Microcredit offers millions way out of poverty in Bangladesh
DHAKA, Oct 13, 2006 (AFP) - Nearly three decades after Nobel prize winner Muhammad Yunus launched the pioneering Grameen Bank, giving small loans to the poor, …
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NEW DELHI, Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Two of India's top rival media houses Tuesday signed an agreement to launch a new daily newspaper in the Indian capital amid a …
TEHRAN, Oct 3, 2006 (AFP) - Iran's conservative-controlled parliament is to debate a bill that would make digital fingerprinting compulsory for all US citizens …