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Former U.N. chief Kofi Annan waves as he arrives for his meeting with Arab League chief Nabil Elaraby at the Arab league headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, March 8, 2012. Anan says his top priority as special envoy to Syria is to end the violence, deliver humanitarian relief and finally start a "political process" to resolve the one-year conflict there. Annan urges Syria to stop delaying humanitarian aid Wed 16 May 2012
AFP - UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan on Tuesday urged Syria to stop delaying UN access to more than one million Syrians in need of assistance. The United Nations has... (photo: AP / Amr Nabil) France24
Arab   Photos   Syria   UN   Wikipedia: Syrian uprising (2011–present)
Kylie Minogue 2010 Tour Kylie Minogue supports Cannes Aids gala Mon 14 May 2012
Alec Baldwin, Kylie Minogue and Janet Jackson are to support a gala dinner and auction at the Cannes Film Festival to raise money for Aids research. The annual event,... (photo: Creative Commons / basic_sounds) BBC News
Arts   Cannes   Celebrity   Photos   Wikipedia: Kylie Minogue
As foreign troops leave, Afghan refugees and poverty increase As foreign troops leave, Afghan refugees and poverty increase Mon 14 May 2012
MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Gulam recalls the evening she fled her home in northern Afghanistan on foot, running with her teen daughters under the cloak of... (photo: US Army / Michael J. MacLeod) The Star
Afghanistan   Photos   Poverty   Refugees   Troops   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
A small village in the Maharashtra in Pune district in Baramati - India Rs4,500 crore aid may come Maharashtra's way Mon 14 May 2012
The state government has urged the Centre to grant Rs4,500crore to upgrade 12,550km roads across Maharashtra under the Prime Minister Gram Sadak Yogna (PMGSY). Union... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) DNA India
Development   Fund   Maharashtra   Photos   Wikipedia: Maharashtra
he Oct. 22, 2008 file photo shows Jens Weidmann  leader of the department IV, for economic and finance policy at the chancellery and economic advisor of German Chancellor Angela Merkel at a weekly cabinet meeting at the chancellery in Berlin. According to German media reports on Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2011 Weidmann is becoming new head of the German Bundesbank. Greece Will Lose 'Financial Aid' Without Austerity, German Bank Chief Warns Sat 12 May 2012
BERLIN -- The head of Germany's central bank is warning that there would be no basis for further financial aid to keep Greece afloat if the country backs off agreements... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber) Huffington Post
Economy   Finance   Market   Photos   Wikipedia: Jens Weidmann
Dr. Lisa Sterman holds up a bottle of Truvada at her office in San Francisco, Thursday, May 10, 2012. Prevention pill new phase in AIDS fight Sat 12 May 2012
CHICAGO - Condoms and other safe-sex practices have accomplished only so much. Now the 30-year battle against AIDS is on the verge of a radical new phase, with the... (photo: AP / Jeff Chiu) Clarion Ledger
AIDS   Drug   Health   Pandemic   Photos   Wikipedia: Tenofovir/emtricitabine
Local health workers remove earth contaminated by lead from a family compound in the village of Dareta in Gusau, Nigeria Thursday, June 10, 2010. Foreign health workers and local volunteers are working to clean up villages affected by lead poisoning, after 160 people died and hundreds more fell sick. Aid group slams Nigeria for lead poisoning Sat 12 May 2012
A deadly lead poisoning outbreak that began two years ago in northern Nigeria continues to claim young victims even today, an aid agency official has said. Ivan Gayton of... (photo: AP / Sunday Alamba) Al Jazeera
Health   Mining   Nigeria   Photos   Wikipedia: Zamfara State lead poisoning epidemic
Aid cuts could cripple Afghan peace Aid cuts could cripple Afghan peace Thu 10 May 2012
"Expecting people to keep on living in these kinds of conditions is simply not acceptable’’ ... Valerie Amos. Photo: AP THE sudden withdrawal of aid money and foreign... (photo: DOD / Public Domain) Canberra Times
Afghanistan   Peace   Photos   Troops   US   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, delivers the opening address at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2012. Germany warns Greece it will halt aid unless it commits to bailout agreements Wed 9 May 2012
Germany has threatened to halt vital financial aid to Greece unless a new government commits to the terms of the country’s bail-out agreements. Germany's Angela... (photo: AP / Michel Euler) The Daily Telegraph
Economy   Germany   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis
Cuts to foreign aid 'could cost 250,000 lives' Cuts to foreign aid 'could cost 250,000 lives' Wed 9 May 2012
BITTER disappointment at the budget decision to strip back promised foreign aid worth almost $3 billion over the next four years has quickly turned to cynicism within... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) Canberra Times
Africa   Aid   Guinea   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Aid
Winter Killed at Least 100 Afghan Refugee Children, Study Estimates Winter Killed at Least 100 Afghan Refugee Children, Study Estimates Wed 9 May 2012
KABUL, Afghanistan — After a harsh winter killed children in refugee camps around the Afghan capital and brought attention to poor conditions there, a new study by... (photo: UN / Fardin Waezi) The New York Times
Afghanistan   Children   Photos   Refugee   UN   Wikipedia: Afghanistan
Slums in cities- Poverty- India INDIA'S URBAN SLUMS: Rising Social Inequalities, Mass Poverty and Homelessness Wed 9 May 2012
Former World Bank and UN official Manmohan Singh was never projected as India’s Prime Minister; he was imposed on 1.2 billion hapless Indians. Former World Bank [WB]... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) GlobalResearch
Asia   India   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Poverty in India
A mosquito - insect - nature New rearing system may aid sterile insect technique against mosquitoes Mon 7 May 2012
The requirement for efficient mosquito mass-rearing technology has been one of the major obstacles preventing the large scale application of the Sterile Insect Technique... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) PhysOrg
Insect   Photos   Technology   US   Wikipedia: Mosquito
The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril The heavy co$t of AIDS - With global funds to dry up, Jamaica in peril Sun 6 May 2012
Byron Buckley, Contributor CARIBBEAN AIDS prevention advocates fear that crucial funding to sustain hard-won gains over the last decade could dry up by year end.... (photo: ABr / ABr) The Gleaner
Aids   Funds   Health   Jamaica   Photos   Wikipedia: AIDS
The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia addressing the National Conference on JNNRUM, organized by Ministry of Urban Development, in New Delhi on December 03, 2010. Poverty definition in the line of fire Sun 6 May 2012
Even as Montek Singh Ahluwalia, Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission, spends lakhs of rupees daily on his foreign trips, it is hypocritical that the commission sets... (photo: PIB of India) The Hindu
Business   Economy   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Montek Singh Ahluwalia
Greece's socialist leader, Evangelos Venizelos of the PASOK party, speaks in central Athens' Syntagma Square on Friday, May 4, 2012. Greek socialist leader Venizelos warns of 'mass poverty' Sat 5 May 2012
The leader of Greece's Pasok party Evangelos Venizelos has said Greece faces a choice between austerity and "mass poverty" in elections on Sunday. "On... (photo: AP / Thanassis Stavrakis) BBC News
Economy   Greece   Photos   Poverty   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis
Aid crisis leaves millions at risk Aid crisis leaves millions at risk Fri 4 May 2012
Fighting for life ... a malnurished Malian refugee child is weighed at the Medecins sans Fronti?res medical centre of the M'bere refugee camp. Photo: AFP MILLIONS of... (photo: UN / Mark Garten) Canberra Times
Aid   Photos   Poverty   Refugee   UN   Wikipedia: Aid
President Barack Obama greets Davis Marsico, 6, and other supporters upon his arrival at Charlotte Douglas International airport in Charlotte, NC., Wednesday, March, 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Democrats in GOP-leaning House races may aid Obama Thu 3 May 2012
Click photo to enlargePresident Barack Obama steps off Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. upon his return from Afghanistan, Wednesday, May 2, 2012.... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Denver Post
Campaign   Democrat   Obama   Photos   Wikipedia: Barack Obama presidential campaign, 2012
Zen tea is one of popular teas in India, it grows and it also produces in Himachal state of India, near Dharamshala, India Tea Tree ointment perfect for any first-aid kit Tue 1 May 2012
For all you Preppers out there who are looking for a well-rounded, first-aid product that can help with any number of physical ailments, try Tea Tree ointment. You can... (photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang) The Examiner
Food   Health   Photos   Tree   Wikipedia: Tea tree
President Obama goes over notes in the Red Room Obama releases $147M in aid to Palestinians Sat 28 Apr 2012
DANIELLA CHESLOW Associated Press= JERUSALEM (AP) — American aid officials said Saturday they will restore development programs for Palestinians after President Barack... (photo: White House / Pete Souza) The Guardian
Aid   Palestinians   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Israeli–Palestinian conflict