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World Bank boosts funds for Syria refugees, Africa
By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Bank plans
substantial new funds to help Jordan cope with the influx of
refugees from the civil war in Syria, and hopes new funds for
central Africa will cement a peace deal there, the bank's President
Jim Yong Kim said on Tuesday. "There will be significant amounts of
new funding going to Jordan in the very near future to deal with
this crisis," he said in an interview, after a speech at the U.N.
World Health Assembly in Geneva. ...
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H7N9 bird flu outbreak costs more than $6.5 billion so far -U.N
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has
caused economic losses of more than $6.5 billion so far, the U.N.
Food and Agriculture Organization's chief veterinary officer said
on Tuesday. "The economic impacts of H7N9 have been astounding,"
Juan Lubroth said during a presentation at the World Health
Assembly in Geneva. "Over $6.5 billion has been lost in the
agriculture sector because of prices, consumer confidence and
trade. So poultry industry losses in China have been high," he
said. (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Michael Roddy)
H7N9 bird flu outbreak costs more than $6.5 billion so far -U.N
GENEVA (Reuters) - The H7N9 bird flu outbreak in China has
caused economic losses of more than $6.5 billion so far, the U.N.
Food and Agriculture Organization's chief veterinary officer said
on Tuesday. "The economic impacts of H7N9 have been astounding,"
Juan Lubroth said during a presentation at the World Health
Assembly in Geneva. "Over $6.5 billion has been lost in the
agriculture sector because of prices, consumer confidence and
trade. So poultry industry losses in China have been high," he
said. (Reporting by Tom Miles; Editing by Michael Roddy)
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Sharp rise in number Afghan women in prison for "moral crimes"
By Amie Ferris-Rotman KABUL (Reuters) - About 600 Afghan women
and girls are behind bars for so-called moral crimes, Human Rights
Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, the highest number since the Taliban
were toppled almost twelve years ago. Running away from home,
usually from abuse and forced marriage, and alleged adultery, which
often involves rape, have landed most of the 600 women in prison.
That figure is an increase of 50 percent over the last 18 months.
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