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Tea farmers struggle for survival in fields of gold

Soaring demand for food and land may not stop the world's rural communities from plunging deeper into poverty The villagers of Thatarber Manihatty in south India knew they had no choice but to mortgage their small plots of...

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Welcome to the age of the eco-martyr. God help us | Catherine Bennett

Nothing will harm climate change campaigners as much as a judge decreeing that the green movement is a faith Following Mr Justice Burton 's ruling that green beliefs should enjoy the same protection as religious ones, many...

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Rwanda: Will the truce hold?

Fifteen years after the genocide that killed a million people, Rwanda's warring tribes have reached a truce. But will it hold? Here, the world's leading writer on Rwanda meets the killers, the survivors, and the man bringing...

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UN Product Update - NOV 2009

Here’s the latest newsletter from UN Company: Dear All, UN Company got a batch of King Arms new AK series AEGs. They are all hop-up adjustable and around 330 fps. It’s come with a 7mm version III bearing gearbox. Package...

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World › Iran, North Korea top Clinton's overseas agenda

Sunday 08th November, 04:41 AM JST WASHINGTON — Nuclear impasses with Iran and North Korea are the dominant issues for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on her trip to Europe and Asia, which begins with a stopover in...

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World › NATO strike blamed for killing Afghan forces

Sunday 08th November, 06:27 AM JST KABUL — U.S. and Afghan authorities investigated Saturday whether a botched NATO airstrike was to blame for the death of Afghan soldiers and police during a search for two American...

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G20 makes little progress on climate financing

ST ANDREWS, Scotland (Reuters) - Rich countries and developing nations fought over climate change on Saturday, failing to make progress on financing ahead of a major environmental summit in Copenhagen next month.

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U.N. Says U.S. Delays Food Aid to Somalia

State Dept. Confirms Concerns That Militants Will Intercept Food Shipments Prompted Temporary Suspension (AP) The United Nations says it's running out of food for millions of starving Somalis in part because the United States...

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Corruption costs poorer states up to $40 billion a year

DOHA (Reuters) - Corruption costs developing nations $20 to $40 billion each year, while emerging markets and financial centers are increasingly havens for stolen assets, a top World Bank official said Saturday.

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Brown urges greater responsibility

Gordon Brown calls on members to reduce their sources of instability, such as volatile oil and commodity prices Brown: "Financial institutions should order their businesses in a way that contains the cost of failure" Meeting...

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