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[RED DEMOCRATICA] UNDP: Global economic growth is creating more inequality

 

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UNDP: Global economic growth is creating more inequality
Developing countries experienced an 11% increase in the gap between poor and rich between 1990 and 2010, the United Nations Development Programme says in a report. If this gap isn't closed, it could lead to societal unrest, UNDP warns. Reuters (1/29), Inter Press Service (1/29)
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"Brahimi: Don't Expect Much From Syria Peace Talks. Talks wrap up on Friday and the mediator wants the US and Russia to pressure the sides into another round of talks." UN Dispatch (1/30)
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Brahimi hopes for better results in next round of Syrian peace talks
United Nations-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi expects the first round of talks between the Syrian government and opposition to be a precursor to more successful discussions. Al Jazeera (1/30), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/29), The Washington Post (tiered subscription model) (1/29), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (1/29)
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OPCW discusses picking up pace of Syrian chemical-weapons shipments
The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons is meeting today at The Hague about the slow pace of chemical-weapons shipments out of Syria. Unofficially, sources say, only 4.1% of Syria's chemical weapons have been moved out of the country. ABC News/The Associated Press (1/30), Reuters (1/29), Reuters (1/30)
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Aid deliveries allowed into isolated district of Syrian capital
Nine hundred parcels of food were delivered today to a district in Damascus, Syria, the United Nations Relief and Works Agency said. Separately, the spread of polio in Syria underscores the government's neglect of its people, writes Annie Sparrow. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Reuters (1/30), The New York Review of Books (2/20)
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Report: Children in poor countries still face FGM, child marriage
Child marriage, violence and female genital mutilation remain common in impoverished countries, a UNICEF report says. Worldwide, 1 in 10 girls are married by age 15; in sub-Saharan Africa, nearly 1 in 5 girls experience female genital mutilation, UNICEF says. The Guardian (London) (1/30)
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South Sudan releases 7 political detainees
The South Sudan government released seven men detained as part of the alleged coup attempt against President Salva Kiir. Meanwhile, rebel leader Riek Machar, who is in hiding, has denied coup allegations. Al Jazeera (1/29), BBC (1/29), The Guardian (London) (1/30)
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