ROME: The World Bank promised to provide more than $500 million to help drought victims in East Africa as a UN agency hosted an emergency meeting Monday aimed at fighting famine in Somalia and nearby countries.
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ROME: The Libyan opposition has outlined a political transition for the country if and when Muammar Gadhafi falls, telling an international conference of plans to install an interim government while a constitution is drafted and parliamentary (...)
VATICAN CITY: Pope Benedict XVI said Thursday that Christians suffer more religious persecution than any other group, denouncing lack of freedom of worship as an "intolerable" threat to world security.
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ROME: No global food crisis appears to be looming despite a Russian wheat shortfall that has helped lift prices to their highest level in two years, but volatile food commodities markets need better regulation, a UN agency said Tuesday.
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ROME: UN human rights officials said Tuesday that they were worried about Italy's deep-rooted racism against migrants following clashes in a southern town between African farmworkers, residents and police.
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ROME: World leaders at a food summit on Monday rallied around a new strategy to fight global hunger by helping poor countries feed themselves, but rebuffed a UN appeal to put a price tag on funding.
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VATICAN CITY: The Holy See and the Arab League have agreed to work together to promote peace and justice in the world, the Vatican said Friday, after a meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and the league s secretary-general.
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