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Global poverty to halve by 2015, Africa seen lagging (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
From: Reuters Published April 9, 2008 07:54 AM http://www.enn.com/topstories/article/34347  By Lesley Wroughton WASHINGTON (Reuters) The world is on course to halve extreme poverty by 2015, but Africa will fall far short of the U.N.'s Millennium ...
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World warned on food price spiral (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/indepth/7288959.stm  UN Secretary General Ban Kimoon has said he is deeply concerned about the sharp rise in global food prices. Mr Ban said the trend would hinder progress towards the millennium ...
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Ban Ki-moon warns that water shortages are increasingly driving conflicts (Environment and Security Cross-Cutting Initiative )
http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=25527&Cr=water&Cr1= 6 February 2008 Many of today's conflicts around the world are being fuelled or exacerbated by water shortages and climate change is only making the situation worse, SecretaryGeneral ...
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