Summit Saturday on Fighting Poverty in Utah
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A coalition of low-income Utahns and faith-based groups will host the third annual People's Summit on Poverty to brainstorm about ways to fight poverty in Utah.  The summit, sponsored by the Utah Poverty Partnership, will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Horizonte School, 1234 S.
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The Utah legislature will meet in special session on Monday to debate a redistricting map adding a fourth congressional seat to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs delegation as part of a deal to give the District of Columbia its first voting representative in Congress.
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South Africa's Thabo Mbeki is under pressure over crime but his annual speech is expected to highlight poverty.
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After reading about laws around the country banning panhandling, I think it is a wonderful idea for our state.  It would be great to make it retroactive to when Dave Checketts came begging.  Jeff Ayers  Kaysville  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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Rep. Carl Duckworth, D-Magna, looks over the various kinds of Aggie Ice Cream at the Utah Legislature on Thursday. Utah State University representatives brought the treat to promote two bills affecting higher education.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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By Kristen Stewart, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 12--As many as 875 Utahns lost their food stamps last month under a  new policy that anti-hunger advocates say they would have opposed had they  known about it.
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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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DURBAN, South Africa  - Developing countries have pledged to band together to force the West to help tackle their problems, ranging from poverty to reform of the United Nations.
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Linking the federal minimum wage to inflation and strengthening collective bargaining rights would be two steps toward the eventual elimination of poverty in America, Democratic presidential candidate John Edwards said Monday.
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The UK and other developed countries are meeting to plan ways to spend aid more effectively in poor countries.
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By Nancy Perkins Deseret Morning News  ST. GEORGE -- Four possible growth scenarios are on the table for review during the next three weeks as Vision Dixie begins its final series of public meetings in Washington County.
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COCHABAMBA, Bolivia  - Bolivia's Evo Morales faces an uphill battle toward revival of South American trade unity along socially responsible lines when he meets with regional leaders in a summit on Friday and Saturday.
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A club of African leaders fighting for improved democracy and better governance came under the spotlight Friday ahead of a summit looking at transforming the 53-member African Union (AU) into a closer-knit federation.
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PROVO -- Habitat for Humanity of Utah County seeks families to participate in its homeownership program.  Program orientation sessions will be today and Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. and Thursday at 1:30 p.m. at Community Action Services, 815 S. Freedom Blvd.
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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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The "values" of terrorism, and of trying to contain it, will be the focus of a two-day conference at the University of Utah, Thursday and Friday.  Nobel Laureate Amartya K.
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PROVO -- Utah County Commissioners Larry Ellertson and Steve White will deliver state of the county messages Friday at the Provo/ Orem Chamber of Commerce's monthly First Friday Forum in the Clark Auditorium at the Utah Valley Regional Medical Center's Northwest Plaza, 1134 N. 500 West.