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New FAO chief says food prices may ease in 2012
by on Jan.04, 2012, under Health and Fitness
ROME (Reuters) – Food prices may ease in 2012 due to a slowing global economy, though no drastic drop from high levels is expected, the new director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation said on Tuesday. Jose Graziano da Silv…
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Food price inflation to ease on economic slowdown: FAO chief
by on Jan.03, 2012, under Health and Fitness
ROME (Reuters) – Food prices will not rise drastically in 2012 as they have in recent years, though no large drop is expected as a result of economic slowdown, the new director-general of the U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said…
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Philippine health chief hit for anti-gay comments
by on Dec.05, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The Philippine health chief is under attack for suggesting at an AIDS conference that health workers survey homes of gay children and warn their parents about potentially risky behavior.
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WHO chief slams tobacco firms that ‘harass’ gov’ts
by on Nov.23, 2011, under Health and Fitness
The head of the World Health Organization has urged countries to stand together against tobacco companies that are trying to “harass” them into softening their anti-smoking stance.
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UN AIDS chief: Spread of HIV in E. Europe is scary
by on Nov.24, 2010, under Health and Fitness
A near tripling of new HIV infections in Eastern Europe and Central Asia over the past nine years is frightening, the U.N.’s top AIDS official said Wednesday.
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Republicans critical as Medicare chief appears
by on Nov.18, 2010, under Health and Fitness
Senate Republicans decried the cost of Medicare and Medicaid and accused the Obama administration of blocking their oversight of the federally supported insurance programs for the elderly and the poor, at a hearing on Wednesday.
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UN chief warns economy must not derail millennium goals
by on Sep.04, 2010, under Health and Fitness
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned Saturday the world must devote the same resources to meeting the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as it did to tackling the global economic crisis.
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U.N. chief urges faster foreign aid for Pakistan
by on Aug.15, 2010, under Health and Fitness
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged foreign donors on Sunday to speed up aid to Pakistan as the government warned of new waves of floods that have already disrupted lives of a tenth of its 170 million people.
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