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UN launches phone-based scheme to help poor Ivorians buy food

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The United Nations has launched a pilot programme that uses mobile telephone technology to facilitate cash...

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In New Term, Supreme Court To Tackle Divisive Issues

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In San Francisco in September, dozens of people with disabilities gathered to protest proposed cuts to...

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Greece's Woes Deliver Fresh Blow To World Markets

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.

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UN-backed Millennium Villages project in Africa launches second phase

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

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