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USA Nigeria
The world must not forget Chad’s refugees, UN agencies warn
Source: World Food Programme, UN High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, SudanRefugees who have been finding shelter in Chad for the past ten years or more continue to require food assistance and their food security situation remains precarious, say UNHCR and WFP.N’DJAMENA – Refugees who have been ...
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India Marocco USA Indonesia Guatemala Regno Unito Pakistan
Oxfam launches campaign to end violence against women and girls
Source: Oxfam Country: Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Pakistan, South Africa, World, ZambiaOxfam is kick-starting campaigns in Morocco, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Guatemala, South Africa and Zambia to coincide with the UN International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. Gender inequality is both the cause and the consequence of violence against women ...
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Etiopia
Making Diplomacy Effective in Ethiopia's Foreign Policy
[Addis Fortune] Diplomacy in Ethiopia is dominated by higher government officials (the prime minister and the foreign minister) sometimes called summit diplomacy. However, given the increasing importance of Ethiopia at the international level in so many respects and the importance of diplomacy to Ethiopia's foreign policy, diplomacy should be made ...
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Spagna
Amazon.es bate récord de ventas a seis horas de terminar el "viernes negro"
Madrid, 25 nov (EFE).- El grupo de distribución por internet Amazon ha batido hoy, durante el Black Friday ("viernes negro"), su cifra histórica de unidades vendidas a través de Amazon.es a falta de seis horas para terminar el día, indicaron hoy a Efe fuentes de la empresa.
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Spagna
Economía.- PSOE entiende "perfectamente" las razones que han llevado a CC.OO y UGT a convocar movilizaciones
MADRID, 25 (EUROPA PRESS) El portavoz del grupo socialista en materia de empleo, Rafael Simancas, ha afirmado que el PSOE comprende "perfectamente" las razones que han llevado a CC.OO y UGT a convocar movilizaciones para defender los derechos de los trabajadores españoles en diciembre.
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USA
Two killed in Black Friday sale shootings
Four people have been shot, two of them fatally, at Black Friday sales in the US.
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Giappone
World’s biggest pension fund gains ¥2.4 trillion as stocks rally
The world’s biggest pension fund posted its first profit in four quarters as stocks rebounded, providing some respite for the Japanese state money manager after critics lambasted it for taking on too much risk. The Government Pension Investment Fund returned 1.8 percent, or ¥2.4 trillion in the three months ended ...
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Brasile
Brazilians Struggle with Checking Accounts and Unemployment
By Lise Alves, Senior Contributing Reporter SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL – Despite forecasts of an improvement in the country’s economy in the coming months, Brazilians are still struggling to make ends meet. Last month Brazilians wrote more than 1.2 million checks that were returned for insufficient funds, according to data from ...
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Malta
‘Malta's Constitution prohibits participation in military alliances' - Alfred Sant
Former Prime Minister Alfred Sant voted against the report ‘European Defence Union’ and voted against the report ‘Implementation of the Common Security and Defence Policy’ at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Dr Sant abstained on roll call votes on separate clauses in both reports. The Maltese MEP said he voted ...
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Turchia USA Australia
After the turkey, some hit the shops to start holiday season
After enjoying the Thanksgiving turkey, some Americans hit the stores for what retailers hope will be a new tradition to start the holiday shopping season.Throngs of shoppers lined up at Macy's Herald Square in Manhattan for its evening opening, looking for deals, and Target estimated hundreds were waiting outside a ...