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Exposed: The Secret Corporate Funding Behind Health Research

Academics and the media have failed dismally to ask the crucial question of scientists' claims: who is paying you?

GM food must be allowed into Europe, WTO rules

Europe faces new pressure to open its markets to genetically-modified food from the US after the World Trade Organisation ruled that the EU broke international rules with its moratorium on new licences.

UN unveils plan to release untapped wealth

UN unveils plan to release untapped wealth of...$7 trillion (and solve the world's problems at a stroke)

World Social Forum: Satisfaction with an 'Afrocentric' Meeting

The first phase of the World Social Forum (WSF), which ended Monday in the Malian capital of Bamako, created a focus on "Afrocentric" issues that was missing in previous forums, said coordinator Mamadou Goita.

Needs of Poor, Not Politics, Should Drive Reform of US Foreign Aid

The following is a statement from Raymond C. Offenheiser, President of Oxfam America, on Secretary Rice's announcement of USAID restructuring.

Clare Short: Darfur is the proof that we are failing Africa

No amount of aid will bring development unless conflicts are ended

One death every minute

The arms trade makes big money for the richest nations while fuelling conflict across the world

Trade secrecy

The growing intimacy between business and political leaders is leaving poor countries on the sidelines of the world trade game.

A Unified Security Budget

In my forty-two years in Congress, I've seen a lot of federal budgets get made. And I can tell you, it's a process that would give sausage-making a good name. Amid the kaleidoscopic process of allocating resources, and the endless array of committees with frequently overlapping jurisdictions, the big picture of our nation's priorities gets lost every time.

For an estimated 92 cents, a person can be protected from five devastating diseases

In a recent report by the Taskforce for Child Survival & Development, it has been announced that for an estimated 92 cents, a person living in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) can be protected from five devastating, disabling diseases for an entire year.