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Nigeria on Monday marked its 41st Independence Day still mired in poverty and conflict, to be dubbed a "nation of survivors" by one paper as the head of state admitted his team had not yet achieved much.
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| ABUJA |
Nigeria's President Olusegun Obasanjo admitted Monday his administration has failed so far to lift most Nigerians out of poverty and end violence, in a speech to mark the country's 41st independence celebrations.
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| LIMA |
Peruvian President Alejandro Toledo Monday was set to present to Congress an emergency plan to create new jobs and battle poverty.
The proposed legislation provides for 50 percent of privatization proceeds to go to road construction and 10 percent to launch a program to bring running water to remote rural regions.
During a television address on Sunday night, Toledo said the government already had set aside the equivalent of 142 million dollars to build roads in rural areas.
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| VATICAN CITY |
Pope John Paul II on Sunday told a synod of 4,500 Catholic bishops here that they should take the path of poverty if they wanted to gain credibility with their congregations.
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