that target were Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden. If the donor nations are to meet the 2010 target set at the Group of Eight summit in 2005, aids "will have to increase by $18 billion a ...
• Green vacations may not be good for nature
OSLO, Norway - Ecotourism may be just as environmentally damaging as traditional travel because of the greenhouse gases vacationers help create when they journey to remote, pristine areas, industry experts warned this week. That dilemma has been the ...
• Islamic group founder’s expulsion upheld
Aug. 7: A military jury sentences Osama bin Laden's driver to 66 months in prison. NBC's Pete Williams reports. OSLO, Norway - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a government order to expel the founder of Ansar al-Islam, a suspected Islamic terror ...
• U.S. biologist wins $100,000 eco-award
OSLO, Norway - American biologist and writer Gretchen Daily won Norway's Sophie Prize on Tuesday for exploring the potential profits of protecting the environment. A jury selected Daily, a professor at Stanford University, for the $100,000 ...
• IKEA ‘hostel’ offers free sleep, meatballs
Sept. 2: Hundreds of women in Australia race to a world record wearing high heels. NBC's Michelle Franzen reports. OSLO, Norway - Home furnishing company IKEA offered customers a full shop-till-you-drop experience this week — letting them spend the ...