Richardson calls for focus on poverty
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson called Thursday for a focus on fighting poverty and hunger in the developing world, arguing hunger and overpopulation are the greatest looming threat to the establishment of a stable world.
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Rich nations need to increase their funding to poor countries if they are to meet aid commitments a report says.
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Democratic presidential contender Bill Richardson believes the United States must reach out to moderate elements in Iranian society if it is to defuse a standoff between the two countries
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Friday that President Bush should learn from recent successes with North Korea and engage in intense diplomatic negotiations in the Middle East to end the Iraq war.
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Former premier is determined to regain power and support the nation's poor, reports Jason Burke.
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Tory leader David Cameron is to label poverty a "moral disgrace" and make a pledge to tackle it.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson on Wednesday called for the U.S. to end the war in Iraq, arguing that the troops exacerbate the sectarian violence and the billions spent could be used for health care and other needs.
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Gov. Bill Richardson, playing a familiar role as a diplomatic troubleshooter, plans to travel to Sudan on Thursday to try to secure the release of American journalist Paul Salopek.
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Douglas Alexander MP says core values must be employed in order to tackle global poverty.
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Former senator scheduled to speak in New Orleans -- appearance, billed as anti-poverty speech, now expected to serve as platform for ending Democrat's White House bid.
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For the Broward County Democratic chairman, Bill Richardson's presidential campaign has meaning far beyond how well the New Mexico governor fares against better known 2008 rivals.
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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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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson started a Hispanic outreach program Thursday to try to raise his profile with a voting bloc critical to his campaign. "Because my name is Richardson, many Latinos don't know I'm Latino," the New Mexico governor told reporters in Spanish after a news conference announcing the effort.
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World leaders are hoping to put a spotlight on the growing gap between rich and poor and the failure to find &#36;50 billion a year to help more than one billion people escape extreme poverty and start sharing global prosperity.
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Nelson Mandela on Thursday compared widespread poverty in developing countries to man-made evils such as slavery and apartheid, and urged wealthy nations to do more to fight it.
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Democratic presidential contender Bill Richardson was discussing his health care plan recently when he paused to toss out a question and a request. "How will I pay for it? Ask me!"
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Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Monday that raising the minimum wage and providing incentives to businesses for locating in impoverished communities could help struggling areas like the Delta region of east Arkansas.