Hello, and welcome to this edition of Reports from Developing Countries on China Radio International. I am Zheng Chenguang in Beijing.

In this edition:

The International Atomic Energy Agency uses nuclear technology to eliminate malaria-causing mosquitoes.

And the Philippines will soon send 320 peacekeepers to Liberia and Haiti.

Stay tuned.

Malaria continues to kill many people, especially children in Sub-Saharan Africa and mosquitoes that transmit the disease are becoming resistant to insecticides used to kill them.

The International Atomic Energy Agency is working on the Sterile Insect Technique or SIT, to use nuclear technology to control the population of mosquitoes by simply sterilizing the males and then releasing them into the environment.

UN Radio's Louise Potterton discusses this technique with Bart Knols, an insects expert at United Nations nuclear watchdog in Vienna.

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Back Anchor: That was Bart Knols, an insects expert at United Nations nuclear watchdog in Vienna.

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Now let's hear some other news from the developing world.

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa has reportedly reached a deal with Sudan to take measures to tackle the crisis in the Sudanese region of Darfur.

The Egyptian MENA news agency says the agreement was reached during Moussa's recent visit to Sudan.

The two sides agreed to take political and legal measures for settling the Darfur crisis in cooperation with the African Union and the United Nations.
 
The Philippines will soon send a team of 320 military officers for the peacekeeping missions in strife-torn Liberia and Haiti.

165 peacekeepers are going to Liberia while the rest are bound to Haiti, replacing the current contingents in the two areas who are about to complete their six-month tenure.

And that concludes this edition of Reports from Developing Countries, brought to you by China Radio International. For more news and in-depth reports, please visit us online at crienglish.com. I am Zheng Chenguang in Beijing. Thanks for listening.