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UN to announce aid for women and children
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to end a development summit meeting of world leaders on Wednesday by announcing a huge increase in aid to improve the health of women and children, but independent specialists said they were skeptical about the amount of actual new money committed, given the global economic crisis.Governments and private aid orga...
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Sarkozy calls for global finance tax to help poor
French President Nicolas Sarkozy today called for a global tax on financial transactions as the UN Millennium Goals summit heard pleas for a new effort to cut poverty.Sarkozy pressed his controversial tax initiative just after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders at the summit to provide the necessary money, aid and political wi...
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UN to announce aid for women and children
Secretary General Ban Ki-moon plans to end a development summit meeting of world leaders on Wednesday by announcing a huge increase in aid to improve the health of women and children, but independent specialists said they were skeptical about the amount of actual new money committed, given the global economic crisis.Governments and private aid orga...
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Sarkozy calls for global finance tax to help poor
French President Nicolas Sarkozy today called for a global tax on financial transactions as the UN Millennium Goals summit heard pleas for a new effort to cut poverty.Sarkozy pressed his controversial tax initiative just after UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on world leaders at the summit to provide the necessary money, aid and political wi...
