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EU ministers set to fudge €1 billion food package for poor farmers Ahead of a crucial meeting this Friday in Brussels to decide the fate of the proposed EU food crisis package, leading anti-poverty campaigners expressed their ...
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Aid agencies launch joint appeal to ease Congo humanitarian crisis Leading UK aid agencies are today (Thursday, November 20) appealing to the public for urgently needed funds to help ease the increasingly desperate plight of ...
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Climate change threatens to reverse Viet Nam success by dragging millions back into poverty Rising sea-levels, more intense typhoons, higher temperatures and increased flooding and drought threaten to drag millions of Vietnamese people back into poverty, an Oxfam report ...
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Thousands demand action on climate change in Bangladesh Enlisting the help of elephants, cows, donkeys and horses to get their messages across, more than four thousand people took part in a colourful march ...
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Going, going, gone? – Why the UK Government shouldn’t let energy auction billions slip away The UK Government should begin to raise the billions of Euros it needs to tackle climate change, by setting aside revenues gained from the first ...
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Oxfam response to G20 Financial Crisis Summit Action Plan As the G20 Financial Crisis Summit came to a close, Gawain Kripke, spokesperson for Oxfam International said: “The economic summit produced an action plan, but ...
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Afghans face crisis as Gordon Brown meets President Karzai, Oxfam warns For immediate release 13 Nov 2008 The bleak situation for ordinary Afghans, who are entering winter facing a food crisis and pervasive insecurity, must be ...
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Increase in forced labour, rape and harassment in eastern Congo, says Oxfam Nowhere to hide as Congo’s brutality continues in places of ’sanctuary’ There has been an increase in incidents of forced labour, rape and widespread brutality, ...
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G20 Must Prioritise Fight Against Poverty Global leaders must not squander historic opportunity for reform Washington, DC - The G20 must avoid small-scale tinkering and instead take immediate, substantive action to ...
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Cyclone Sidr: One year on, more than a million still struggling 12 November 2008 Press Release: For immediate release Almost one year after Cyclone Sidr ravaged southern Bangladesh last November 15, killing more than 3,000 people ...
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Action must replace European ‘air-miles’ diplomacy as ceasefire breaks Oxfam calls for European troops for Congo EU foreign ministers meeting in Brussels today (Monday, 10 November) must provide clear commitments to send European troops ...
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DR Congo: Civilians Under Attack Need Urgent Protection EU and Other UN Member States Should Send More Peacekeepers United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other African and international leaders meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, ...
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Photographer Rankin supporting Oxfam’s Congo appeal with a people’s photo-shoot on the South Bank Embargoed until 10.30am Friday 7 Nov 2008 Celebrity photographer Rankin is taking pictures of members of the public today (Friday) to support Oxfam’s appeal for ...
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Oxfam says government must act to protect UK homeworkers as National Group on Homeworking closes Oxfam and the TUC warned today that the closure of the National Group on Homeworking (NGH) will leave the UK’s many thousands of homeworkers even ...
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Obama can lead the fight against poverty President-elect Obama has the opportunity to take a fresh new look at how the US tackles poverty. The financial crisis has created a strain on ...