Hindus ask for urgent solution to rising world food prices
April 15th, 2011 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), April 15 (ANI): Hindus have expressed serious concerns at the recent historic rise in global food prices.Distinguished Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that ... Read more...
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UAE relief ships arrive in Benghazi
March 17th, 2011 - 12:07 am ICT by IANS
Benghazi (Libya), March 16 (IANS/WAM) Two cargo ships carrying 700 tonnes of humanitarian assistance Wednesday arrived at Bengazi seaport for help to the people in Libya, the country which is ... Read more...
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Hindus want emergent solution to rising world food prices
February 4th, 2011 - 5:13 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Feb 4 (ANI): Hindus have expressed serious concerns at the recent historic rise in global food prices.Notable Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that ... Read more...
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Hindus ask for speedy solution to global food prices hike
January 7th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Jan 07 (ANI): Hindus have expressed serious concerns at the recent rise in global food prices.Well known Hindu statesman Rajan Zed, in a statement in Nevada (USA) today, said that ... Read more...
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Hindus & Jews want urgent solution to hike in global food prices
September 7th, 2010 - 3:41 pm ICT by ANI
Nevada (US), Sep 7 (ANI): Hindus and Jews have expressed serious concerns at the recent rise in global food prices.Noted Hindu statesman Rajan Zed and Rabbi Jonathan B. Freirich, prominent Jewish leader ... Read more...
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800,000 people cut-off by “unprecedented” Pak floods: UN
August 25th, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, Aug.25 (ANI): Describing the floods in Pakistan as "unprecedented", the United Nations (UN) has said that nearly 800,000 people have been cut off and are only reachable by air, adding it ... Read more...
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Boosted supply of food staples pushes prices down: UN
June 3rd, 2010 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, June 3 (DPA) Increasing supplies of major food staples such as cereals have led to a "sharp decline" in prices during the first half of the year, but the cost of ... Read more...
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Urban poor most vulnerable as climate changes: World Bank
August 22nd, 2009 - 2:36 am ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 21 (DPA) Climate change directly impacts food prices and wages in some developing countries, driving the urban poor deeper into poverty, a new study supported by the World Bank ... Read more...
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Sharing genetic resources key to food security in warming Africa
June 18th, 2009 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 18 (ANI): A new study has determined that as rapidly rising temperatures in Africa threaten to scorch local varieties of maize and other food staples, the food security of many ... Read more...
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US to give Pak 8.4-mln-dlr food aid
September 19th, 2008 - 4:52 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad , Sept 19 (ANI): In order to help the poor among Pakistanis tackle the food problem amid rising prices of essential commodities and also encourage kids to attend schools, the ... Read more...
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US can’t ignore food crisis, maize-based fuel ‘transitional’: Obama
April 26th, 2008 - 1:03 pm ICT by admin
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Washington, April 26 (DPA) Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama said the US could not ignore global suffering from a food crisis and should slowly move away from maize-based fuel production that has ... Read more...
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Pak economy is weakening amid internal strife: WSJ
February 7th, 2008 - 12:36 pm ICT by admin
New York, Feb 6 (ANI): Pakistans economy is weakening amid the internal strife in the country, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) has said in its report.
"Anaemic textile exports, rising food prices and ... Read more...
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