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Britain wins EU bank bailout assurances: document
AFP - Britain won assurances at an EU summit that new pan-European financial authorities will not be able to force governments to make emergency bank bailouts, according to draft conclusions.
World hunger reaches the 1 billion people mark
AP - One in six people in the world — or more than 1 billion — is now hungry, a historic high due largely to the global economic crisis and stubbornly high food prices, a U.N. agency said Friday.
EU pushes ahead with finance oversight shake-up
AFP - EU leaders agreed on Friday to establish new pan-European financial watchdogs after limiting their authority to ease Britain's concerns about yielding some of its regulatory powers.
UN: World hunger reaches 1 billion mark
AP - The global financial meltdown has pushed the ranks of the world's hungry to a record 1 billion, a grim milestone that poses a threat to peace and security, U.N. food officials said Friday.
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