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Soaring food prices threaten to push mlns of Asians into pov...

Resurgent global food prices, which posted record increases in the first two months of 2011, are again threatening to push millions of people in developing Asia into extreme poverty, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said in a report Tues [...]

Posted On : Apr, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Unicef urges SAsian govts to address child poverty

The United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef) on Sunday urged the South Asian governments to urgently address child poverty, saying over 300 million of the 613 million children in the region are trapped in absolute poverty. “Due [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

South Asian meeting to open in Sri Lanka with eye on trade

An eight-member South Asian meeting opening in Sri Lanka Sunday will focus on boosting regional trade and stepping up moves to combat terrorism, Colombo's foreign minister said Saturday.Officials of the South Asian Association for Regional [...]