Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong (right), of Singapore,
responds to a reporter's question during a joint press
conference with Secretary of Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld (left) outside the Pentagon.
Goh, Rumsfeld and some of their top
advisors met earlier to discuss a range of policy and
security issues of interest to both nations.
(dodphoto by R. D. Ward).
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A UN panel called Thursday for a campaign to convince Western public opinion of its self-interest in greatly increasing government development aid to poor countries.
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President George W. Bush on Tuesday hosted South African President Thabo Mbeki in a meeting aimed at boosting bilateral ties and winning US support for a regional rescue plan conceived by Mbeki to end war and poverty in Africa.
"A moment has come for us, as Africans, really to turn the corner, to deal with all of these problems of violence and conflict and poverty, disease and so on," Mbeki told Bush in the White House Oval Office.
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Japan has granted Benin more than 750 million CFA francs (some 985,000 dollars) to fight poverty and child trafficking, the finance ministry said Tuesday.
An official said the aid aimed at reducting poverty and to fund a pilot project to fight child slavery through prevention and rehabilitation measures.
Benin has been dogged by charges of widespread child labour.
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Albanian Prime Minister Ilir Meta claimed Monday his Socialist Party won first-round elections in the dirt-poor country, whose stability is crucial for the region. However, the opposition also claimed victory.
International election monitors meanwhile approved the ballots Sunday, which were largely free of the violence which has marred previous polls in the Balkan country.
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By Roy N. Freed
Much to my delight, I was asked to share my ideas about networking, which
I do now by this paper. Being well into my retirement, I cherish the
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Tanzania's parliament has endorsed a 1.9 billion US dollar budget for the 2001/02 fiscal year, amid mixed feelings in political and economic circles on government's ability to meet its poverty elimination targets.
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World Trade Organisation (WTO) members drew up a timeframe Friday for efforts at ensuring that intellectual property rights do not prevent poor countries from getting badly-needed drugs.
Delegates agreed the WTO's accord on trade-related aspects of intellectual property rights (TRIPS) must be "part of the solution and not part of the problem," Zimbabwean Ambassador Boniface Chidyausiku said.
Chidyausiku chaired the meeting devoted to dealing with public health crises.
WTO members agreed on Wednesday on the need for steps to ensure all ... |
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| LUSAKA |
| Scientists and wealthy tourists flocked to southern Africa Thursday to watch the first full solar eclipse of the millennium, a midwinter show greeted locally with both enthusiasm and fears for the eyesight of millions of poverty-stricken ... |
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