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New York: An astonishing 200 million children under the age of five, almost all in Africa and Asia, suffer from the debilitating impact of stunted growth resulting from a lack of food and the right nutrients, a new United Nations report warned today.

New York: While the number of hungry people stands at a record 1 billion, the battle against hunger can be won with the right policies, investment and political will, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) says in a new report published ahead of next week's World Summit on Food Security.

Since the previous joint review of their trade policies in 2003, the economic performance of Niger and Senegal has been similar, with an annual average rate of growth of 5,1% for Senegal and 5.0% for Niger over the period, according to a WTO Secretariat report on the trade policies and practices of Niger and Senegal.

New York: It's no longer than a grain of rice. But the mountain pine beetle is an insidious environmental predator, laying waste to swathes of forest in north-western Canada and exposing the local ecosystem to what could be a devastating new front in the battle against climate change.

The world economy is not set for any smooth transition from crisis to recovery and sustainable growth with banking systems yet to be fully repaired and unemployment raging at peak levels, mainly in USA and European Union Though signs of some major economies emerging out of recession became visible, Germany and France in the second quarter, and USA in the third quarter of 2009, the forecasts remain one of weak recovery and continuing global imbalances into 2010 and perhaps beyond.

NEW DELHI: The Centre has brought about major changes in its mega power projects programme to allow more role for the domestic power utilities and the equipment manufacturers. The requirement of undertaking international competitive bidding by the developers for procurement of equipment for mega power projects would not be mandatory, if the requisite quantum of power has been tied up through tariff-based competitive bidding.

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party has consolidated its position by winning nine out of 11 assembly seats in the by-elections held in the state. The Congress also improved its position while BJP and Samajwadi Party suffered major setbacks.

MANILA, PHILIPPINES - Removing barriers to trade and investment will help advance integration efforts in South Asia and deliver sweeping benefits to the region, a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study shows.

Governments should consider the potential of financial institutions to severely damage global financial and economic stability in assessing when firms are “too complex to fail,” according to the IMF.

New York: Despite good global cereal harvests this year, millions of people in dozens of poor countries are in desperate need of emergency humanitarian aid due to stubbornly high food prices, the United Nations agricultural agency warned in a report.