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UNITED NATIONS, Nov 20 (IPS) - A special U.N. summit of world leaders, scheduled to take place next year, is expected to make "a final push" to help reach the world body's widely-touted development goals by the targeted date of...
President Barack Obama's nominee to head USAID, Rajiv Shah, "made the rounds" on Capitol Hill Thursday, which included a meeting with Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chair John Kerry (D-Mass.), Politco's Laura Rozen reports...
To celebrate the United Nations Universal Children's Day, HealthyKids International (HKI) today announces its campaign to raise over $700,000 to fund SickKids Global Child Health Program in Ghana, Tanzania and Ethiopia.
POVERTY in the Pacific Islands will increase in the future as prices of basic food items continue remain high, the United Nations Development Program poverty reduction officer, David Abbott said. He made the comments during a...
AGE CORRESPONDENT Chennai Nov. 20: Hyderabad-based SKS Microfinance is planning to raise Rs 1,300 crore through banks and the capital market debt instruments in the current fiscal for its incremental fund requirements. The...
From ANI Islamabad, Nov.21: Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has said that it is important to follow the military action in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) with an 'aggressive' development programme to prevent...
The Commonwealth may at times act as referee to its mix of young and old member states, but more often it has to provide the services of a coach. Leaders of a quarter of the world’s countries meet in Port of Spain in the last...
Nov 21 2009 by Staff Reporter, South Wales Echo MERTHYR Tydfil has been awarded Fairtrade County status, further enhancing Wales’ standing as a Fairtrade nation. The county was granted the award after it successfully fulfilled...
The Gambian leader, His Excellency Sheikh Professor Alhaji Dr Yahya AJJ Jammeh, has said that women are first and foremost human beings with God-given rights, citizens with indivisible rights, guarantee the survival of the...
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Libya have agreed on a $71 million programme to boost cooperation over the next five years to strengthen food security and sustainable development in the country.
![un.org: WFP food convoy through Libyan corridor [File Photo]](http://www.newstin.com/image.a?id=36236940.jpg)
