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Rescuers can't get aid to Haiti city

msn.com     2 hrs ago   71 related          

Tropical Storm Hanna blamed for 137 deaths as floods drown Gonaives Residents cross a road cut off by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Hanna in Gonaives, Haiti, on Thursday GONAIVES, Haiti - The convoy rumbled out of the...                    

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U.N. report: Developed countries failing the poor

usatoday.com     11 hrs ago   8 related          

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — In criticism aimed primarily at the United States, Japan and the European Union, a U.N. report said rich donor nations have failed to deliver on promises to help the world's poorest countries and...                    

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'Over 94% poor Muslims don't get subsidised food grains'

indiatimes.com     2 hrs ago          

NEW DELHI: Most of the poor among India's 138 million Muslims do not get subsidised food grains in rural India, says Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), one of the leading organisations working for the welfare of the community....                    

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J. Sri Raman: Where Politics Crucifies the Poor

scoop.co.nz     10 hrs ago          

India's far right needs no fresh publicity for its crusade against Muslims, the country's largest religious minority. No one has questioned its credentials on this count ever since the pogrom of 2002 in Gujarat on the...                    

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UN Millennium Campaign in New Zealand

scoop.co.nz     10 hrs ago          

How can we put an end to extreme poverty? How can we conserve our land and seas; and put an end to deforestation? How can we achieve universal primary education? How can we promote gender equality and empower women? How...                    

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Millions of Girls Married Early Lose Out on Health, Schooling

earthtimes.org     20 hrs ago   2 related          

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- While most girls in North America are starting a new school year this week, millions of their peers across the developing world must stay home and stop their education because...                    

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Dr Pita Sharples: Affordable Housing

scoop.co.nz     12 hrs ago          

Press Release: The Maori Party Affordable Housing: Enabling Territorial Authorities Bill Thursday 4 September 2008 Dr Pita Sharples, Co-leader of the Maori Party Thank you Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, affordable housing...                    

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'Life is like hell'

news24.com     yesterday          

Siweni, Swaziland - As one of Swaziland's female headed households who form the poorest of the mountain kingdom's residents, Nhleko lives in a rural village without electricity or running water that can only be reached by...                    

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Three Days After Klein's Response, Another Attack by Johan Norberg

cato.org     yesterday          

Johan Norberg is a senior fellow of the Cato Institute and the author of In Defense of Global Capitalism. In her book The Shock Doctrine, Naomi Klein introduces three arguments: Economic liberalisation is unpopular, so...                    

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Sask. gov't enacts exemption for Registered Disability Savings Plans

canada.com     yesterday          

A Biggar woman predicts a collective sigh of relief will sweep across Saskatchewan once people with disabilities and their families learn that the provincial government is enacting an exemption that will provide relief...                    

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