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November 27th, 2008 - 11:15 am ICT by IANS
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Moscow, Nov 27 (RIA Novosti) In recent months, the financial crisis has pushed back the food crisis, which had dominated the headlines for the past 18 months. But falling prices and corporate ...
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November 5th, 2008 - 5:42 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, Nov 5 (IANS) Many found him merely cute but many others sensed that something momentous had taken place with the US voting in its first African American president in Barack ...
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November 3rd, 2008 - 3:02 pm ICT by ANI
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Islamabad , Nov 3 (ANI): PML-Q chief and former Pakistan premier Ch. Shujaat Hussain has reportedly said the water crisis (between India and Pakistan ) could become extremely dangerous unless the ...
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October 25th, 2008 - 3:22 pm ICT by ANI
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London, Oct 25 (ANI): North Korea is clamping down on mobile phones and long distance telephone calls to prevent the spread of news about a worsening food crisis, the United Nations ...
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October 16th, 2008 - 1:07 pm ICT by admin
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By Sarika Tripathi
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of United Nations has recently issued a report which reveals that currently there are 75 million (7.5 crore) people in the world who have ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 2:57 pm ICT by ANI
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New York, Sept 27 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister Prachanda stated at the UN General Assembly that Nepal government would build partnership with the international community to create an atmosphere for a ...
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September 27th, 2008 - 8:53 am ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Sept 27 (ANI) Following is the text of Statement by Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh at the General Debate of the 63rd UN General Assembly.
"May I first congratulate you ...
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September 19th, 2008 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
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Kabul, Sept.19 (ANI): At least nine million Afghans face the prospect of acute food shortage this winter due to a poor harvest this year.
This looming food crisis in Afghanistan could force ...
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September 7th, 2008 - 1:11 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Sep 7 (IANS) Pakistan's president-elect Asif Ali Zardari has bowed to warning by astrologers and put off his oath taking to Tuesday from Sunday after his convincing win in the presidential ...
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August 29th, 2008 - 1:48 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Aug 29 (ANI): A meeting of Foreign Ministers of the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) will be held here today
The meeting will ...
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August 15th, 2008 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
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Hyderabad, Aug 15 (IANS) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Friday assured people that he would prevent any food crisis in the state by continuing his focus on agriculture and irrigation. ...
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August 7th, 2008 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
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Johannesburg, Aug 7 (IANS) India is a very important partner for Angola as the southern African country starts to move out of the least developed nations list, Angolan Deputy Prime Minister Aguinaldo ...
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August 5th, 2008 - 7:11 pm ICT by ANI
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Kathmandu, Aug 5 (ANI): Nepal''s caretaker Prime Minister Girija Prasad Koirala today highlighted the need to form a new Government based on national consensus.
Koirala directed some of his party central ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 5:07 pm ICT by ANI
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Geneva, July 31 (ANI): Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath today stated that the primary objective of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Doha Round was to put the development ...
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July 31st, 2008 - 4:09 pm ICT by IANS
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London, July 31 (IANS) Most of the water brought by irrigation to grow crops evaporates even before reaching plant roots, a huge waste of resources that contributes to the global food crisis. ...
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July 30th, 2008 - 10:25 am ICT by IANS
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By Sreya Basu
Kolkata, July 30 (IANS) Over 850 million people across the world will not be able to get a square meal by 2025 due to food shortage, but it can be ...
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July 24th, 2008 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
London, July 24 (DPA) Britain's leading charity Oxfam has warned that 13 million people in East Africa are at risk of hunger and destitution as food prices spiral out of control. A ...
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July 22nd, 2008 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 22 (ANI): A leading Pakistani economic expert has said that his countrys economy was today facing a serious risk of a full-fledged balance of payments crisis and domestic and ...
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July 22nd, 2008 - 12:03 am ICT by IANS
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By P. Karunakharan
Colombo, July 21 (IANS) Sri Lanka Monday said it would propose for the creation of "food crisis fund" and generation of buffer stocks for the SAARC member countries to face ...
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July 18th, 2008 - 12:53 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington , July 18 (ANI): The US is learnt to have agreed in principle to supply five lakh tons of wheat to help Pakistan deal with the food crisis which is ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 8:50 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Bangkok, July 16 (DPA) When world rice prices hit $1,000 per tonne in May, more than doubling over five months, Asian governments were forced to take a serious look at their neglected ...
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July 10th, 2008 - 8:52 pm ICT by ANI
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Washington, July 10 (ANI): A Washington-based human rights activist of Pakistan origin has said that democracy in Pakistan cannot take root because of the issues and crises that have dominated its ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 8:08 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Kuala Lumpur, July 8 (DPA) Muslim leaders from the Group of Eight developing Islamic countries, or D8, Tuesday urged governments to find a solution to the worsening global food crisis, warning that ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 6:51 pm ICT by IANS
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New Delhi, July 8 (IANS) Echoing Indian concerns that conversion of food grains into bio-fuels is worsening the food price situation, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tuesday asked "some developed ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 6:22 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Kuala Lumpur, July 8 (DPA) Muslim leaders from the Group of Eight developing Islamic countries, or D8, Tuesday urged governments to find a solution to the worsening global food crisis, warning that ...
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July 8th, 2008 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
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London, July 8 (ANI): British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and other Group of Eight Summit (G-8)leaders enjoyed a mind-boggling six-course lunch and an eight-course dinner in Toyako in northern Japan''s Hokkaido ...
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July 7th, 2008 - 12:48 pm ICT by IANS
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London, July 7 (IANS) As the G8 summit starts in Japan, international NGO ActionAid has appealed to leaders of the world's eight richest countries to take urgent steps to end the current ...
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July 6th, 2008 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
Toyako (Japan), July 6 (DPA) Leaders of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized nations are expected to agree during their summit in Hokkaido to stockpile grains to better cope with future food ...
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July 3rd, 2008 - 10:37 am ICT by IANS
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By Arun Kumar
Washington, July 3 (IANS) World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick has called on leaders of the G8 as well as the major oil producers to act now to deal ...
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July 2nd, 2008 - 9:15 am ICT by IANS
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By Andreas Landwehr
Beijing, July 2 (DPA) China is "a nation plagued by catastrophes", said the country's Prime Minister Wen Jiabao while visiting the site of last month's earthquake in the southwest. The ...
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