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MDG 8: a global partnership for development

The United Nations has launched a pilot programme that uses mobile telephone technology to facilitate cash transfers to help thousands of poor people that were badly affected by the post-election crisis in Côte d’Ivoire to buy food.

In San Francisco in September, dozens of people with disabilities gathered to protest proposed cuts to Medicaid and Medicare programs. The Supreme Court will hear the case on Monday.

Financial markets in Europe and the United States slumped badly Monday after Greece conceded it will not meet its deficit reduction goals for this year — or next — despite its austerity measures.

A water system that runs through Kominé, part of the Millennium Villages of Tiby in central Mali

Pirates off Somalia

Participants of the puppetry workshop conduct a risk education class on the dangers of UXOs at the Umm Aymah basic school in El Fasher, North Darfur

Sudan is committed to resolving all the remaining disputes related to its peace accord with South Sudan, including border demarcation issues and the division of oil revenues, the country’s Foreign Minister told the General Assembly today.

Foerign Minister of Tunisia Mohamed Mouldi Kefi (right) meets with General Assembly President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser

Eight presidential candidates in Kyrgyzstan today signed a Code of Conduct for Elections that was developed with the support of the OSCE Centre in Bishkek.