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Pope says selfish economic models at root of world hunger
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G20 summit to address the world food crisis barely addresses key issues including biofuels, safety nets and trade restrictions
The agriculture ministers of major economies, rich as well as emerging, meeting for the first time as the world verges on another food crisis in only four years, have disappointed. Their decisions, summed up in a 24-page Action Plan on Food Price Volatility and Agriculture, lacked the teeth to bite ...
Amid criticism, UN food agency to elect new chief
MADRID — On Sunday, members of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization will elect a new director general amid pressure on the agency to improve its own administrative efficiency, as well as that of the world’s poorest farming nations....
UNHCR 2011 refugee statistics: full data
The number of people forcibly displaced worldwide has reached 43.7m people, the highest number in 15 years, according to a report published today to mark World Refugee Day....
UNHCR report says refugee numbers at 15-year high
The number of forcibly displaced people around the world has reached a 15-year high, according to the UN high commission for refugees (UNHCR), with the vast majority languishing in poor countries ill-equipped to cater to their needs....
International Labor Organization passes convention giving rights to domestic workers
Activists campaigning for the rights of domestic workers are celebrating the passing of the International Labour Organization's (ILO) convention recognizing domestic work as work. The convention is a long time coming and has brought the often invisible and abused to the forefront of protection, says...
Leftist former army officer Ollanta Humala elected president of Peru; wants to strengthen US ties
Peruvian President-elect Ollanta Humala says he wants to strengthen ties with Peru's South American neighbours and the US - a "strategic partner"....
Brazil launches plan to end extreme poverty in three years; plan would raise incomes of 16 million people
Brazil has launched a welfare scheme to lift millions out of extreme poverty by 2014, which President Dilma Rousseff calls her government's key priority....
Almost 17 million acres of land in Colombia were stolen by armed groups involved in the country’s civil conflict—government plans to return la...
The Colombian government says almost 7m hectares (17m acres) of land have been stolen by armed groups involved in the country's civil conflict over the past 25 years. ...
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