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US delays threaten food aid to Somalia: UN
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ROME: The United Nations is running out of food for millions of starving Somalis in part because the United States is delaying some of its aid amid fears it could be intercepted by al-Qaida-linked militants
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Developing countries on track to cut emissions
- 10 Hours ago
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New research has found that developing countries including China, India, Brazil and Mexico are on track to cut their greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent by 2020. The study commissioned by the German
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Nepalese NGO prepares war orphan for future life
- 14 Hours ago
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Sita Khanal, a 10-year-old girl orphaned by war and deserted by her mother, is not deserted by the society. An orphan's home has taken over the task of bringing her up. Sita became parentless
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NGO vs CPO
- 20 Hours ago
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The campaign against palm oilâ??s growth in Borneo and Sumatra may come to a climax soon. Must there be losers? ARE we ready for a Malaysia without oil palm? That sounds far-fetched and overly dramatic,
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Poor nations 'must stop blaming rich for emissions'
- 21 Hours ago
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THE poor countries of the world cannot delay acting on global warming by blaming climate change on the rich, Chancellor Alistair Darling has warned ahead of a key meeting of G20 finance ministers in St
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The globalization of the macabre
- 21 Hours ago
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Greetings from tomorrow. In light of the Fort Hood shootings , I thought I would share with you a sampling of national headlines from my morning copy of the Asahi Shimbun : " 2 more boyfriends of
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Breast cancer: Scourge of developing world
- 21 Hours ago
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Fair, 42 F Skip navigation By Colleen Walsh Harvard Staff Writer Friday, November 6, 2009 Justin Ide/Harvard Staff Photographer A panel of experts, and those whose lives have been touched by cancer, shared
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Climate change jeapordising food security, warn NGOs
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Some of the worldâ??s leading humanitarian organisations have issued a joint statement pressing for urgent action amid changing climate conditions. The organisations, which include World Vision and Caritas,
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Developing Countries to Get Some H1N1 VaccineBut When?
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1N1 VaccineBut When? Martin Enserink The World Health Organization has said that about a month from now, it will begin supplying developing countries with H1N1 vaccine donated by manufacturers and rich
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Amend Right to Education Act: NGO
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New Delhi, Nov 7 : Starting this Children's Day Nov 14, child rights NGO CRY will start a nationwide campaign asking the government to amend the Right to Education Act 2009. Listing out a three-point
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For new economic model involving developing countries
- 6 Hours ago
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MADRID (Spain)- Senate's Vice Speaker Zohra Drif-Bitat called Friday in Madrid to a 'new economic model' where developing countries, and African countries in particular, are 'part of the configuration.'
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President calls for globalization of higher education
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Taipei, Nov. 6 (CNA) Taiwan released a documentary featuring the Oriental Honey Buzzard -- one of a number of protected raptors in Taiwan -- at an international conference on honey buzzards that was opened
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Somalia: Donor caution alarms aid workers
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Some 3.6 million people in Somalia depend on humanitarian assistance. Photo: Marcus Prior/WFP NAIROBI, 6 November 2009 (IRIN) - Aid agencies operating in Somalia say they need more money but that some
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Poor nations 'face booming breast cancer threat'
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A cancer patient lies inside the tube of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner during an examination of her breasts at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington May 23, 2007 in a file photo. Breast
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World Bank unveils $9 million Seychelles loan
- 11/6/2009
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ANTANANARIVO (Reuters) - The World Bank has approved a $9 million development policy loan (DPL) to help the heavily indebted Seychelles restore economic stability after years of economic and fiscal imbalance,
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