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Breaking News Sat, 5 Jul 2008
Rice farm
Food   Kids   Photos   Poverty   School  
 The Philippine Star 
Ormoc to supply rice to poor school kids
| Ormoc City - City Vice Mayor Nepumoceno Aparis who was tasked by Mayor Eric Codilla to conduct a study of his plan to give rice to support the poorest of the poor families in the city in line with t... (photo: Creative Commons / Daniel Barnek)
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown walks by the media as he arrives for an EU summit in Brussels, Friday June 20, 2008.
Brown   Climate   Photos   Poverty   World  
 The Guardian 
PM's plea to G8 on world poverty
| Rich nations must not abandon action to tackle climate change and world poverty in the face of the credit crunch, Gordon Brown has warned fellow G8 leaders. | Amid campaigners' fears next week's sum... (photo: AP / Virginia Mayo)
 Candle light vigil for Peace and Harmony in Tibet  The Guardian 
Faces in a billion
| Photographers Mathias Braschler and Monika Fischer spent six months on an epic 20,000-mile journey through China to capture the ordinary people fuelling the country's extraordinary growth. From stru... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang)
Billion   China   Epic   Journey   Photos   Slideshow  
An unidentified woman takes care of her sick grandchild in a squatter settlement near Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Wednesday, April 2, 2008, where she was forced to relocate when 90,000 homes were demolished in a 2005 government slum clean-up campaign which affected 2.5 million people.  The Times 
Robert Mugabe uses food as weapon as famine looms
| Zimbabwe is on the brink of an unprecedented famine after its worst harvest since independence in 1980. The plight of Zimbabweans is compounded by the deliberate starvation of most of the population... (photo: AP / )
Famine   Government   Mugabe   Photos   Zimbabwe  
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 agriculture - rice crops - farming - farmer - (rt1)  The Guardian
EU to give 1 bln euros to farmers in poor regions
By Jeremy Smith BRUSSELS, July 4 (Reuters) - The European Union plans to give 1.0 billion euros ($1.57 billion) to farmers in developing countries until the end of 2009 t... (photo: WN)
Agriculture   Economy   People   Photos   Society  
Flour - Wheat - Grain. (ps1) International Herald Tribune
U.S. delivers wheat as North Korea expands aid access
| : A U.S. cargo ship carrying humanitarian aid made a rare visit to North Korea on Monday, and the Communist North agreed to give international aid workers the most acce... (photo: WN / patricia)
Food   Korea   Photos   US   Wheat  
WOE6  Workers at the Creston NFH, net trout into a tank truck for stocking Canada Dot Com
Small B.C. town opened its doors to the world
| CRESTON - For nearly 30 years, refugees from the world's most troubled corners have been making their way to Creston, a tiny town tucked away in rural B.C. | But it's n... (photo: Washington DC Library)
British Columbia   Creston   North America   Photos   Refugees   World  
Food The News & Observer
Meat is the new Chinese staple
BEIJING - To understand the changing dietary habits of Chinese, it helps to listen to 6-year-old Lin Xingni talk about her favorite foods. | "I like to eat chicken and fi... (photo: GFDN / )
China   Food   People   Photos   Society  
Teaching a child to make an artificial flower. Creative, hand work (nv1) Dawn
Low budget, mismanagement led to poor health, education
| By Our Staff Reporter | ISLAMABAD, June 28: Less budgetary allocations coupled with poor management has enhanced inefficiency in the health and education sectors in Sou... (photo: WN / nicolov)
Asia   Education   Health   Islamabad   Photos  
Aid Agencies Human Rights
- Can't give cash to your favorite charities? Here are oth
- UN to urge revamp of Afghan aid
- Aid plea for stroke man
- Lebanese cleric hails Bahrain aid effort
 New Quartet Mideast Envoy Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, left, smiles as he arrives at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, Monday, July 23, 2007. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Monday began his foray into Middle East diplomacy, hop
Tony Blair's second coming
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- 25 killed in Syrian jail riot
- ARMM polls to test which machines to use in 2010
- CSR hogwash
- Who is the real Christian - Bishop Gabby Reyes or GK's T
 Voters in Freetown, Sierra Leone wait in long lines for several hours Friday, March 15, 1996 for the chance to elect the country´s first civilian president in almost four years. The Sierra Leone Army which has ruled since April 1992 plans to transf
Low turnout in local elections
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Economic Migrants Charity
- Germany mulls survey on demand for immigrant workers
- Population figures disguise Alberta's shortage of migran
- IMMIGRATION Time to shell out for that green card
- Our need for hard-working immigrants
Gordon Brown
Brown quizzed by senior MPs - live
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- Boss of drug firm behind cervical cancer jabs for schoolgirl
- RP envoy charged in US
- Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong'
- Americans' unhappy birthday: 'Too much wrong'
 Wide view of Secretary-General Kofi Annan speaking at the solemn sitting for the International Court of Justice (ICJ) observance of the court´s sixtieth anniversary at the Peace Palace, today at The Hague in the Netherlands. (mb1)
When peace talks undermine justice
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Population World Cultures
- Soaring fuel costs grounding flights
- Keeping it clean
- Too young to be pregnant
- India's illiterate population equals all the people in U
 Gasoline, gas prices, oil prices, energy, industry, fuel. tp1
Soaring fuel costs grounding flights
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- Beirut’s architectural heritage erased by modern towers
- Tech Bits
- Dear Diary
- Indian canvas attracts global eye
Actor George Clooney
Hollywood: George Clooney plays peacemaker as strike looms
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