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UN report confirms nearly 200 women and girls raped by Congolese troops, rebels

Villagers fleeing their homes in Sake, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR...

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Former Bookkeeper to Serve 24 Months in Prison and Pay More Than $1.8 Million in Restitution for Embezzlement and Tax Evasion

Carolyn Dawson, of Oklahoma City, was sentenced Tuesday to 24 months in prison for embezzling from her former employer, American Plant Products, and for evading federal payroll taxes, announced Sanford C. Coats, United Sta...

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World Bank will deepen partnership with Vietnam to achieve further poverty reduction, says World Bank Vice President

On his first visit to Vietnam as World Bank East Asia and Pacific Regional Vice President, Axel van Trotsenburg congratulated Vietnam’s Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung on the country’s impressive success in reducing poverty...

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New study shows importance of IUCN’s Red List of Ecosystems

Groundwater dependant ecosystems support livelihoods in...