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Africa calls for World Bank reform after Nigerian denied top post
World NowAfricans call for World Bank reform after Africa's candidate for World Bank president is passed over: African financial leaders called for the reform of the World Bank and its process for selecting its leader, dominated for six decades by the US, after... -
Foreign investor `land grabs¿ harm poor farmers, Oxfam says
WASHINGTON -- Foreign-investor purchases of farmland in poorer nations are displacing local populations and adding little to a country’s wealth, even as agricultural prices increase, according to Oxfam International. As many as 561 million acres...Tags: Harvard University, Financial and Business Services, Economic Organization, China, George Soros
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Scary: 7 billion humans by Oct. 31
The world's 7 billionth person will be born into a population more aware than ever of the challenges of sustaining life on a crowded planet but no closer to a consensus about what to do about it.
To some demographers the milestone foreshadows turbulent...Tags: Beijing (China), Economic Organization, Natural Disasters, Conservation, China
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Round and round we go
By Alan Guebert The mid-June Congressional action on ag programs seems to confirm why Washington, D.C.’s streets feature roundabout upon roundabout: moving left or right – a big deal on Capitol Hill now – usually lands you back where...Tags: Republican Party, Conservation, Poverty, Biscuits, Steve King
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Spokesman: Clinton not seeking World Bank presidency
Washington BureauA spokesman for Hillary Clinton swiftly and emphatically denied a report Thursday that the secretary of state was considering stepping down to seek the World Bank presidency in 2012. Reuters cited three unnamed sources in its report that Clinton was open...Tags: Economic Organization, Robert Zoellick, White House, Joe Biden, World Bank Group
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LEBANON: Former World Bank president shunned by students and faculty, withdraws from ceremony
Babylon & BeyondWhat has been coined the "Arab Spring" has gained momentum, this time in the region's most well-reputed and prestigious university, the American University of Beirut. The campus has been a scene of protests ever since the university decided to grant...... -
Demonstrations on Mexico drug war offered look at Mexicans abroad
La PlazaWhen large demonstrations in Mexico calling for an end to the drug war grew last spring, communities of citizens abroad perked up and took notice. Chatter began popping up on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. Virtual groups formed. Mexicans... -
IRAN: Tehran says no to nuclear swap
Babylon & BeyondIran says it’s no longer interested in talking with the West about swapping nuclear fuel rather than making its own.... -
U.S. global economic competitiveness trails Sweden, Finland
Money & CompanyWorld Economic Forum says U.S. global competitiveness in fifth place... -
Hillary Clinton to head the World Bank? The answer is no, No and also NO!
Top of the TicketHillary Clinton issues Shermanesque statement about heading the World Bank.... -
Stress takes its toll
Special to the Los Angeles Times"Two weeks ago I was in Japan for a week, then I was in San Francisco for a day, and then I went to Paris for a week, and I just got back yesterday. Now here I am at work trying to figure out what day it is." In other words, it's a typical Monday at...Tags: Los Angeles Times, Economic Organization, Air Transportation Delays, Hospitals and Clinics, Business Trips
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China still restricting foreign media, U.S. complains
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterChina has missed the deadline to comply with a World Trade Organization ruling to loosen state controls on foreign media, the U.S. trade representative said, delaying wider U.S. access to its fast growing market for films, music, books and other...Tags: Elections, News Media, Beijing (China), China, Crime, Law and Justice
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