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NEWS ABOUT: poverty

poverty stories: 84 news summaries

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High Food Prices Hurt World's Poor

Relief groups find resources, ability to help stretched thin

Jul 24, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - For the world's poorest people, the quantity and quality of food are increasingly at risk. Wholesale prices of  basic foods are 21% higher now than in 2005, with grain surging more than 30%. What's more, the total volume of food delivered by US-funded groups has declined 52% in the last... More »

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China • food • India • livestock • biofuel • charity • poverty • fertilizer • poor • aid programs • food prices

Dems Fret Over School Ruling

Howard U. debate concentrates on race

Jun 29, 07 8:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Supreme Court decision limiting the role of race in public-school assignments was the talk of the town yesterday—even at the Democratic debate. The agenda at historically black Howard University was minority issues, and although attention naturally fell on Barack Obama, his seven competitors also had their moments in... More »

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Barack Obama • Joe Biden • Democrats • race • AIDS • Mike Gravel • discrimination • poverty • Howard University • US Supreme Court • Election 2008

Australia Bans Alcohol, Porn in Aboriginal Areas

Beefed-up measures target rampant sex abuse of children

Jun 21, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australia will ban alcohol and pornography in some Aboriginal areas in an attempt to tackle widespread child sex abuse. A report last week blamed booze and poverty for the high levels of abuse in Aboriginal communities throughout the Northern Territory. "Exceptional measures are required to deal with an exceptionally... More »

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Australia • alcohol • pornography • child abuse • Aborigines • alcohol abuse • abuse • poverty • Northern Territory • John Howard

Venezuela to Leave IMF, World Bank

Chávez government exerts state control over privately owned oil projects

May 1, 07 8:32 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hugo Chávez said yesterday he will pull Venezuela out of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, institutions the leftist leader blames for contributing to poverty in Latin America. Venezuela will also take control of foreign oil projects previously run by multinational companies, some U.S.-based, in... More »

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China • oil • Latin America • Venezuela • World Bank • International Monetary Fund • IMF • poverty • Hugo Chávez

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