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African crop yields drop during El Niņo years - 22-02-2006
The periodic warming of the Pacific Ocean known as El Niņo can reduce African crops yields, in some years endangering food supplies for about 20 million people, say researchers.
They warn that if, as widely predicted, climate change increase...
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Cast your vote: who could do most to end global poverty? - 21-02-2006
Oxfam's 'I'm In' People's Poll invites people joining the campaign to identify who they think could make the biggest difference to end global poverty and suffering. It could be a political figure, a high profile celebrity, a business leader - anyone who ca...
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Head-to-head: Africa's food crisis - 17-02-2006
An official from the UN's World Food Programme (WFP), Nicholas Crawford, and Tajudeen Abdul-Raheem, a pan-Africanist and Director of Justice Africa, debate what is causing Africa's deepening food crisis and what the solutions might be.
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Destroy and Profit: Wars, Disasters and Corporations - 17-02-2006
Periods following wars, conflicts and disasters have long been opportunities for channeling massive amounts of public and private money, and human and technical resources towards programmes that are aimed ostensibly towards rehabilitation and reconstructio...
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