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April 2005


Twickenham candidates representing the three main political parties were challenged on their positions on international poverty today, at a hustings event organised by Teddington-based aid agency Tearfund. Over 100 Tearfund staff, many residing in ...
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Thousands of campaigners from across the country will gather in Westminster tonight, Friday 15th April, to express their concern about the UK’s role in global trade. The ‘Wake Up to Trade Justice’ event will send a clear message of public support f...
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A Tanzanian mother who for decades walked 10 hours each night to fetch water for her family, will feature on this week’s BBC Songs of Praise programme (17 April, 5.40pm, BBC1).
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New York, 14 April: Three leading international organisations and partners working in the water and sanitation sector attending the 13th session of the Commission on Sustainable Development (CSD-13) meeting in New York this week said that "without mo...
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Thousands of people are expected to take part in Wake Up to Trade Justice – an all-night event in London this Friday – to call for trade justice not free trade. Spanning Westminster and Whitehall, the multi-venue event, organised by the Trade Justi...
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Five major international humanitarian aid agencies working in Sudan urged donor governments meeting in Oslo today to follow up the historic Peace Agreement signed earlier this year by using their funds wisely to support peace.
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Christians from as far afield as Swansea and Sierra Leone, Coventry and Cambodia will be joining together to pray for trade justice throughout next week as part of Tearfund’s 24/7-prayer initiative. The event forms part of the line up for the first ever Global Week of Action for Trade Justice, from 10-16 April, which will see millions of people in 70 countries call on world leaders for trade justice not free trade.
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Stars from stage, screen and the music industry joined more than 25,000 anti-poverty campaigners in an all night candlelit vigil in London on Friday 15 April, to take the message of trade justice, not free trade, to politicians of all parties. Insp...
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A YouGov poll published today (24 April) shows that 70 percent of people eligible to vote – equivalent to 30 million people - have taken action on global poverty since the last election in 2001. However, the British public overwhelming believes polit...
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