Rapid globalisation risks deepening poverty, conflict: UN
The unchecked growth of the global economy and
its devastating effect on the world's finite natural resources could
lead to crippling poverty and cross-border spats over scarce raw
materials, the United Nations warned Thursday.
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Gaza truce in jeopardy as six Palestinians killed
Six Palestinians were killed on Thursday as new
clashes threatened to destroy a three-day truce between warring
factions Fatah and Hamas and shooting spread like wildfire through
the Gaza Strip.
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Anti-terror raids expose racial rifts in British city
The arrest of nine suspects in an anti-terror
raid in Birmingham has lifted the lid on racial tensions in what has
long been viewed as one of Britain's most well-integrated cities.
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