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UNITED NATIONS, Oct 7 (IPS) - Bangladesh, one of the world's 49 least
developed countries (LDCs) described as the poorest of the poor,
is calling for the creation of a global food bank.
AFP - Iran inaugurated on Tuesday the Milad Tower, the world's fourth-highest telecommunications tower, expected to become a new national symbol looming over the sprawling capital.
AFP - North Korea has fired two short-range missiles into international waters in the Yellow Sea as part of a routine military drill, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said early Wednesday, quoting a defence source.
Gordon Brown, UK prime minister, on Tuesday night ordered a massive taxpayer-backed cash injection to rebuild the balance sheets of Britain's high street banks, effectively part-nationalising the sector at a cost of tens of billions of pounds
AFP - China will continue to take part in multilateral talks on the Iranian and North Korean nuclear crises despite the country's objections to US plans to sell arms to Taiwan, a US state department official said on Tuesday.
TORONTO, Oct 7 (Reuters) - Enbridge Inc (ENB.TO: Quote , Profile , Research , Stock Buzz ) Chief Executive Pat Daniel said on Tuesday that a campaign pledge by Canada&os;s governing Conservatives to halt exports of tar-like bitumen to countries whose ...
Reuters - Evidence is mounting day by day that mankind is to blame for climate change, and the financial crisis is a temporary setback in the hunt for solutions, the head of the U.N. Climate Panel said on Tuesday.
AFP - The Afghan government held talks with the Taliban in Saudi Arabia last month, a leading Saudi paper reported, despite denials from both Kabul and the Taliban that such talks had taken place.
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