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By Lisa Schlein Geneva 01 January 2006 An elderly woman carries part of the food ration she received from the World Food Program in the drought-stricken southern Somali town of Wajid The World Food Pr

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This 29 Mar 2010 file photo from Lahore, Pakistan shows a poster of Pakistani nuclear scientist A.Q. Khan, glorified by many of his countrymen, but reviled by Western governments As the two-day nuclear summit ends Tuesday in Washington, foreign leade

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