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The great Cambodia land grabLocals are fighting a losing battle as rubber companies take over their land and, as a report last week reveals, international banks are helping to pay for the plunder Ask...
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2013/05/18 17:19
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It's becoming increasingly apparent that conservative speakers aren't welcome on college and university campuses. Zoellick, a Swarthmore alumnus like me, pulled out after being attacked by students...
2013/05/18 14:50
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NECKER ISLAND, British Virgin Islands (AP) � Surrounded by a turquoise sea and a menagerie of exotic animals on a billionaire's private island, political and business leaders gathered Friday to back...
2013/05/18 13:48
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It used to be that spending money on status symbols for the sake of flaunting your wealth was an activity reserved for celebrities and millionaires. That has all changed. Conspicuous consumption, what...
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2013/05/18 13:12
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World Bank report says developing nations will control about half of the world's investment capital by 2030. China and India are expected to account for 38 percent of all global investment by 2030...
2013/05/18 10:29
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Ouagadougou — Earlier this year Denis Ouedraogo, a tailor living in the Tampouy neighbourhood just north of Burkina Faso's capital Ouagadougou, connected his mud-walled home to the water network for...
2013/05/18 10:29
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La Société des Editeurs de la Presse Privée du Burkina Faso (SEP) Le Forum des responsables des medias de l'Afrique de l'Ouest (FORMAO) Le Groupement Patronal de la Presse au Mali Maison de la...
2013/05/18 07:44
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GHAZIABAD, India : Work making potato chip display racks at Jayraj Kumar’s factory barely paused when much of India’s power grid collapsed. The backup generators kicked in automatically and the...
2013/05/18 07:34
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Form – 2 Mins – 3 Free Quotes. No Obligation, Independent Quotes Tony Abbott’s proposed fiscal approach, outlined in his budget reply on Thursday, is based on some disconcerting gaps in logic. Mr...
2013/05/18 06:45
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... million students enrol every year in basic education in region. A report issued by KFH-Research noted that the volume of education market in the GCC is $45 billion of total volume of the MENA region...
2013/05/18 06:42
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Any ruling regime should quake at being accused — much more proven — as one that cannot be trusted to execute foreign-funded projects reasonably “free” of corruption. The fact that the World Bank has...
2013/05/18 05:09
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THE first time Nawaz Sharif became prime minister of Pakistan was almost a quarter-century ago. His second term was ended 14 years ago by a military coup that drove him into exile. Now he’s back, a...
2013/05/18 04:44
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Swine flu detected; coronavirus reports untrue Doctors must take ‘time-out’ to avoid ‘career combustion’ KUWAIT CITY, May 17: Head of the Forensic Unit at Kuwait Center for Mental Health Dr Abdullah...
2013/05/18 00:01
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Angus Friday, Oceans Representative at the World Bank, speaks to delegates attending a Caribbean Summit of Political Business Leaders? at the home of Richard Branson on Necker Island, in the British...
2013/05/17 23:20
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A group of visiting Bangladesh officials continued meetings in Washington on Friday with Secretary of State John F. Kerry and others, hoping to convince the United States they are serious about...
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The Tamil Nadu Housing Board (TNHB) owes the Chennai Corporation crores for a 73-acre property it took over in 1986. Soon, however, the civic body may have to cough up an equivalent amount to gain...
2013/05/17 21:54
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Anastasia Karklina (left) stands with a friend during her first trip to Ghana for study abroad in Fall 2012. Durham, NC - From studying alternative art networks' impact on citizens' rights in...
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Lead singer of Irish band U2, Bono, performs on the stage at the Anoeta stadium in San Sebastian, on September 26, 2010. Dublin - To some, Bono is the ultimate celebrity philanthropist, the...
2013/05/17 18:26
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Instagrams from the Northeastern 2013 spring graduation Northeastern University held its commencement ceremony at the TD Garden on May 3. The undergraduate commencement speaker was World Bank...
2013/05/17 17:20
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G-8 open data conference builds food security alliances By Larry Dreiling Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack, along with Bill Gates and U.S. Chief Technology Officer Todd Park, recently led a...