Bangladesh Nobel laureate vows to make poverty history
BANGLADESH'S microcredit pioneer Muhammad Yunus
vowed to make poverty history as he announced a raft of new plans
aimed at transforming the fortunes of the rural poor, after becoming
the impoverished country's first Nobel laureate.
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UN Council votes unanimously to impose sanctions on North Korea
THE U.N. Security Council voted unanimously to
impose sanctions on North Korea including ship searches for banned
weapons, calling Pyongyang's claimed nuclear test "a clear threat to
international peace and security." North Korea walked out, rejecting
the resolution and accusing the council of "gangster-like" action.
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India battles mosquito-borne diseases
INDIAN health authorities battled on the weekend
to curtail an outbreak of dengue and chikungunya mosquito-borne
diseases which has struck more than 6,000 people and claimed 92
lives, officials said.
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