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Japan’s new realization

January 8, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
We remem­ber back in the 1980’s when many Amer­i­cans feared that Japan was going to buy up all of America’s prop­erty. Nowa­days instead, many Amer­i­cans fear that…

More on Sudan: new violence reported

January 7, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
Here are some more details on the state­ment by aid groups on the pre­car­i­ous peace in Sudan. The peace is even more frag­ile as it came to…

Oasis of Love

January 7, 2010 | by Compassion Stories | Comment
Olvin, a boy aban­doned by his father, became a voice for chil­dren in his com­mu­nity when he reg­is­tered with a Com­pas­sion cen­ter and was invited by his pas­tor to help…

China grants 7 million dollars to Kenya

January 7, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
China will grant $7 mil­lion dol­lars to Kenya for devel­op­ment projects in the African coun­try. It is one of a big­ger pack­age of grants…

Effects of Medicaid cuts being felt in Kansas

January 7, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The state of Kansas recently made cuts to their Med­ic­aid bud­get and it’s effects are begin­ning to be felt. The ten per­cent cuts are not only being…

The effects of the recession on Dubai

January 7, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
The Asso­ci­ated Press released a pretty good analy­sis on the global recession’s effects on Dubai. Peo­ple from through­out the Arab world flocked to the…

Sudan’s shaky peace pact threatened

January 7, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A peace deal that calmed Sudan is in threat of end­ing accord­ing to aid groups that work in the coun­try. A decades long civil war that killed…

Methods of Kenyan human traffickers

January 6, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
A human traf­fick­ing hotbed is located in North­ern Kenya. Many head to South Africa and are shipped there for either hopes for a bet­ter…

China vs drug resistant TB

January 6, 2010 | Comment
China has large prob­lem with drug resis­tant tuber­cu­lo­sis. This strain of tuber­cu­lo­sis is usu­ally caused by peo­ple stop­ping treat­ment, then the bac­te­ria comes back…

Ontario welfare numbers jump

January 6, 2010 | by Poverty News Blog | Comment
63,200 peo­ple joined the wel­fare rolls in Ontario last year. The increase cor­re­sponds with the unem­ploy­ment rate in the province as Ontario was not immune to the…