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Kathryn Strachan

JOHANNESBURG - Amid the hardship facing Ethiopia's children, there are signs that conditions may be improving and that children's lives are changing for the better.

DEVELOPMENT-ETHIOPIA: Understanding Poverty's Impact on Children

ETHIOPIA: Choosing Among One's Own Amid Food Crisis

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ECONOMY: Poor Sidelined in Rush to Contain Financial Crisis
Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON - The worst market crisis since the 1930s has dominated financial leaders' talks here, stoking misgivings that the world's poor are being overlooked.

ECONOMY: Nobel Honours Man Who Told Bush to "Please Go Away"
Wolfgang Kerler
NEW YORK - Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton University who is best known for his New York Times columns -- frequently involving scathing assaults on the policies of the George W. Bush administration -- was awarded the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on international trade and economic geography.

ENERGY CRUNCH
	ENVIRONMENT-US: Florida Hopes Energy Farm Will Be First of Many More >>

MIGRATION AND REFUGEES
	ECONOMY-MEXICO: Bracing for the Blow More >>

DEVELOPMENT: Challenging the Bio-fuel-Hunger Paradigm

Participants at The Third India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) Business Forum 2008 came together here to debunk the belief that development of bio-fuels would invariably exacerbate global hunger. Conventional wisdom has it that increased production of bio-fuel -- particularly ethanol -- will invariably result in decreasing acreage for food grain production, rising food prices and a surge in hunger and malnutrition. Participants at the Forum -- held in New Delhi during the lead-up to the third IBSA Summit -- declared that this was not necessarily true.

ECONOMY: Poor Sidelined in Rush to Contain Financial Crisis

ECONOMY: What Role Can the IMF Play Today?

ECONOMY: Poor Sidelined in Rush to Contain Financial Crisis
	The worst market crisis since the 1930s has dominated financial leaders' talks here, stoking misgivings that the world's poor are being overlooked.

DEVELOPMENT: Signs of Hope for Ethiopia's Children

ECONOMY: India, Brazil and South Africa Should Gang Up With China

ECONOMY: India, Brazil and South Africa Should Gang Up With China
	The India-Brazil-South Africa (IBSA) formation could have enough clout to stand up to the European Union and the U.S. but it needs the help of emerging superpower China. Alternatively it should align with the BRIC (Brazil-Russia-India-China) group.

ECONOMY-CHINA: Flirting With Land Tenure Reforms

ENVIRONMENT-INDIA: Illegal Trade Decimating Wildlife

ECONOMY: Nobel Honours Man Who Told Bush to "Please Go Away"
	Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton University who is best known for his New York Times columns -- frequently involving scathing assaults on the policies of the George W. Bush administration -- was awarded the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on international trade and economic geography.

Q&A: 'Engagement, Not Collaboration With Business'

EU: Defiant Guyana to be Punished

BOLIVIA: Morales Leads March for New Constitution
	Bolivian President Evo Morales was at the head of a march that set off Monday to the capital from Caracollo, a town 200 km to the south, to press Congress to schedule a referendum on the new constitution that has been drafted by a constituent assembly.

POLITICS-PERU: A Helping Hand from the Left

ECONOMY: What Role Can the IMF Play Today?

MIDEAST: Israel May Have Become a Liability for U.S.
	The relationship between two of Iran's strongest critics, the U.S. and Israel, is once again under the spotlight as the international heat on Iran's alleged nuclear programme increases following a warning from International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director-general Mohamed ElBaradei for the Islamic republic to show more transparency.

RIGHTS-US: Muslim Charity to Get Its Day in Court

BOOKS-IRAQ: Kurdish Jews Recall a Paradise Lost

ECONOMY: Nobel Honours Man Who Told Bush to "Please Go Away"
	Paul Krugman, a professor at Princeton University who is best known for his New York Times columns -- frequently involving scathing assaults on the policies of the George W. Bush administration -- was awarded the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on international trade and economic geography.

POLITICS-US: Foreclosure Victims May Lose Votes as Well

MIDEAST: Israel May Have Become a Liability for U.S.

DEVELOPMENT: Challenging the Bio-fuel-Hunger Paradigm

Q&A: 'Engagement, Not Collaboration With Business'

PARAGUAY: Rally Clashes with Aid for Drought Victims

DEVELOPMENT: Challenging the Bio-fuel-Hunger Paradigm

DEVELOPMENT: Signs of Hope for Ethiopia's Children

POLITICS-US: Foreclosure Victims May Lose Votes as Well

DEVELOPMENT: U.N. Prods Drug Firms to Cut Prices for Poorest
	The world's poorest nations continue to suffer from high prices for life-saving drugs and a shortage of generics -- specifically to treat HIV/AIDS -- despite assurances by the some of the major pharmaceutical companies to help lower costs.

ENVIRONMENT-CHILE: Pedalling Against Pollution

POLITICS-US: Right-Wing Magnate Takes Up Anti-Abortion Banner

BOLIVIA: Morales Leads March for New Constitution
	Bolivian President Evo Morales was at the head of a march that set off Monday to the capital from Caracollo, a town 200 km to the south, to press Congress to schedule a referendum on the new constitution that has been drafted by a constituent assembly.

DEVELOPMENT: Challenging the Bio-fuel-Hunger Paradigm

Q&A: "When There’s Corruption, All Votes Are Not Equal"