Agence France Presse | By SAM DAGHER | September 23, 2003
World Bank president James Wolfensohn called on rich nations Tuesday to provide more aid and facilitate trade with poor countries to combat an alarming rise in poverty and make the world a safer place.
Associated Press | July 10, 2003
PARIS (AP) - French militant farmer Jose Bove's jail sentence will be reduced by four months in this year's traditional Bastille Day clemency, the government said Thursday.
Bove, best known for ransacking a McDonald's restaurant under construction in 1999, was jailed last month to serve 10 months for destroying genetically modified crops.
Miami Herald | By JANE BUSSEY | June 22, 2003
With just five months left before Miami is scheduled to host the region's trade ministers for a summit, organizers are still scrambling for the bulk of the $12 million needed for the event.
Agence France Presse | June 11, 2003
South Africa's President Thabo Mbeki on Wednesday urged the international community and rich countries to honour pledges made in recent years to curb world poverty.
Associated Press | June 1, 2003
SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Authorities raided two farms in Rondonia state and released 450 people working in debt slave conditions, the government news agency reported Sunday.
