SYDNEY - Better use of resources rather than more government funding will help Australia return to the top five Olympic nations, Australia Olympic Committee president John Coates said on Friday.The AOC has set another top-five target for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics after Australia slipped to ...

Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar will represent Pakistan in three-day RIO+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development being held in Rio De Jeniro‚ Brazil from June 20-22, 2012.According to Foreign Office, Minister for Climate Change Rana Muhammad Farooq will accompany Ms Khar to the ...

Alfredo LeoniBetween June 13 and June 22, 2012, Brazil will host the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, known as Rio+20. This will be the largest international Conference in history, gathering more than 50,000 participants and over 120 heads of state and heads of government. The ...

SYDNEY (AFP) Global miner Rio Tinto has settled a long-running dispute over Guineas huge Simandou iron ore field, with the West African nation agreeing to take a stake of up to 35 per cent. The agreement, which improves Rios previous offer of a 20 per cent stake for Guinea, ends a protracted ...

KARACHI - Two of South Americas most iconic cities will soon have a faster link to Dubai and over 100 destinations worldwide when Emirates commences its daily non-stop service to Rio de Janeiro and extension to Buenos Aires from 3rd January 2012, says a press release. Both Buenos Aires and Rio de ...

BEIJING (AFP) - Anglo-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto has made changes to how it does business in China, following the convictions of four employees on bribery and trade secrets charges, a report said Saturday. Chief executive Tom Albanese said in Shanghai that the cases brought against ...

SYDNEY (AFP) - Rio Tinto voiced concern Thursday after China said it will try four staff on industrial espionage charges, reviving jitters about the potential pitfalls for foreign companies doing business with Beijing. Australia urged China to show transparency in its handling of the trial of ...