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A top UN official on Wednesday praised "great progress" in easing Zimbabwe's humanitarian crisis, but urged donors to continue supporting the country's recovery from a decade of economic freefall.
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Scottish writer Alexander McCall Smith, creator of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, owns way too many books.
Crisis intervention funding for two Jewish community councils in Brooklyn that originated under Gov. George Pataki, and has continued for at least seven years through two successors may soon disappear, leaving the agencies in a major budget crunch.
HARARE, Zimbabwe — The United Nations is appealing for $378 million for Zimbabwe to buy food a...
CHIVI, 8 December 2009 (IRIN) - Poor farmers in the dusty village of Mandamabwe, in Masvingo Province, southeastern Zimbabwe, have resorted to a groundbreaking activity to salvage what they can of their 2010 harvest.
Nairobi - Former United Nations secretary-general Kofi Annan urged Kenya's leaders Tuesday to quicken the pace of reforms considered crucial to avoid a repeat of the violence that followed disputed presidential elections in December 2007. Annan broke...
Nobel Laureate economist, John Harsanyi, said that “apart from economic payoffs, social status seems to be the most important incentive and motivating force of social behavior.” The more noticeable status disparities are, the more concerned with status people become, and the differences between the haves and have-nots have been extremely pronounced during the economic recession of recent years ...
Harare - Foreign airlines have stopped using Zimbabwe's airspace because the country's meteorological service is incapable of supplying weather information they need, according to officials. The state-run Department of Meteorological Services automat...
Bangladesh opener Tamim Iqbal is in doubt for a triangular one-day series in January after he ignored medical advice and continued to play cricket despite a broken hand, the Bangladesh Cricket Board said on Monday.
Harare - A London-registered mining company is demanding the eviction of Zimbabwean state companies and their South African partners working the controversial Chiadzwa diamond field in the east of the country, lawyers confirmed Monday. Lawyer Jonatha...
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