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UN agencies call for swift international action to prevent repeat of world food crisis

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Food on sale at a market in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Employment: EU Globalisation Fund supported over 21000 workers in 2011

More than 21 000 workers dismissed due to the economic crisis and the effects of globalisation were helped to find new job opportunities by the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in 2011, according to a report ad...

Disappearing Herds Threaten Culture, Livelihoods in Uganda

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A boy tends goats in Karamoja, Uganda, where traditional animal herding is giving way to agriculture...

City of Buffalo Employee Pleads Guilty to Stealing Thousands of Dollars from Parking Meters

U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that Lawrence Charles, 40, of Buffalo, New York, pleaded guilty to stealing $15,000 from the city of Buffalo, a governmental agency which receives federal funding.