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UN seeks $500-M aid to stem world hunger
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LONDON: The UN agency charged with relieving world hunger has
launched an “extraordinary emergency appeal” for at least $500
million (325 million euros), the Financial Times reported on Monday.
According to the business daily, which cited a
letter sent to donor countries over the weekend that it obtained,
the money was required by the end of April, otherwise the World Food
Program (WFP) would have to reduce food rations because of rapidly
increasing commodity prices.
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No. 2 al-Qaeda leader calls
for strikes against US, Israel
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WASHINGTON: Second-ranking al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri called
for new strikes against Jewish and American interests in a new radio
address monitored here.
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Baby boys more likely to die than girls—study
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CHICAGO: Baby boys are more likely to die than baby girls and
medical advances have actually increased the gender gap, a study
released Monday found.
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Tibet’s exiled
govt: 130 dead in crackdown
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DHARAMSHALA, India: Around 130 people have been confirmed killed in
a Chinese crackdown on protests and unrest in Tibet, the prime
minister of the Tibetan government-in-exile told Agence France-Presse
on Monday.
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Higgs Boson: ’The God Particle‘
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GENEVA: Mighty things are going on at CERN, Europe’s atom-smashing
laboratory.
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WORLDINBRIEF
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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s parliament prepared Monday to elect a new
prime minister as the coalition government gears up for a
confrontation with key US ally President Pervez Musharraf.
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