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YEMEN: Selling food aid to pay the rent

IRIN News (Economy) - 1 hour 16 min ago
SANAA Wednesday, February 03, 2010 (IRIN) - Some of the thousands of internally displaced persons (IDPs) who have fled fighting in Saada Governorate, northern Yemen, are selling food aid in the capital, Sanaa, to pay their rent, say an aid worker and some IDPs.

ZAMBIA: Higher fuel costs will drive up food prices

IRIN News (Food) - 1 hour 16 min ago
LUSAKA Monday, January 25, 2010 (IRIN) - A raft of fuel price hikes that will affect agricultural production costs as well as consumer pockets is expected to drive food price inflation in Zambia, where about two-thirds of the population live on US$1 or less a day.

LIBERIA: Urban gardens to boost food security

IRIN News (Economy) - 1 hour 16 min ago
MONROVIA Tuesday, January 19, 2010 (IRIN) - Farmers are turning to urban gardens as a way to boost food security in Liberia’s Montserrado County, where just one percent of residents grow their own produce today compared to 70 percent before the war.

UN slams Haitian hospitals for charging patients

The Associated Press (World News) - 1 hour 28 min ago
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- The United Nations has warned that it will cut off shipments of free medicine beginning immediately to any Haitian hospitals that it finds are charging patients....

In India, A Salon A Cut Above the Rest

Time Magazine - 1 hour 46 min ago
Thanks to rising disposable incomes, designer hairstyling is finally making the cut with India's middle class. Take a chair in the coiffured world of Jawed Habib
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Egypt's Bedouins Raise Tension at Israel and Gaza Border

Time Magazine - 1 hour 46 min ago
Smuggling goods into Gaza to beat the Israeli blockade has been lucrative for the long-marginalized Bedouin tribes of Sinai. Egypt's move to cut off the tunnels could provoke a violent response

European stocks stabilize but debt fears linger

The Associated Press (World News) - Mon, 02/08/2010 - 07:26
LONDON (AP) -- Markets stabilized in Europe on Monday, but fell in Asia and the U.S., as investors weighed their fears of the debt crisis enveloping eurozone countries like Greece and Portugal against the temptation to buy some stocks on the cheap after last week's vicious sell-off....
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IRAQ: Welcome move to upgrade Baghdad slums

IRIN News (Urban) - Sun, 02/07/2010 - 23:44
BAGHDAD Thursday, July 30, 2009 (IRIN) - Slum dwellers and local NGOs have welcomed the partnership between the government and the UN Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) to improve service delivery, reduce poverty and create employment in slums.
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GLOBAL: Urban poor and hungry burgeoning unnoticed

IRIN News (Urban) - Sun, 02/07/2010 - 23:44
JOHANNESBURG Monday, July 13, 2009 (IRIN) - The number of poor and food-insecure people in developing countries is increasing more quickly in urban areas than in rural areas, and could be dropping off the policy radar, says new research by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).

A chat with Sen. Bernie Sanders on his new 10 million solar roofs bill

Ode Magazine (daily good news) - Sun, 02/07/2010 - 09:22
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) introduced a bill calling for 10 million new solar rooftops and 200,000 solar hot water heating systems within the next ten years. Grist's David Roberts recently chatted with the Senator, whose sense of urgency is refreshing: "We need to push solar, in all of its forms, as aggressively as we can... According to the secretary of the interior, we can produce almost 30 percent of the electricity for homes in this country through solar thermal in the Southwest. That is extraordinary. We should begin building those things tomorrow."


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G7 pledges to wipe out Haiti debt

Al Jazeera (Americas) - Sun, 02/07/2010 - 03:59
UK prime minister says "a nation buried in rubble must not also be buried in debt".

Haitians begin to return to unprepared capital

The Associated Press (Top Headlines) - Fri, 02/05/2010 - 14:33
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) -- A half-million Haitians who fled their shattered capital after the earthquake are starting to return to a maze of rubble piles, refugee camps and food lines, complicating ambitious plans to build a better Haiti....

Interview With World Bank Head Robert Zoellick

Newsweek (World News) - Fri, 02/05/2010 - 11:44
Since the financial crisis hit, the World Bank has provided a record $89 billion to support development initiatives around the world. Much of this funding has gone to Africa, a special focus of president Robert B. Zoellick, a U.S. trade representative under George W. Bush. Zoellick recently sat down with NEWSWEEK's Jerry Guo in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, to talk about the continent's prospects for growth. Excerpts:


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Clinton to Lead Haiti Aid Efforts

Al Jazeera - Thu, 02/04/2010 - 08:14
Bill Clinton, the former U.S. president, has been appointed to co-ordinate international relief efforts to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

Rebuilding Effort in Haiti Turns Away From Tents

New York Times (Front Page) - Thu, 02/04/2010 - 07:02
Aid groups have begun to favor do-it-yourself housing with tarpaulins at first, followed by lumber.

From Cocaine to Chocolate: Farmers in Peru Change Crops

Time Magazine - Wed, 02/03/2010 - 20:00
U.S. and U.N. programs are trying to get Peru's farmers to substitute cacao beans for coca leaves as a cash crop
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Obama eyes biofuels, clean coal in new climate push

Reuters (Green Business) - Wed, 02/03/2010 - 14:14
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama laid out new steps on Wednesday to nudge the United States toward energy independence, backing measures to boost production of biofuels and bury pollution from coal.
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Coupons Ease Chaos in Efforts to Feed Haitians

A new food distribution program, with its stepped-up security, emphasis on women as recipients and its plan for 16 fixed locations, is a step forward in a still-chaotic effort.

Radical Shifts Take Hold in U.S. Manufacturing

Wall Street Journal (Economy) - Wed, 02/03/2010 - 05:22
America's industrial base is undergoing its most radical restructuring in decades as U.S. manufacturers rethink their businesses in the wake of the recession.
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Rice Farmers Make More from Less

Daily Nation - Wed, 02/03/2010 - 04:14
Korea is showing Kenyan rice growers how to improve their crop by using a guide line. The technique involves people planting together at the same speed as directed by a line holder and has proven to increase yields and partnership among farmers.

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Sen. Bernie Sanders Introcudes 10 Million Solar Roofs Bill

Ode Magazine - Sun, 02/07/2010 - 09:22
Last week, Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill calling for 10 million new solar rooftops and 200,000 solar hot water heating systems within the next ten years.

G7 Pledges to Wipe Out Haiti Debt

Al Jazeera - Sun, 02/07/2010 - 03:59
UK prime minister says "a nation buried in rubble must not also be buried in debt."

Interview with World Bank Head Robert Zoellick

Newsweek - Fri, 02/05/2010 - 11:44
Since the financial crisis hit, the World Bank has provided a record $89 billion to support development initiatives around the world. Much of this funding has gone to Africa, which is a special focus of president Robert B. Zoellick.

Clinton to Lead Haiti Aid Efforts

Al Jazeera - Thu, 02/04/2010 - 08:14
Bill Clinton, the former U.S. president, has been appointed to co-ordinate international relief efforts to earthquake-stricken Haiti.

In India, A Salon A Cut Above the Rest

Time Magazine - Tue, 02/09/2010 - 04:15
Thanks to rising disposable incomes, designer hairstyling is finally making the cut with India's middle class.

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