Britain digs deep to persuade rich world to help Africa: minister
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Britain is working hard to persuade other rich nations such as the United States and Japan of the need to take action to fight poverty in Africa, according to International Development Secretary Hilary Benn.
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BRIGHTON, England  - Britain will provide more debt relief for the world's poorest countries and challenge other rich countries to do the same, Prime Minister Tony Blair's government said Sunday.
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LONDON -- Britain is seeking to exploit the momentum from the unprecedented global relief effort for Asian tsunami victims to build support for a different type of generosity: increased long-term development assistance.
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Wealthy countries need to do much more to fight global poverty, the international aid agency Oxfam says.
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UK Prime Minister Tony Blair says fighting Africa's poverty and the spread of Aids must top the agenda at the Davos World Economic Forum.
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Britain's finance minister Gordon Brown began a week-long mission to Africa to pitch his ambitious proposal for a "new Marshall Plan" to help lift the continent out of chronic poverty.
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Rich nations need to do much more to overcome global poverty, Oxfam said in a report aimed at influencing Britain's turn at the helm of the Group of Eight leading industrialised nations.
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Britain will provide more debt relief for the world's poorest countries and challenge other rich countries to do the same, Prime Minister Tony Blair's government said Sunday.
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Britain will provide more debt relief for the world&#39;s poorest countries and challenge other rich governments to do the same, Prime Minister Tony Blair&#39;s government said Sunday.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in Ethiopia on Thursday to chair a summit he hopes will turn Africa's problems into a global priority.
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The world&#39;s richest nations need to show greater commitment towards Africa, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Thursday, amid concern that pledges on aid and development were falling short.
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Chancellor Gordon Brown outlines his plans to increase aid to developing countries and eliminate debt owed by poorer nations
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Britain hopes to use a summit in  Ethiopia this week to force an international community obsessed  with Iraq and terrorism to also focus on the "scar" of Africa.
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British finance minister Gordon Brown pledged over 2.0 billion pounds (2.9 million euros, 3.7 million dollars) to help eradicate poverty in the developing world and give a brighter future for millions of children.
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Britain's treasury chief on Thursday called for half a trillion dollars in new aid for poor nations, particularly in Africa, likening the initiative to the U.S. Marshall Plan that rebuilt Europe after World War ...
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Prime Minister Tony Blair's personal organisation to spearhead development activities in Africa issued a call for massive international cooperation to assist the continent.
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British Prime Minister Tony Blair on Thursday urged rich nations to keep their promises of financial aid to Africa, saying failure to do so could threaten the continent's march toward prosperity and democracy.