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Egypt fights to stem rapid population growth
Since President Hosni Mubarak took office in 1981, the population has nearly doubled to 82 million people.
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Rising energy costs eroding Asia's competitive edge
Much of Asia's export-based economic miracle has been predicated on cheap transportation and energy, but with oil at $140 a barrel the sums increasingly don't add up.
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Long summer seen for Detroit autoworkers
Detroit automakers will temporarily lay off upward of 25,000 workers this year, but are still obligated to pay them more than half of their take-home wages.
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Africa: 'Agriculture Needs Green Growth'
Caution needs to be exercised in developing African food production to avoid long-term social and environmental harm, according to an ecologist credited with averting mass hunger on the continent.
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Bush Asks for Help, Abroad and at Home, in Sending Aid to Africa
President Bush called for Congress to renew his global AIDS initiative and urged other nations to live up to their promises to fight poverty and disease on the continent.
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Weather Plays Larger Role in Global Fuel Prices
Biofuels or fossil fuels – dependence on any one energy source is a dangerous strategy
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South Africa: Maize Farmers Expect Profit Bonanza
The respite from high food and other agricultural prices, reported last week, is likely to prove brief, as grain prices surge on international markets.
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India lorry driver's mass strike could force out government
As many as five million Indian lorry drivers went on strike today to protest
against a surge in fuel prices, dealing what may prove a fatal blow to the
country's beleaguered Government.
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Africa: Forum to Focus on Expanded Trade, Economic Growth
When government leaders from sub-Saharan Africa meet in Washington July 14-16 at an annual economic forum, the focus will be on mobilizing private investment to expand trade and growth across the continent, say senior U.S. officials.
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Globalization Requires Safety Net, U.N. Says
Greater government intervention is needed to moderate the severe economic swings and inequalities that seem to be an unavoidable byproduct of globalization, according to a United Nations report released yesterday.
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U.S. Farm Bill 'Too Little, Too Late' for Developing World
The legislation broke new ground but the amount$60 million over four yearswas a fraction of the $300 million President Bush had sought for one fiscal year and will be spent on a pilot program.
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Microcredit Games for Kids Make Real World Impact
Kids can learn about microcredit success stories and lend a helping hand by playing interactive games from an online initiative called One Hen. Each time a child wins a game and donates 'beads' Opportunity International gives a small loan to a poor entrepreneur.
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Weather Risks Cloud Promise of Biofuel
Recent storms and floods have highlighted the risks of an economy that has grown more dependent on corn for fuel.
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China's Exports Threatened by Rising Costs
Manufacturers of low-cost products have been a key engine of China's economic miracle, but the sector may be entering middle age. As material and labor costs rise and China's currency strengthens, these manufacturers with thin margins are among the least able to absorb the costs.
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W Bank in 'grave' water crisis
The West Bank is facing grave water shortages partly because of "discriminatory" Israeli policies, an Israeli rights group says.
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Mozambique's informal street traders strive to survive
'Car guard' Titos Ernesto represents the developing world's legions of small-time, off-the-books entrepreneurs.
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Saving Fish, Saving People
Turkish biologist Mustafa Sari single-handedly set up a system to protect the pearl mullet, a fish found only in southeastern Turkey. In doing so, the social entrepreneur has helped hundreds of Turkish villagers who rely on the fish for their livelihoods.
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Sierra Leone: What Does Scrap Metal Business Portend for Tomorrow's Leaders?
Since the ban on the activities of members of Sierra Leone Scrap Metal Association (SLSMA) was lifted few months ago, as part of newly-elected All Peoples Congress (APC) government's effort to bloom the economy, many children of primary and secondary schools-going age have took to the streets to engage in scrap metal business instead of going to their schools.
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Hoarding nations drive food costs ever higher
After at least 29 countries sharply curbed their food exports, impoverished importing countries are finding it more difficult to afford the food they need.
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U.N. expands food aid to N.Korea
The U.N. World Food Programme, which has warned of a humanitarian crisis in North Korea due to a food shortage, said on Monday it reached a deal with Pyongyang to rapidly expand aid, and that a U.S. ship carrying wheat had arrived
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