blog assignment#24/Countries

Here is some news on North Korea.

Apparently south Korea and North Korea are having a war. Seoul and South Korean troops on Monday launched major annual land, sea and air excercises. So north Korea threatened to turn Seoul in to a sea of flames in the event of provocation. The US and North Korea said that the exercises are defensive in nature and while training their forces to respond to any provacation. north Korea habitually denounces them as a rehersal for invasion. I got this from http://news.yahoo.com/topics/north-korea,http://newsonnorthkorea.com/, and http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/country_profiles/1131421.stm.

Here is some information on Africa. Deploring what it called "the gross and systematic violation of human rights" in strife-torn Libya, the Security Council this evening demanded an end to the violence and decided to refer the situation to the International Criminal Court while imposing an arms embargo on the country and a travel ban and assets freeze on the family of Muammar Al-Qadhafi and certain Government officials. I got this information from africa.com,http://allafrica.com/, and http://business.iafrica.com/news/706854.html.

Here is some information on France. Apparently france and China vow to work for solution on global issues.
On promotion of sustainable development, the two countries pledge to make concerted efforts to fulfill the millennium development targets set by the United Nations in September 2000, and strive to eliminate poverty, hunger, diseases, environment degradation, illiteracy and discrimination against women.
    On environment protection, China and France reaffirm their support for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, recalling that both have ratified the Kyoto Protocol.
    In a bid to draw more international attention to environmental issues, the two countries support the strengthening of the role of the UN Environment Program (UNEP) and broad discussions on the reform of the UNEP.
    In the joint declaration, the two countries voice their supportto balanced international trade and globalization based on mutual benefit. They also reiterate their emphasis on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and the multilateral trade system. i this information from http://web.france.com/news?page=131, http://web.france.com/taxonomy/term/2/0, and http://www.france24.com/en/france.