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bet.com » News You Should Know | BET.com - Nov 14, 2008
Tanzanian husband tries to sell his albino wife. Police caught a man in Tanzania trying sell his albino wife for $3,000, reports the BBC. He allegedly tried to make the sale to two businessmen from Congo, police say …
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thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Oct 8, 2008
New York, Oct 8 (DPA) Many poor countries are saddled with defence debts that obstruct efforts to develop their economies and end poverty, Britain’s largest aid charity Oxfam International said Wednesday.In a report …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Business - Sep 26, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 -- Faced with a global financial crisis, foreign governments still mustered more than $16 billion in commitments to fund programs to eradicate poverty, fight infectious diseases and put …
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thaindian.com » Thaindian News - Sep 23, 2008
London, Sep 23 (IANS) Bollywood actor Rahul Bose and Hollywood diva Scarlett Johansson, who are global ambassadors for Oxfam, shared some warm moments at an event in New York. The Indian actor praised the “Girl With A …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - In Congress - Aug 26, 2008
DENVER, Aug. 26 -- House staff members who had been planning on free entry to a much-anticipated Kanye West concert here sponsored by the Recording Industry Association of America and the One Campaign received an …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Letters to the Editor - Aug 1, 2008
In part one of the "Oil Shock" series, "This Time, It's Different" [front page, July 27], Steven Mufson noted that "oil-producing countries are also accumulating vast reservoirs of money in one of the most massive …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Jun 20, 2008
EL FASHER, Sudan -- Five years after the Darfur conflict began, the nature of violence across this vast desert region has changed dramatically, from a mostly one-sided government campaign against civilians to a complex …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Africa - Jun 19, 2008
EL FASHER, Sudan -- Five years after the Darfur conflict began, the nature of violence across this vast desert region has changed dramatically, from a mostly one-sided government campaign against civilians to a complex …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - World - Jun 13, 2008
PARIS, June 12 -- Responding to concern that Afghanistan is backsliding and becoming more vulnerable to extremism, international donors led by the United States pledged more than $21 billion Thursday to help the …
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washingtonpost.com » washingtonpost.com - Asia/Pacific - Jun 7, 2008
BANGKOK, June 6 -- In the weeks after Tropical Cyclone Nargis battered Burma's Irrawaddy Delta, Burma's most famous comedian -- a dentist known by his stage name, Zarganar, or "Tweezers" -- spearheaded efforts by about …
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