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New York: Warning of climate change's potential to threaten food security in Africa, a new United Nations paper is urging the continent's countries to take action to develop agriculture and manage natural resources in a sustainable manner.

A staff team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) visited Guatemala during April 27-May 6, 2010 to conduct the third review of the Stand-By Arrangement (SBA) approved in April 2009. The mission met with Minister of Finance Juan Alberto Fuentes Knight; Central Bank Governor María Antonieta de Bonilla; Superintendent of Banks Edgar Barquín; members of the Cabinet and Congress of the Republic, and representatives of the private sector.

New York: The United Nations health agency is publishing new guidelines on treatment for venomous snake bites, which kill at least 100,000 people a year, while highlighting the critical need for appropriate, safe and effective antivenoms.

The recovery in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) is advancing faster than anticipated but at different speeds across countries, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said in its latest Regional Economic Outlook - Western Hemisphere report, which was launched in Montevideo, Uruguay.

TASHKENT, UZBEKISTAN - Expanding social protection programs in Asia and the Pacific will give poor and vulnerable people more opportunities to benefit from renewed growth in the region while boosting domestic consumption, building human capital, and helping to rebalance economies, a seminar audience heard.

BHOPAL: 'Akshaya Tritiya' also known as Akha Teej would be celebrated on 16 May this year like every year. Akshaya Tritiya is considered to be most auspicious day for performing marriage ceremonies among Hindus as per Hindu Vedic Calendar. Akshaya means 'something which does not perish' (A-kshaya). It is believed that marriage on that would bind the couple for seven births (or life's) due to which a large number of marriages are performed on the day. Due to this superstitious belief the festival is accompanied by an evil custom of child marriage. Thousands young children, adolescent boys and girls are tied to marriage bond on the day who are not physical & mentally prepared for marriage.

The Left will see a ray of light in the failure of the Trinamool Congress and the Congress to reach an understanding on seat-sharing for the forthcoming municipal elections in West Bengal. Of the 81 local bodies, which will to go the polls on May 30, the most important obviously is the Kolkata Municipal Corporation. Given the widespread perception about the Left's decline in popularity, it is expected that a Congress-Trinamool Congress alliance will sweep the polls in virtually all the municipalities.

KOLKATA: In West Bengal, the Congress (I) and the Trinamool Congress (TMC) failed to arrive at a seat adjustment for the Kolkata civic polls because of an excess of brinkmanship on both sides.

WASHINGTON — The World Bank has approved a credit of US$100 million to improve service delivery in Kenya's municipalities.

WASHINGTON - The World Bank Board of Executive Director have approved a US$ 300 million loan for the Mato Grosso do Sul State Road Transport Project in Brazil's fast growing Center-West region. The project seeks to improve the efficiency of the State road network through rehabilitation and surfacing of about 1,200 km of paved roads, contributing to improved population mobility and increased economic competitiveness of the State.