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African leaders urge action on poverty goals
African leaders said on Tuesday they could do more to meet UN goals to slash extreme poverty and urged stronger leadership among developing countries.
UN: Rich must not cut aid to poor to balance budgets
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon pressed debt-ridden donor countries on Monday not to cut aid to the poor despite their budgetary woes.
Maradona dropped as Argentina coach
Diego Maradona’s stormy spell as Argentina coach came to an end on Tuesday.
Strange beauty draws admirers to Bolivian salt flat
On the edge of the world’s biggest salt desert, villagers optimistically scrawl ”salt for sale” signs on their mud-brick homes. In backyards, mountains of the stuff are heaped…