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Chinese soldiers accused of unfair tactics in Hong Kong race

Hong Kong - Chinese army soldiers were accused Sunday of gamesmanship and muscling their way to victory in a Hong Kong charity 100-kilometre race. Two People's Liberation Army teams Friday took part in the Oxfam Trailwalker...

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Rural poor more vulnerable to climate change

Sunday, November 22, 2009 Islamabad Poverty stricken people, living in the rural and coastal areas of Pakistan, are more prone to the devastating effects of climate change. Cognisant of the situation arising out of climate...

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Mountains melt: Helena Christensen's pictures from Peru

The supermodel turned photographer talks about her pictures documenting the environmental and human cost of climate change in her mother's native country. The exhibition of her photographs, in collaboration with Oxfam, opens to...

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Seeing Malalai Joya (thwap's schoolyard)

I went into Toronto a few nights ago for Malalai Joya's stop on her book tour for A Woman Among the Warlords. Because of the crowd I had to sit in the upper-level of the beautiful Trinity-St. Paul's Anglican Church....

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World Summit On Food Security Wraps Up

The U.N. World Summit on Food Security ended Wednesday in Rome with Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) head Jacques Diouf calling for the global community to shift the fight against global hunger from "words to action,"...

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Gazan farmers unable to work their land in ‘buffer zone’

Reuters and AlertNet are not responsible for the content of this article or for any external internet sites. Driving along the buffer zone, a military no-go area that extends along the entire perimeter of Gaza and borders...

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Cabinet to Decide Food Subsidy Plan

The Cabinet will determine whether needy Kenyans will receive food subsidies under a new programme. (..) The World Bank, Oxfam and the World Food Programme are the main development partners taking part in the initiative.

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Vic Rovers Oxfam Trailwalker 2009

On Friday 27th April 2009 a team of 4 Rovers from EJ Chittick Rover Crew in Melbourne's East set out on a journey over 100kms and 48 hours from Jells Park in Glen Waverley. By vicrovers Tags : chittick , ej , oxfam , rovers ,...

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tipsgirl is now a member of Global Network for Peace and Tolerance

Top 10 term Papers Writing Tips Well, I am sure that term papers must not be a new thing for you so you already know how painful and irritating it is to write a Term Papers and most importantly submit the term paper right on...

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Oxfam seeks peace with secondhand booksellers

Charity has agreed to work with professional dealers in valuing rare stock Oxfam has attempted to patch up its differences with secondhand booksellers after they accused the charity of driving them out of business in the...

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