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By Michael Gorra
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A leaked IMF report shows that there is growing international backing for a tax on bank profits, part of what has been dubbed a “Robin Hood tax” that, if ultimately agreed upon, would raise money to help those pushed deeper into poverty by the global financial crisis and to restore public services.
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AP photo / Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service
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Remember when North Korea loomed menacingly as the next big nuclear threat on the world stage, with cognac-swilling Communist Kim Jong Il starring as the latest dictator du jour? What a difference a few years can make: The North Korean government has now demonstrated its willingness to halt the country’s nuclear weapons program and has begun accepting food shipments from the U.S. and increased aid from the World Food Program.
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Thomas Mukoya / AP
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The poorest parts of the country can’t even buy food surpluses from Kenya’s own farmers. | story
Posted on Jan 18, 2006
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