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	January 28, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate Protesters, police battle in Cairo Tens of thousands of Egyptians took to the streets today for the fourth straight day of mass protests against the rule of President Hosni Mubarak. Police clashed with demonstrators in several locations, firing tear gas and rubber bullets into the crowds, and turning water cannons on a crowd that included Egyptian national and former International Atomic Energy Agency head Mohamed ElBaradei. It's reported that ElBaradei is under house arrest. Los Angeles Times (1/28) , The New York Times (free registration) (1/28) , The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (1/27) , The Wall Street Journal/Dispatch blog (1/28) Ban steps back from climate negotiations  Clooney looks to raise awareness about malaria  Figueres: China leads on clean energy spending  Egypt cuts Internet, mobile phones access  Ban seeks AU unity on Cote D'Ivoire  Career Center  What issue that is being discussed at the World Economic Forum this week do you find most important?  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Development Health and Poverty | Development Energy and Environment | Human Rights | Peace and Security | Poll China is going to leave all of us in the dust. They're committed to winning the green economy race." Head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Christiana Figueres. Click here for the full story. "Four million babies die each year before they are thirty days old, and 350,000 mothers die yearly during pregnancy or childbirth. Most of these deaths could be prevented by improved access to and financing for health services." UN Dispatch Ban steps back from climate negotiations UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will no longer take a hands-on role in negotiations over climate change, citing a lack of will among world leaders to reach agreement on global warming in the near future, according to senior UN officials. Instead, he will redirect his energies toward issues such as promoting clean energy and green economies in developing countries. The Guardian (London) (1/27) UN's maternal, child efforts to promote change with accountability A $40 billion United Nations-led effort to improve maternal and child health will result in drastic changes for millions in the developing world as long as financial accountability and monitoring is properly in place, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper says. Harper is co-chairing a commission with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete to create an accountability mechanism to track donations and spending. The Globe and Mail (Toronto)/The Canadian Press (1/27) Sudan army confronts UN peacekeepers in Darfur Google/Agence France-Presse (1/27) Clooney looks to raise awareness about malaria Actor and activist George Clooney is looking to turn a bout with malaria into an opportunity to raise awareness about a preventable disease that kills 850,000 people every year. Clooney, who contracted malaria during a recent visit to Sudan, is fielding questions from the public about malaria. NYTimes.com/On the Ground blog (1/26) NGOs rate high on trust PR giant Edelman released its 11th annual Trust Barometer study, which purports to measure how college-educated, affluent people worldwide view institutions. Globally, the survey reports higher levels of trust in NGOs than in other institutions, including business, media and government. The Economist (subscription required)/Newsbook blog (1/25) , The Washington Post/Davos Diary blog (1/25) Pakistani flood survivors are malnourished, without shelter Children in a flood-stricken province of Pakistan are suffering levels of malnutrition akin to those found among famine-stricken regions of Africa, according to the UN Children's Fund. Nationwide, a shortfall in global financial and other aid has meant that hundreds of thousands of flood survivors must try to survive the winter without even emergency shelter. Google/The Canadian Press (1/27) , AlertNet (1/27) Other News Deadly Saudi Arabia flooding incites rare public dissent AlertNet/Reuters (1/27) Discovery raises questions over human migration from Africa The New York Times (free registration) (1/27) Figueres: China leads on clean energy spending China is making more progress in developing a renewable energy economy and industry than the U.S. or the European Union, says Christiana Figueres, head of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. China instituted the world's largest budget increase for spending on development of low-carbon energy in 2010, earmarking more than $51 billion. Bloomberg (1/27) Other News Bushmen are permitted to drill water wells in Botswana game reserve BBC (1/27) Scientists are within 50 meters of underground Antarctic lake BBC (1/27) Egypt cuts Internet, mobile phones access The Egyptian government severed access to the Internet and mobile phone services in advance of today's mass protests, which have been dubbed "Angry Friday" by organizers. Social networking sites are being relied upon heavily to spread word about nationwide demonstrations, which are comprised primarily of thousands of secular, middle-class citizens. The Washington Post (1/28)   Mines endanger Myanmar's civilian population Millions of people in Myanmar face risks from mines, but there has been little international effort to address security concerns for civilians in mine-affected areas, according to a report from humanitarian organization Geneva Call. Funding gaps and government restrictions prevent Myanmar from receiving the kind of assistance given to other heavily mined countries such as Cambodia and Laos. AlertNet (1/27) Other News Outspoken journalist is dismissed by Chinese newspaper The New York Times (free registration) (1/27) Video documents stoning of Afghan couple The Toronto Star (1/28) Tunisians learn extent of former government's corruption The Washington Post (1/28) Ban seeks AU unity on Cote D'Ivoire United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has expressed concern that members of the African Union are becoming split over how to deal with the ongoing political crisis in Cote D'Ivoire. Ghanaian officials worry the country is on the verge of civil war and that the region may soon face a major refugee situation. Reuters (1/28) , Bloomberg (1/28) Businesses look to Africa for new trade and investment The African continent, long denigrated over a lack of economic progress, is being celebrated at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, for its growing potential for trade and investment. A panel discussed taxes, red tape and other regulations that are still hampering development in some countries, yet, at the same time, noted the susceptibility of emerging African economies to exploitation by corporations and conglomerates. Google/The Associated Press/The Canadian Press (1/27) Hariri boycotts new Lebanese government; Syria gives nod Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Najib Mikati on Thursday began discussions with parliamentary blocs on the makeup of a new government, which already has secured the support of Hezbollah, the influential Shiite group, as well as the neighboring government of Syria. Saad Hariri, caretaker prime minister, said his party will not join the government of his successor, yet urged Mikati to respect the findings of a UN-backed tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of Hariri's father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, in which Hezbollah is suspected of close involvement. The Daily Star (Lebanon) (1/28) , The New York Times (free registration) (1/27) , Reuters (1/27)   Other News Al Jazeera is carrying popular revolt to Arab world The New York Times (free registration) (1/27) Senior Officer, Medical Safety The Pew Charitable Trusts Washington, DC Regional Manager for Europe Center for Reproductive Rights New York, NY What issue that is being discussed at the World Economic Forum this week do you find most important? 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