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British PM writes to G8 urging action on food scarcity as concerns on biofuels are raised with US and Japan

British Primeminister Gordon Brown raised fresh concerns about the impact of biofuels yesterday, as he put rising food prices on the world agenda by writing to fellow G8 leaders to prepare an international package on food scarcity. ... More

freqnasty submitted 224 Days Ago, www.guardian.co.uk
2 comments, Tags: environment, food, alternative fuel, (More)

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World Food Crisis - petition

The world is in a hunger crisis. In just three years, the price of staple foods like wheat, corn and rice has almost doubled. If we don't do something soon, hundreds of thousands of people face starvation and a hundred million more could ... More

brooklyn submitted 218 Days Ago, www.one.org
3 comments, Tags: poverty, hunger, food, (More)

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May 7: World AIDS Orphans Day

May 7th is World AIDS Orphans Day, a grassroots campaign to draw attention to and advocate on behalf of the nearly 25 million children orphaned by AIDS. In sub-Saharan Africa alone, over 12 million children have been orphaned by the ... More

brooklyn submitted 205 Days Ago, www.worldaidsorphans.org
1 comments, Tags: africa, aids, children, (More)

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G8: TIME TO LEAD ON CLIMATE CHANGE

On Wednesday, June 18, Avaaz along with our friends at GCAP will deliver a worldwide public outcry for strong G8 climate commitments to Japanese PM, Yasuo Fukuda. This is our chance to urge rich country leaders for bold action on climate ... More

madhvi submitted 156 Days Ago, www.avaaz.org
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G8 leaders ready to backtrack on Africa aid

Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations are set to backtrack on their landmark pledge at the Gleneagles summit in 2005 to increase development aid to Africa to $25bn a year. The dropping of the explicit target marks a further stage in ... More

brooklyn submitted 142 Days Ago, www.ft.com
1 comments, Tags: africa, international, G8, (More)

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