Roundup: U.N. reports progress toward meeting education goals by 2015

Xinhua News Agency;  November 29, 2007 ;     564 words ......percent in sub-Saharan Africa and 22 percent...South and West Asia between 1999...annually in sub- Saharan Africa and South and West Asia, the two...by 2015. Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia...South and West Asia will each...

UNESCO launches report on education for all by 2015

Xinhua News Agency;  April 7, 2006 ;     509 words ......enrollment had gone up sharply in both sub-Saharan Africa and South and West Asia with nearly 20 million new students...without literacy skills are mainly in sub-Saharan Africa, South-West Asia, and East Asia and the Pacific," it...

US-Iran standoff hindering West Asia peace: Ansari

The Hindustan Times;  November 21, 2007 ;     421 words ......with Iran is threatening the peace in West Asia, where American prestige and power has...Wednesday. Inaugurating a two-day seminar on West Asia here, the scholar and former diplomat...conference on "Emerging Security Concerns in West Asia" has been organised by the Rosa Luxumburg...

Local firms urged to venture into West Asia

New Straits Times;  July 29, 2001 ;     317 words ......07-29-2001 Local firms urged to venture into West Asia Edition: New Sunday Times; 2* Section...the country and its trading partners in West Asia. "I am sure that if we look hard enough...would provide support and incentives for West Asia business ventures and development. Among...

Relaxed visa rules attract Punjabis to West Asia

The Hindustan Times;  March 8, 2006 ;     549 words ......common trend among the Punjabis and the West Asia is just the next destination. "Punjabis...countries like Greece, Italy and Germany. Now West Asia is the next destination. So Qatar, Abu...who has left his hometown to settle in West Asia. Back in Chandigarh on a vocation, Vikas...

UN raps India for missing literacy deadline

The Hindustan Times;  November 9, 2005 ;     504 words ......countries. South and West Asia has the lowest adult...cent), followed by sub-Saharan Africa (59.7 per cent), and...rates have doubled in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Arab states and South and West Asia from 1997 2000, the...rate is in South and West ...

Ansari calls for more research on West Asia

The Hindustan Times;  August 8, 2008 ;     441 words ......economic and cultural engagement with West Asia, Vice President Hamid Ansari Friday called...Indian diaspora. "In knowledge terms, West Asia ends up being a rain shadow area," Ansari said at the launch of a book titled "West Asia and the Region: Defining India's role...

Vice President Ansari to open West Asia security conference

The Hindustan Times;  November 21, 2007 ;     339 words ......stabilise the emerging security situation in West Asia, the theatre of increasingly intense...Gharekhan, India's Special Envoy for West Asia, will make the valedictory address on...conference on "Emerging Security Concerns in West Asia" is being jointly organised by Delhi...

India keen on sustaining peace in volatile West Asia: Pranab Mukherjee

The Hindustan Times;  January 30, 2006 ;     787 words ......consequent deterioration of security in West Asia, and added that maintaining peace was...theme of "Changing Security Dynamics in West Asia: Relevance for the Post 9-11 Systemic...region, the Defence Minister said that West Asia has emerged as the principal source of...

India invited to attend Annapolis Conference on West Asia

The Hindustan Times;  November 23, 2007 ;     748 words ......the next week's Annapolis conference on West Asia, convened by the United States, and it...Envoy of the Prime Minister of India for West Asia and Middle East Peace Process, C.R. Gharekhan...conference on "Emerging Security Concerns in West Asia" organised by Observer Research ...

Vice President Ansari to open West Asia security conference in Delhi

The Hindustan Times;  November 20, 2007 ;     343 words ......stabilise the emerging security situation in West Asia, the theatre of increasingly intense...Gharekhan, India's Special Envoy for West Asia, will make the valedictory address on...conference on "Emerging Security Concerns in West Asia" is being jointly organised by Delhi...

NCAE DELEGATION TO TAKE PART IN WEST ASIA SUMMIT

Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  May 29, 2003 ;     62 words ......Mustafa Bahran, is to participate in the coordinative meeting of West Asia states that will be held in UAE in the first week of June...of improving the infrastructure of radiation protection for West Asia statesYEMEN: DJIBOUTI PRESIDENT TO VISIT YEMEN - OUTLOOK

Over 2.5 million students worldwide study overseas

The Hindustan Times;  June 4, 2006 ;     551 words ......tertiary students from sub-Saharan Africa are the most mobile in...permanent residents. South and West Asia is the origin of 194,000...relative terms though, sub-Saharan African students are still...states the Digest. Yet these sub-Saharan African students are ...

Tapping into West Asia

New Straits Times;  December 23, 2004 ;   Ahmad Kushairi;   358 words ......Straits Times 12-23-2004 Tapping into West Asia Byline: Ahmad Kushairi Edition: Computimes...WEST is the place to go to invest. West Asia that is. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah...expect to see more players venturing into West Asia in the years to come. The Association...

INDIAN GOVERNMENT: Expansion of trade relations >T.

M2 Presswire;  December 10, 1999 ;     378 words ......trade relations (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:101299 Almost all countries of Sub-Saharan Africa, North East Asia, East Asia, South Asia, West Asia and North Africa, Europe, North America and Latin America have shown keen interest to...