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India: Delhi Metro Rail Project Is Not A Solution

Posted by Rezwan on 10/11/2009

Ram Bansal at India In Peril opines that the Delhi Metro Rail “is not going to solve any problems of Delhi but going to make it the most unsafe city in the world.”

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State and Local Governments Launch Green Lodging Certifications

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/11/2009

Over the past several weeks, five states and one city have launched green lodging certification programs, reports Green Lodging News. These new certifications for green lodging operations are in New York, Oklahoma, Indiana, South Carolina, Maryland, and Buffalo, N.Y.The Oklahoma Tourism and Recre ...

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Employees Directed to Use ‘Green’ Hotels

Posted by Environmental Leader on 09/11/2009

As more companies consider the environmental impact of their business travel, employees increasingly are being asked to stay in hotels that meet certain environmental standards, including “green” certification.Some companies are going so far as to query a hotel chain about its operati ...

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MENA: H1N1, Vaccines and Conspiracy Theories

Posted by Amira Al Hussaini on 07/11/2009

Many countries have introduced vaccinations to help combat the spread of H1N1, or swine flu. As the sickness toll increases, so does the buzz online.

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Egypt: Max's thoughs on Azaan

Posted by Tarek Amr on 07/11/2009

Max Strasser, a journalist living in Cairo, wrote his thoughts on government plans to sync the call to prayer in every Cairo mosque to a radio broadcast.

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