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British households throw away tons of food every year, but the item that most often ends up in the trash is bread. This staple is thrown away so often that 32 percent of all the bread bought by UK families ends up being discarded.
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Abuja -
A recent study carried out on behalf of a UK charity organization shows that Nigeria ranks along with India, Bangladesh, Peru and Pakistan as countries where half of the world's most malnourished children live.
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Last night, the BBC 'Panorama' programme sent its reporter Hilary Anderson to interview people who are living under canvas and worse in the land of the free and the home of the brave.
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Lekki -
According to statistics released on Monday, amid claims of strong economic growth, poverty is rising in Africa's largest oil producing nation Nigeria, with almost 100 million people living on less than $1 a day in a country of 160 million people.
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Toronto -
Suzy Q sits beside her master as he raises money to support the small family on the streets of Toronto. After her master hurt his back 12 years ago and the city took all of his money, his only job is panhandling.
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Mississauga -
Having lived and worked in Mississauga for most of her life, Emily Fox was no different from anyone else trying to live steadily in the suburbs, until life as she knew came to a screeching halt. In a blink of an eye, Fox became homeless.
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New York -
In merry ole England legends of Robin Hood abound of a merry band of bandits who stole from the rich and gave to the poor. Today in New York City Robin Hood has been alive and well for the past two decades, fundraising for those who live in poverty.
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One of the more timely films debuting at the Toronto International Film Festival is Think of Me, the story of an American woman struggling with her finances while trying to raise a precocious daughter naive to the despair weighing down her family.
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Washington -
Economic woes in the United States continue on a downward spiral, as new data released by the Census Bureau shows the country’s poverty rate in 2010 spiked to an alarming 15.1 percent of the population, affecting more than 46 million Americans.
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The lunacy of the Socialist Workers Party knows no bounds, nor do the limits to which it and its fellow travellers will go to excuse criminal damage, plunder, arson, and even murder.
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Poverty in India has dropped sharply thanks to increased spending on rural welfare programmes, the country's Planning Commission says.
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