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Generation 2030 in the Nordic Countries Tackles SDGs<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Lowana Veal<\/p>\n\n\n\n REYKJAVIK (IDN) \u2013 On September 5, 2017 \u2013 two years after the United Nations adopted Agenda 2030<\/a> with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs<\/a>) and 169 targets \u2013 the Nordic countries jointly launched the Generation 2030<\/a> programme with the aim of speeding up implementation of Agenda 2030 through official Nordic cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A budget of 1.925 million dollars was allocated for the project, which runs until December 2020.\u00a0JAPANESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SPANISH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ancient Silk Route Hub Gets Ready for Modern Tourism<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Kalinga Seneviratne<\/p>\n\n\n\n BUKHARA, Uzbekistan (IDN) \u2013 The city of Bukhara was a major trading hub of the ancient Silk Routes that connected Asia to the Arab world and Europe. With the Uzbekistan government\u2019s lifting of restrictions on foreign tourists in 2016 and global interests on the ancient Silk Routes gathering momentum, this 2000-year-old city is poised to become a major tourist hub of Central Asia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The city grew up nourished by the merchants that arrived from Persia, India, China and Russia and it was a popular and important resting point in the development of these routes between the 10th and 17th centuries.\u00a0ARABIC<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0CHINESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE\u00a0<\/a>|\u00a0TURKISH<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not Faith but Manipulation of the Faithful Behind Hate Attacks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Sean Buchanan<\/p>\n\n\n\n NEW YORK (IDN) \u2013 Following a recent series of hate-fuelled attacks on places of worship around the world, a forum on intercultural dialogue was told May 2 that \u201cin all these heinous and cowardly attacks\u2026 we see a common pattern: hatred of the \u2018other\u2019. These criminals are hijacking entire faith communities, pitting religions against each other.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Miguel Angel Moratinos, High Representative for the Alliance of Civilisations (UNOAC), who was addressing the UN-backed 5th World Forum on Intercultural Dialogue in Baku, Azerbaijan, said that the problem is never faith, it is \u201cthose who manipulate the faithful and turn them against each other by their perverted interpretations of holy texts.\u201d \u00a0HINDI<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0INDONESIAN<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0JAPANESE<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n Cyclone Ripped Southern Africa Faces Tough Challenges<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n By Jeffrey Moyo<\/p>\n\n\n\n CHIMANIMANI, Zimbabwe (IDN) \u2013 The cyclone will affect the region for months to come after it impacted key livelihoods of fishing and agriculture in the largely rural region, the World Food Programme (WFP) said commenting the havoc caused by Cyclone Kenneth that struck Mozambique on April 25, nearly five weeks after the Cyclone Idai that lashed Southern Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some 31,000 hectares (76,600 acres) of crops were lost at the peak of the harvest season. \u201cThe area is already very vulnerable to food insecurity,\u201d spokesman Herve Verhoosel said.\u00a0JAPANESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0PORTUGUESE<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0SWAHILI<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n