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    Global Food Prices Drop for Fifth Month on the Trot

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    How France Underdevelops Africa

    Most sub-Saharan African French colonies got formal independence in the 1960s. But their economies have progressed little, leaving most people in poverty, and generally...
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    First person: Surviving a Deadly Hurricane in New York

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    Need to Work for Stronger Recovery and Resilience, Says Bhupender Yadav at G20 Environment Forum

    India's minister for environment, forests and climate change said that the climate change phenomenon is deeply unfair as those who contributed least to it...
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    Public Data of Private People: Issues of Data, Access and Privacy

    The line between providing government services like Google predicts your next possible search comes at a huge trade-off. Clearly, the line between a techno-utopia...
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    UN Report Holds China Responsible for ‘Serious Human Rights Violations’ in Xinjiang; China Rebuts Strongly

    The OHCHR report released on Wednesday points to “allegations of patterns of torture, or ill-treatment, including forced medical treatment and adverse conditions of detention”...
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    Bangladesh Law Enforcement Agencies Not Bringing Money Launderers to Book, Finance Intelligence Boss Tells Court

    Bangladesh’s financial intelligence boss told the court that little has come out of 983 intelligence reports his office shared with the country’s anti-corruption commission...
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    Bangladesh Plans for Food Security; Set to Import Rice from India, Vietnam; Wheat from Russia

    Officials say that the exports are to replenish reserves and cool domestic prices. The country anticipates a fall in the production of rice following...
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    RBI Raises Key Interest Rate for First Time in Nearly Four Years as Inflation Risks Broaden

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    ICC Unseals Arrest Warrants for Four Senior Taliban Officials Over Gender Persecution

    Judges determined there are reasonable grounds to believe the four ordered, induced or solicited the crime against humanity of persecution on gender and political grounds.
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    ICC Unseals Arrest Warrants for Four Senior Taliban Officials Over Gender Persecution

    Judges determined there are reasonable grounds to believe the four ordered, induced or solicited the crime against humanity of persecution on gender and political grounds.
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