G8 unfurls 20 billion dollar boost for food production
Barack Obama and fellow rich nation leaders
unveiled a 20 billion dollar fund to help feed the developing world
on Friday as they were urged to help the poor survive the downturn.
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Moscow market closure cost 100,000 jobs
More than 100,000 people lost their jobs when
Russian authorities closed a sprawling market in Moscow last week,
including many traders from Asian countries, a migrants association
said Friday.
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Uighur unrest highights China’s ethnic tensions
Deadly unrest in China’s Muslim-populated far
northwest has highlighted deep tensions felt by dozens of ethnic
groups across the vast nation that pose a growing problem for the
government, analysts said.
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