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Africa   Money   Photos   Celebrity   War		  NZ Herald 
Money raised for Africa 'goes to civil wars'
Irish rock star and anti-poverty activist Bono and his band U2 were last year outed as tax-evaders. Photo / Reuters Billions of dollars raised for African famine relief by celebrities Bono and Bob... (photo: Creative Commons / Adrienne Wenner)
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Food bill comes in for liberalization
By Aileen Kwa GENEVA - The high food prices that have sparked riots in parts of the developing world from Indonesia, India and Bangladesh to Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Haiti should come as no surprise.... (photo: Creative Commons / Victor Szalvay)
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y  The State 
Clinton status puts focus on her $20 million debt
WASHINGTON -- Should she lose or abandon her quest for the Democratic presidential nomination, Hillary Rodham Clinton will have to deal with her campaign's more than $20 million debt - a step that... (photo: AP / Elise Amendola)
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Secretary-General Chairs First UN Global Food Crisis Task Force Meeting  Turkish Press 
UN food task force meets for first time
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon speaks during an April 2008 meeting. A UN special task force on the world food crisis sweeping the globe met for the first time on Monday with the aim of designing an... (photo: UN / Mark Garten)

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GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP Khaleej Times
Islamic Bank of Asia sees increasing investor interest for Islamic finance
BAHRAIN ' The Islamic Bank of Asia (IB Asia) is seeing an increase in investor interest for Islamic finance as the US sub-prime crisis continues. Two of the bank's... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb)

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Children living in rural communities - human rights - poor - poverty - philippines (mj1) The Manila Times
1 of 2 Filipino families rates self as 'poor,' says SWS
By Rommel C. Lontayao, Reporter One of two Filipino families considers itself as poor, the latest Social Weather Stations (SWS) 2008 first quarter survey found out. The... (photo: WN)
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HSBC - An branch of HSBC, located at To Kwa Wan, Hong Kong /aaeh Turkish Press
HSBC profits rise despite $3.2 bln subprime hit
Logo of HSBC in the Kwun Tong district in Hong Kong on May 08. Global bank HSBC has said that first-quarter profits climbed, despite writing off an additional 3.2 billion... (photo: Creative Commons)
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INDIA-FRUIT-MARKET The Manila Times
Surging food prices bite across Asia
From the rice paddies of Asia to the wheat fields of Australia, the soaring prices of food are breaking the budgets of the poor and raising the specters of hunger and... (photo: WN / Bhaskar Mallick)

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Ecuador´s President Rafael Correa attends a military ceremony at Quito´s military base, Thursday, Sept. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa) fa0 Examiner
Ecuador wary of World Bank arbitration in Occidental case
QUITO, Ecuador (Map, News) - President Rafael Correa said Saturday he has "no confidence" in the World Bank arbitration branch that is hearing U.S. oil company... (photo: AP Photo/Dolores Ochoa)
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food - supermarket - india - am1 Khaleej Times
African Development Bank warns about food price increases
MAPUTO - The African Development Bank warned Sunday that the near doubling of prices of some staple food crops in recent months had serious implications for Africa,... (photo: WN / aruna1)
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This heap of iron ore pellets will be used in steel production.- business - am1 Iron ore supplier's solid bond with China China Daily
Kajang,Malaysia - Ladang Kelapa Sawit Di Malaysia - Kelapa Sawit. (ps1) Malaysian palm oil lower Dawn
Pharmacy. Search our prescription drugs, hot new health and beauty products, plus more. tp1 Dillons expands generic drug program beginning Wednesday Business Journal
Development
india kashmir relief camp India suffers epidemic of stunted kids-researchers San Diego
Security Council Considers Situation in Côte d'Ivoire. (mb1) Kosovo aid the model The Australian
Three surveillance cameras on the corner of a building wnhires (rhubie) D.C. Council moves to block surveillance camera project Infowars
Economy
Men riding bicycles Bicycle-makers ride high on surging oil prices Reuters
laptop - computer - internet - technology - hires - am1 - wn/aruna Workin' at the Internet Cafe: Laptop Dilemma Wired News
Shoppers - Shopping - Retail - Business - Mall. (ps1) U.S. retail sales dip but sales excluding autos show strength myTELUS
Poverty
People in a taxi watching the strike -- Security worker members´ of the South African Trade and Allied Workers´ Union marched streets of Durban´s city centre today, in efforts to secure an 11% wage increase. Over the past month there ha Poverty pushes up SA's child mortality Independent online (SA)
Burma / wam2 'Disease disaster' in Myanmar News24
KLdy1 - Mar08 - food prices - economy - market - trade - inflation. (dy1) Real fair trade works directly with the poor The Manila Times
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