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/ 25 September 2011
A group of five leading emerging economies that has banded together to increase their global clout is again struggling to find common ground.
The United States’ biggest creditor, China, bluntly criticised the superpower one day after the superpower’s credit rating was downgraded.
Moody’s cut Ireland’s credit rating to junk on Tuesday, warning that the debt-laden country would probably need a second bailout.
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/ 21 November 2007
A former child soldier in Sierra Leone’s civil war was named an ambassador for the United Nations children’s agency on Tuesday, vowing to be an advocate for children worldwide, not just in African war zones. Ishmael Beah lost his family in a rebel attack at about age 12 and and was forced to fight a deadly war.