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World
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3/9/2021 1:43:29 PM
Road blocks have become a near daily occurrence in the small Mediterranean country and lasted all day Monday, including in and out of Beirut
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World
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Region
3/1/2021 4:20:15 PM
Unable to find work, Ahmed Farea has sold everything including his wife's gold to feed and house two young daughters in one small room
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Living
2/26/2021 10:49:00 AM
In many cases driven abroad by poverty and conflict at home, more and more African female household workers are looking for a better future in Egypt
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World
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Region
2/1/2021 6:39:33 PM
A large bag of flat bread, previously weighing 900 grammes and costing 2,000 Lebanese pounds, would now weigh 930 grammes and cost 2,500 pounds, a rise of around 20 percent, the National News Agency said.
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Sports
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World
1/31/2021 4:22:31 PM
Rashford, a high-profile campaigner against child food poverty, said he would not share the details of the abuse as many of his followers were children
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World
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Region
1/29/2021 6:06:52 PM
More than half the population now lives below the poverty line, according to the United Nations, while the Lebanese pound has lost more than 80 percent of its value against the dollar on the black market
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World
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Region
1/26/2021 8:59:15 PM
The northern city is Lebanon's poorest, and many residents live below the poverty line
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World
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Region
1/22/2021 7:56:43 PM
In Hay Ettadhamen, The Associated Press spoke to young protesters desperate for a positive vision of the future
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Business
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Economy
12/21/2020 12:30:36 PM
Some 40 million more people are expected to be pushed into poverty because of the pandemic, reported Atlantic Council
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World
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International
12/20/2020 5:39:48 PM
The charity serving more than 5 million people in the Milan archdiocese, Caritas Ambrosiana, says the pandemic is revealing for the first time the depths of economic insecurity in Italy’s northern Lombardy region
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Al-Ahram Weekly
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Economy
12/10/2020 9:10:27 AM
Poverty rates in Egypt were down in the 2019-20 financial year, according to CAPMAS research
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Business
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Economy
12/3/2020 2:00:56 PM
This is the first time Egypt sees a decrease in its poverty rate since 1999
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World
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International
12/1/2020 10:16:37 AM
One in 33 people will need aid to meet basic needs like food, water and sanitation in 2021, an increase of 40% from this year, the UN reported in its Global Humanitarian Overview 2021
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World
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Region
11/25/2020 7:32:18 PM
The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development took place virtually where Dr Mahmoud El-khafif, Coordinator of UNCTAD’s Assistance to the Palestinian People Unit, discussed their recent report
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Books
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11/24/2020 10:11:57 PM
Stuart won the 50,000-pound ($66,000) literary award for ``Shuggie Bain,'' the powerful story of a boy coming of age with an alcoholic mother in poverty-scarred 1980s Glasgow
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World
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Region
11/9/2020 11:50:18 AM
The elections coincide with public discontent as Jordan grapples with its worst economic crisis in many years, with unemployment and poverty aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic
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World
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International
10/25/2020 5:46:11 PM
Pediatricians are urging the British government to reverse course and provide free meals for poor children during school holidays as the COVID-19 pandemic pushes more families into poverty
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World
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International
10/19/2020 1:11:02 PM
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres warned concerted action was needed to prevent millions of people being pushed into poverty and hunger
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Business
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Economy
10/17/2020 2:25:18 PM
Over half of MENA’s people living in extreme poverty are below 15 years old and unemployment is worse among youth, stated the WB report
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Business
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Economy
10/14/2020 4:58:35 PM
Total lending commitments, as of the end of September, recorded SDR 196.65 billion (about $200 billion), including $16.5 billion allocated for countries as loans under the IMF’s SBA and RFI facilities
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