U.N. says 2 billion more people get safe water to drink

LONDON (Reuters) – More than 2 billion people have gained access to better drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells, between 1990 and 2010, U.N. officials said on Tuesday. The figure means the world has met the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halve the proportion of people with no safe drinking water well ahead of a 2015 deadline, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said this was “a great achievement for the people of the world” and noted it was one of the first MDGs to be met. …

Japan watchdog files criminal complaint against Olympus

Staff member is silhouetted on a projector screen displaying a logo of Olympus Corp before a news conference in TokyoTOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s securities watchdog became on Tuesday the latest authority to file a criminal complaint against Olympus Corp, some former executives and outside advisers over the company’s $1.7 billion accounting fraud. The Securities Exchange and Surveillance Commission (SESC) said it had requested criminal charges be filed by public prosecutors against individuals involved in dubious mergers and acquisitions used to hide losses in one of Japan’s biggest corporate scandals. …

UN says 2 bln more people get safe water to drink

A displaced Sudanese boy drinks at a water point in Otash IDP'S camp in NyalaLONDON (Reuters) – More than 2 billion people have gained access to better drinking water sources, such as piped supplies and protected wells, between 1990 and 2010, U.N. officials said on Tuesday. The figure means the world has met the internationally agreed Millennium Development Goal (MDG) to halve the proportion of people with no safe drinking water well ahead of a 2015 deadline, UNICEF and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said. United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said this was “a great achievement for the people of the world” and noted it was one of the first MDGs to be met. …

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