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Oxfam: food prices set to double by 2030
The price of staple foods, such as corn, is set to double in the next 20 years unless global leaders take action, Oxfam warns.
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Paralympic World Cup: Brits win wheelchair basketball gold
Great Britain’s women’s wheelchair basketball team take their first BT Paralympic World Cup title with a 63-52 victory over Germany, while the men’s team beat Brazil for bronze.
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FIFA’s Jack Warner and bin Hammam charged with bribery
Allegations from a FIFA insider against FIFA presidential candidate Mohamed Bin Hammam and Vice-President Jack Warner are the most serious yet, a former English FA director tells Channel 4 News.
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Christine Lagarde to stand for IMF top job
French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announces her candidature to replace Dominique Strauss-Kahn as IMF managing director – but she faces opposition from the developing economies.
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Barack Obama: ‘The time for leadership is now’
In a speech to MPs and peers, the US President says the world’s emerging economies do not pose a threat to the west, and announces: “The time for leadership is now”.
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Christine Lagarde or Gordon Brown for the IMF top job?
France’s Christine Lagarde is favourite, while a trailing Gordon Brown has failed to secure David Cameron’s backing. We look at the main candidates to succeed Dominique Strauss-Kahn at the IMF.
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IMF chief Strauss-Kahn charged over ‘sex attack’
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn is arrested at JFK Airport in New York in connection with an alleged sexual assault on a hotel maid.
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Hollow point bullets to be standard issue for Met Police
The Metropolitan’s Police firearms chief tells Simon Israel that all of their armed officers will be issued the controversial bullet as standard, arguing it poses less of a risk to the public.
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Triesman: Fifa members ‘demanded cash and honours’ for votes
Former Football Association Chairman Lord Triesman has told a committee of MPs that FIFA members asked for ‘bribes’ in return for World Cup bid votes
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What was the World Cup’s legacy for South Africa?
Great sporting events like the Olympics always promise a great legacy but do they deliver? We’ve been back to South Africa after the World Cup.
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UN’s Libya vote: who voted for what
There was a split between the UN Security Council’s permanent members when they came to vote on a Libyan no-fly zone resolution. So who voted for what – and why?
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Libya: Koussa’s sanctions lifted as fighting intensifies
Former Libyan Foreign Minister Moussa Koussas EU sanctions have been removed and his assets unfrozen, as a divided NATO bombard Tripoli and a defiant Gaddafi attacks Misrata.
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Picture released of gunman who killed 13 schoolchildren
A former pupil of a Rio de Janeiro school has killed at least 12 people and injured 22 before turning the gun on himself when police attempted to capture him.
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LIVE BLOG: Libya – Operation Odyssey Dawn
As RAF jets target Libyan air defence and weapons sites alongside US and French forces – latest updates and video from #c4news. Add your voice via the live blog, Twitter or Facebook.
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Libya: Arab League condemns ‘bombardment of civilians’
Missile and air strikes against Gaddafi’s forces in Libya are hailed a success by the west, but the Arab League chief has condemned the “bombardment of civilians”.