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Global poverty to halve by 2015, Africa seen lagging

2008/04/08 18:54:08 @Reuters: International News

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The world is on course to halve extreme poverty by 2015, but Africa will fall far short of the U.N.'s Millennium Development Goals, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday.
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