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Niger, State revenue up by 26% and poverty up by 32%?
By, Uwe Paschen.Reuters did report today that Niger's state revenue will be up by 26% for 2009 thanks to the Oil income and deals made with China, this in it self is great news for any country and government, and... DISTURBING trend : Election spurs "hundreds" of racially motivated crimes
These are under reported disturbing events taking place since the recent Presidential election.As the article points out, this reflects the stubbornist of racism STILL holding rootsin America.I highlighted a few incidents, but the entire article is worth the read."Cross... 68 views | 3 comments | 14 recommendations
Chavez: G20 summit a waste of time
"Sat, 15 Nov 2008 00:40:35 GMT Hugo Chavez says that G-20 summit in Washington is a waste of time, because it excluded the poor and is hosted by the... Uruguay head vetoes abortion bill
Despite polls that suggested a majority of Uruguayans favoured easing their country's restrictions on abortion, President Tabare Vazquez vetoed a bill to decriminalise it in the first 12 weeks of... Make this video go around the world
Did you here this speech already? No? This speech is about you..........and your family.........and your work...........and your world ! Just listen six minutes to this girl of only 12 years and what she tells about... Picking Money from the Baobab Tree
The fruit of the highly revered African baobab tree is being seen as a great new opportunity for the poor, after a recent decision by the European Commission to allow its importation. According to one study,... Are Attacks Against The Homeless An Act of Hate?
There is an article that has been posted on TIME.com that addresses the issue of violence committed against the homeless. On October 9 55-year-old John Robert McGraham was murdered in Los Angeles, California. It was... The Economics of Global Democracy: One Billion Hungry People and Counting
By Adam Parsons (The Intelligence Daily) -- As the phrases ‘freedom', ‘civil rights' and ‘democracy' take on epic proportions during the US elections, few commentators have reflected on what these words actually mean for the majority world. If we discuss human... Blogger raises funds for micro-projects in Africa through comments.
"I am an aid worker. Like many of my colleagues, I often feel inadequate, unfulfilled as I don't "do enough". Enough to make a difference. Enough to make a real change in the world.But talk is not enough. Now is the... Homeless Addicts: America's Untouchables
Street Roots, a Portland nonprofit paper that assists the city's homeless and impoverished citizens, is running a short-term autobiographical column by Tye Doudy. The Addict's Almanac offers a thoughtful peek into the brutal lifestyle of heroin addiction and homelessness....Peru mining law triggers protests
" Thousands of angry protesters in Peru's Tacna province have blocked the region's main road after congress approved a bill that would redirect a portion of mining royalties to neighbouring Moquegua. ...2008 Election, Black on Black Crime, Recession, and Poverty
How come the Presidential campaigns of Barack Obama and John McCain are not really talking about poverty in America? The Federal Reserve is talking about it. why not the candidates? Rich-world Bailout is Hurting World's Poor and is a Big Distraction From Figh...
Opinion: OECD warns Britain too corrupt for investors: The IMF should think very carefully about bailing out developed countries in this financial crisis. The facts behind the crisis - the greed, the housing bubbles,... Saving Capitalism and Ending Poverty: John Kenneth Galbraith
Vintage analysis: Id Magazine (Canada), January 23 to February 5, 1997 It was with hungry enthusiasm that I rushed to hear the great liberal economist John Kenneth Galbraith speak. It was with enormous disappointment...Cape Breton's persisting poverty
The latest report from the General Progress Index for Atlantic Canada (GPI Atlantic) on poverty in the region reaches back 21/2 millennia to quote Aristotle’s observation that “revolutions arise from...
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