Americas leaders focus on poverty
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A summit of Latin American leaders in Guyana calls for more attention to be paid to poverty and social problems.
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LONDON  - Rich nations need to do much more to overcome global poverty, Oxfam said in a report aimed at influencing Britain&#39;s turn at the helm of the Group of Eight leading industrialized nations.
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Indigenous issues are receiving more political attention worldwide, but many observers say most indigenous people remain mired in poverty. Dwindling land remains a chief cause, experts say.
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At former President Bill ClintonÂs conference on global challenges, Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton called for a concerted attack on the Âfeminization of povertyÂ
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HAVANA -- Poverty, health care, and the Middle East top the agenda for a weeklong summit of the Nonaligned Movement that began yesterday and will culminate with the meeting of 50 heads of state, including anti-American leaders from Iran and Venezuela. Cuba takes over the chairmanship this week from Malaysia, and the communist government's foreign minister opened the event with ...
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Democratic presidential candidate  John Edwards is touring eight U.S. states this week to  highlight poverty in America, and put the issue at the heart of  his campaign.
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The United States is building a partnership with Africa to pull the continent out of poverty, U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Thursday as she lent her support to moves to boost U.S.-African trade.
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SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador  - Slow growth in Latin  American economies will hamper efforts to cut poverty in the  region in half by 2015, the Inter-American Development Bank  president said on Wednesday.
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With Africa lagging behind in  global development goals and rich countries cutting aid,  leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on  Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme  poverty on the continent.
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With Africa lagging behind in global development goals and rich countries cutting aid, leaders of multilateral financial institutions decided on Friday it was time to mobilize resources to reduce extreme poverty on the continent.
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The leaders of France and Brazil on Monday warned that poverty leads to violence and urged the international community to find ways to narrow the gap between rich and poor, casting a spotlight on the more than ...
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President Bush, battling anti-America sentiment in Central and South America, said Wednesday the United States doesn't get much credit for its generosity in the region.
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will lead a summit of world leaders on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly here Monday aimed at fighting hunger and poverty across the globe.
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SANTA CRUZ BALANYA, Guatemala  - President George W. Bush visited Guatemalan hill towns on Monday to promote U.S. efforts to fight poverty in Latin America, where Washington's power is increasingly being questioned by leftist leaders.
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The number of Americans living in poverty increased last year, with nearly 36 million people below the poverty line, 1.3 million more than last year, the US Census Bureau reported yesterday.
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He talked of grinding poverty and called it "a scandal" that democracy and capitalism have not delivered more to Latin Americans. The working poor need change, he declared. He invoked Simon Bolivar, the "great liberator," and vowed to "complete the revolution" and bring true "social justice" to the region...
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Rich nations need to increase their funding to poor countries if they are to meet aid commitments a report says.