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DELEGATE robbed as summit ponders
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DELEGATES to the World Summit on Sustainable Development
called yesterday for increased global efforts to bring new
agricultural technologies to poor farmers to help feed the
developing world.The 10-day summit, which began Monday in
Johannesburg, South Africa, is focused on uplifting the
world’s poor and protecting the global environment.South
African officials expressed regret after a Swiss delegate to
the summit was assaulted in her hotel room and another was
robbed while she slept Sunday.No arrests have been made, but
an investigation is underway.The robber apparently entered one
sleeping delegate’s room at a guest house and stole a purse,
cash and a mobile phone. He then entered another room and
turned on a light, waking up the occupant.The robber fired one
shot before fleeing, but the woman, identified as Rosmarie
Baer, was not injured, police said.Baer, coordinator of
development policies for a Swiss aid group, returned home
Monday.It was not known how much cash was stolen.Meanwhile,
negotiators continued trying to reach a compromise on the
conference’s implementation plan, which many delegates hope
will include detailed timetables for tackling problems of
energy, biodiversity, food security, clean water and health
care.(SD-Agencies)
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