Housing key to Chavez re-election bid in Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez was fit enough to deliver a three-and-a-half-hour broadcast on Christmas...

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Swaziland's political and fiscal crisis is deepening

Swaziland's fiscal crisis shows no sign of abating. Together with perceptions of profligate...

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Portia Simpson Miller will be sworn in as prime minister tomorrow after her People's National...

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Despite much-touted state expenditures on internally displaced persons (IDPs), they remain a...

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The 2010 Census described a new category of economically deprived US citizens, the 'near poor',...

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Worsening economic conditions and expanding austerity programmes, especially in developed...

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China's population of rural poor -- those earning less than one dollar per day -- is second only...

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In a move to improve fiscal accounts and reduce fears of devaluation, in early November the...

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy on December 7 formally received transitional Malagasy head of...

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The Brazilian government last month published the first detailed results on income and household...

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