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Ground Zero edifice to be built by 2013

New York officials have announced that the centrepiece tower to replace the World Trade Centre in New York will be complete in 2013.

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Senior UN official in Eastern Europe to highlight poverty reduction programmes

The head of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) is visiting Montenegro and Moldova to highlight the two countries’ poverty reduction and social development efforts ahead of the UN summit to review global progress towards achieving the...

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New UN humanitarian chief spends first day at work in flood-hit Pakistan

The newly-appointed United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator Valerie Amos arrived in Pakistan today, her first day on the job, to witness the humanitarian response to the flood disaster and encourage more donor support to the millions of people...

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Zardari to pitch "trade, not aid" slogan to world to rescue flood-hit

Pakistan president Asaf Ali Zardari has called for "trade, not aid", to deal with the devastation caused by floods in the country.

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