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How poverty has tracked global population : 24 years ago, more than half of East Asia lived in absolute poverty ; today, it's just 7%. The other big global population center is South Asia, which includes India, Pakistan , and Bangladesh; its history of poverty reduction is less heartening but ...

Pakistan Microfinance Forum on 24th Nov : Karachi —The 5th Annual Pakistan Micro-finance Country Forum 2011 will be held on no 24 in Karachi . Oranized by Shsmrock communication.the theme of the forum will be “Stretching out to the unreached” and will include case-study discussions and ...

Socialist Paper Awami Jamhooriat September issue online : Expansion of economy, development and reduction of poverty by Iftikhar Bhutta 6. Dangerous politics in Karachi , murders and target killing in Karachi by Zaheer Akhter Bedri 7. 12 Million rupees injection to Railway, Can it survive? By Manzoor Razi 8. ...

Pakistan faces rising Afghan war pressure : The draft declaration includes measures on cooperation on border security, combating against terror, measures against human and drug trafficking , along with economic and cultural collaboration in areas such as visa facilitation. ... Hurriyet Daily News

A load of balls : So how can the F1 circus, awash with billions of dollars, help India's poverty problem? Surely the answer's in the question. While we don't want to sound too sceptical, going on what took place to make the race happen in Greater Noida, we doubt F1 will ... 7DAYS

Drugs seized from students in Tirupati : NATION News - India Today : Peddlers are looking to make the temple town, which attracts more domestic tourists than any other destination in the country, the hub for drug trafficking as it is ...

Half of India's cities have no piped water or sewer systems By Dean Nelson, New Delhi The survey, by the government's Urban Development ministry, has highlighted the failure of officials to improve basic infrastructure to keep pace with soaring population growth in the country's major cities. ...

Formula 1 Meets Poverty : Greater Noida, on the outskirts of New Delhi , falls under the state of Uttar Pradesh. UP, as it's commonly known, is one of the poorest parts of India. Hundreds of people have already died from an outbreak of encephalitis this year, while many hundreds ...

CDC to invest $50m in India's poorest states : "There is still desperate poverty in India – for instance, in Madhya Pradesh half of all young children are malnourished. Providing much-needed capital to promising small businesses in states like this can help people escape poverty , providing jobs and ...

Funeral costs : MANILA, Philippines — Bayan Muna congressmen Monday urged the leadership of the House of Representatives to fast track a bill that would cut the cost of funeral services for the poor by half. Representatives Teddy Casino and Neri Colmenares said swift ...

China invokes Waco siege in denouncing Dalai Lama : Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama listens to a journalist's question during a news conference in Sao Paulo September 16, 2011. BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state media denounced the Dalai Lama on Monday for his views on reincarnation, ... Reuters

Living Under Israel's Boot | War Is A Crime .org : Living Under Israel's Boot - by Stephen Lendman. Like occupied people everywhere, Palestinians understand oppression better than experts. Ask them. They'll explain. In Gaza, it means living under siege and Israeli air, land and sea attacks. ...

Israel: True Ally To The US : Israellycool : American leaders have traditionally explained the foundations of the U.S.- Israel relationship by citing shared democratic values and the moral responsibility America bears to protect the small nation-state of the Jewish people. Although ...

The Israeli kibbutznik who dealt weapons to Iran : Some say his involvement with the Mossad was an alibi to his otherwise unauthorized links to Iran, but eventually it was Nahum Manbar's ties with Israel's security forces that had him sentenced to 16 years behind bars. By Yossi Melman Tags: Israel ... Ha'aretz (blog)

Israel's radical leaders forcing an attack on Iran : US presence in Iraq might tempt the Israeli radical leaders to drag Washington into a war in Iran against its will, as the object of an attack. In the face of history, the forces of reason must step on the brakes. Under normal circumstances ...

Israel releases citizen jailed for selling weapon know-how to Iran : JERUSALEM, Oct. 31 (Xinhua) -- Nahum Manbar, an Israeli imprisoned for selling Iran chemicals that can be developed into weapons, was released on Monday after serving almost 15 years in jail. "He was released on Monday afternoon, after Israel's ...

Israeli Foreign Minister Wants to Topple Hamas : By IBRAHIM BARZAK AP Avigdor Lieberman's comments come after two days of Palestinian rocket attacks against southern Israel , including one that killed an Israeli man. Israel has countered with airstrikes that have killed at least 10 militants. ...

The question of Israel as a Jewish democracy : Israel is in danger of no longer being governed by the people; this danger does not come from the multitudes surrounding us who seek our destruction, but rather from those who wish for rabbinic fiat and Torah law to rule supreme. The Israel that Herzl ... Ha'aretz

The Israel Electric Company Adopts Kaminario to Accelerate ERP System ... NEWTON, Mass., Oct 31, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- The Israel Electric Company (IEC) announced today that it chose Kaminario, a leading supplier of all solid-state SAN storage systems, to provide the Kaminario K2 system for accelerating the response time ...

Population growth in Nigeria strains attempts to fight poverty : In the Philippines her name was Danica. In India, it was Nargis. And in Russia, a little boy named Peter. Shortly after midnight, multiple countries symbolically welcomed the seven billionth person to the world. But while families are celebrating, ...

President promotes sound ties with int'l community : The President and his delegation to the CHOGM made use of the opportunity to create a good understanding about Sri Lanka among the international community and set up several new bilateral relations, said a communique issued by the President's Media ... Ceylon Daily News

Khan Resources wins motion in ARMZ litigation : Khan had said ARMZ sought to eliminate Khan's mining and exploration licenses in Mongolia so that it could proceed with its own joint venture with Mongolia's state-owned MonAtom LLC. Khan's shares were trading up almost 8 percent at 26 Canadian cents ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt

First war, then quake: tough times for Afghan refugees in Van : Hudadadi also said that they need a permanent job in order to stay in Turkey as none of them want to return to Afghanistan , which has become too dangerous as war caused unspeakable suffering for these people in terms of poverty and the fear of being ...

US apology demanded for anti-Iran ploy : The anti-corporatism protests against corporate and banking corruption, poverty and social inequity erupted in New York in mid-September and have since spread to many major cities across the US. Press TV

Pro-Tibetan protester, Chinese clash in Austria : A pro- Tibetan protester was jostled by pro-China demonstrators who tried to snatch her Tibetan flag Monday during Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit to Austria, witnesses said. Two policemen came to the aid of the woman from the "SOS Tibet " group as ... 日本(Japan) | 中国 (China) | 한국 (Korea) | ราชอาณาจักรไทย (TH) | AU-Malaysia | Tiếng Việt