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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 23, 2010
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The “poverty summit” that concluded at the United Nations Wednesday served to expose capitalism’s responsibility for the poverty and hunger confronting billions of people across the planet. Despite vows by the UN and the major powers over the past decade to ameliorate these conditions, the...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Sep 13, 2010
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By Patrick Martin:
Census figures for 2009, to be released Thursday, are expected to show that the poverty rate soared last year to nearly 15 percent. One out of every seven Americans is now living below the official poverty level, the highest proportion since the 1960s. One in five...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Aug 31, 2010
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By Jordan Shilton:
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) has issued a report documenting the severe impact of the global economic crisis on employment prospects for the world’s youth. The report, “Global Employment Trends for Youth”, presents detailed statistics on the growing...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Apr 6, 2010
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By Clement Sabourin:
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- She stopped, chanced a step, then two. But it still felt awkward and little Stephie clung obstinately to her crutches.
"She doesn't have enough strength in her other leg," said Fabianna Pierre, the mother of three-year-old girl, who...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Mar 15, 2010
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BRUSSELS, Belgium.— Unemployment in the European Union has continued to rise in the first part of 2010, with 9.6% of the economically active population — the equivalent of 23 million people — now jobless, the highest level since 2000, according to the European Community’s statistics...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Feb 2, 2010
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By Joseph Guyler Delva and Tom Brown:
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (Reuters) -- It could take decades for Haiti to recover from last month's devastating earthquake, but the tragedy may provide the impoverished country a chance to rebuild "the right way," a top UN official said on Monday.
"This...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jan 31, 2010
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By Virginie Montet:
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) -- Haiti's desperate earthquake survivors faced a new deadly threat Friday as the United Nations reported a rise in cases of diarrhea, measles and tetanus in squalid tent camps for victims.
A vast foreign aid effort is struggling to meet...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jan 25, 2010
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We are sending doctors, not soldiers
Reflections of Fidel
IN my "Reflection" of January 14, two days after the disaster in Haiti that destroyed that neighboring sister nation, I wrote: "In the field of healthcare and other areas, Cuba – despite being a poor and blockaded country...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jan 21, 2010
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By Esteban Israel:
HAVANA, Cuba (Reuters) -- The earthquake in Haiti is an opportunity for the United States and Cuba to set aside politics and work together to help a neighbour after it seemed their brief rapprochement under US President Barack Obama was over, Cuba experts said....... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jan 15, 2010
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By TANEKA THOMPSON
Tribune Staff Reporter
tthompson@tribunemedia.net:
THE earthquake that rocked Haiti is a major setback to the redevelopment of its meagre economy and tourism industry, said a human rights activist.
Elizier Regnier, a Bahamian attorney of Haitian descent,...... [view]
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Posted By: zephyr
Posted On: Jan 14, 2010
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by Anthony L. Hall:
“Haiti has never been salvaged from the political strife and unconscionable poverty, hunger and disease that have earned it the perennial dishonor as the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere...
“American presidents are almost as responsible for creating the...... [view]
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