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Hundreds of anti-globalization activists gathered here this week for the 2001 Civicus Assembly met Thursday with a top official of the World Bank, one of the agencies most widely condemned by the militants.
Mats Karlsson, the vice president for external affairs and the United Nations, was the sole agency official to respond to the invitation from assembly organizers, though representatives from governments including the Philippines and Mexico were also in attendance.
The conference, billed as a "World Alliance for Citizen Participation" gathered some 800 representatives of non-governmental organizations, unions and civic movements from 90 countries through Thursday.
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| BANGKOK |
(CNN) -- One of the FBI's 10 most-wanted fugitives, an alleged pedophile, was arrested in Bangkok Tuesday, a United States embassy official has confirmed.
Eric Franklin Rosser, 49, a professional jazz and concert pianist, was arrested in the Thai capital by FBI agents and the Royal Thai police acting on a tip from a U.S. television show.
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| WASHINGTON |
| Diplomats from the U.S., Germany and Australia have been denied extended visas and are preparing to leave Afghanistan without having seen eight Western aid workers being held on charges of proselytizing, the State Department has said. ... |
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| KAMPALA |
Rich countries should pay taxes on profits their companies earn from operations in poor countries, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said at an international investment conference here.
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| COLOMBO |
Sri Lanka announced Tuesday it would seek international loans as the government admitted a sharp economic slowdown following the Tamil rebel attack against the country's only international airport.
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| NEW DELHI |
A mother poisoned to death her five children and then committed suicide Thursday to escape a life of dometic violence and poverty in the eastern Indian state of Bihar, a report said.
The Press Trust of India said the police have ... |
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| MONTREAL |
About eight percent of Canadians, just under 2.5 million people, were forced to limit the quality or quantity of their diet at least once in 1998-99 because of poverty, Statistics Canada reported.
In a survey released Wednesday, an estimated three million Canadians -- 10 percent -- were living in what is known as a "food-insecure" household at some point in the two years examined.
Food-insecurity results from a household worried about a lack of money to buy food; a shortage in quality or variety of foods; or simply not having enough to eat.
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| ACCRA |
Ghana will save 110 million dollars a year as a result of opting to participate in the Highly Indebted Poor Countriesinitiative, Finance Minister Yaw Osafo Maafo said Wednesday.
Debt service payments will average about 240 ... |
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