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"Pineapples Like Potatoes": Syrian Fruit Vendor As Fruits Return To Market
After decades of poverty and isolation under the Assad dynasty, imported fruits like pineapples, kiwis and mangoes are available again in Syria's bustling markets.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Promoting Poverty, Terrorism
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accused archrival Saudi Arabia of promoting poverty and terrorism by continuing to bomb Yemen and supporting armed rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria.
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70 Per Cent Of Syria Refugees In Lebanon Live In 'Extreme Poverty': UN
More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study published today, up nearly 50 percent from last year.
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Opinion: Putin's Pipe Dreams in Perspective
While Putin's eyes are on Syria, inflation is rising in Russia, the economy is shrinking, poverty is increasing and the ruble is taking a fall. Western sanctions are squeezing the Kremlin, and Russia's mother's milk - oil revenue - is taking a hit because of weak prices.
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Pope Condemns 'Barbaric Violence' of Islamic State
Pope Francis said on Friday fighting hunger and poverty, rather than military intervention alone, were key to stopping Islamist militants carrying out "barbaric violence" in Syria and Iraq.
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Child Marriages Double Among Syria Refugees in Jordan
Child marriages double among Syria refugees in Jordan The number of child marriages has doubled among Syrian refugee girls in Jordan because of poverty and fear of sexual violence, international agencies said on Wednesday.
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Syrian Refugee Women Face Harassment, Poverty
Before she began working as a hairdresser, poverty forced Syrian Umm Mahmoud to seek donations for food and rent money to survive as a refugee in Lebanon.
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War Has Turned Syria Into 'Country of Poor People': Report
Three years of civil war in Syria have had a disastrous effect on the economy, plunging half the population into poverty, a Syrian research centre said in a report released on Thursday.
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"Pineapples Like Potatoes": Syrian Fruit Vendor As Fruits Return To Market
After decades of poverty and isolation under the Assad dynasty, imported fruits like pineapples, kiwis and mangoes are available again in Syria's bustling markets.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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Iran Accuses Saudi Arabia Of Promoting Poverty, Terrorism
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has accused archrival Saudi Arabia of promoting poverty and terrorism by continuing to bomb Yemen and supporting armed rebels fighting to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad in Syria.
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70 Per Cent Of Syria Refugees In Lebanon Live In 'Extreme Poverty': UN
More than two-thirds of Syrian refugees in Lebanon live in extreme poverty, according to a United Nations study published today, up nearly 50 percent from last year.
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Opinion: Putin's Pipe Dreams in Perspective
While Putin's eyes are on Syria, inflation is rising in Russia, the economy is shrinking, poverty is increasing and the ruble is taking a fall. Western sanctions are squeezing the Kremlin, and Russia's mother's milk - oil revenue - is taking a hit because of weak prices.
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Pope Condemns 'Barbaric Violence' of Islamic State
Pope Francis said on Friday fighting hunger and poverty, rather than military intervention alone, were key to stopping Islamist militants carrying out "barbaric violence" in Syria and Iraq.
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Child Marriages Double Among Syria Refugees in Jordan
Child marriages double among Syria refugees in Jordan The number of child marriages has doubled among Syrian refugee girls in Jordan because of poverty and fear of sexual violence, international agencies said on Wednesday.
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Syrian Refugee Women Face Harassment, Poverty
Before she began working as a hairdresser, poverty forced Syrian Umm Mahmoud to seek donations for food and rent money to survive as a refugee in Lebanon.
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War Has Turned Syria Into 'Country of Poor People': Report
Three years of civil war in Syria have had a disastrous effect on the economy, plunging half the population into poverty, a Syrian research centre said in a report released on Thursday.
