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12:51 PM EST
2/9/2012 Rising prices and looming maize shortagesMalawi's maize-growing central and southern regions have not had good rains, prompting concerns about possible shortages of the staple in the coming months.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid, Economy, Business And Finance, Agriculture, Arable Farming, Weather, Statistic

10:56 AM EST
2/7/2012 Will sanctions’ pain force Iran’s hand?Tehran’s leaders say Western sanctions won't change their nuclear policy – and many analysts agree they may not be bluffing.

Source:TML Topics:Unrest, Conflicts And War, Civil Unrest, Revolutions, Economy, Business And Finance, Energy And Resource, Oil And Gas - Upstream Activities, Politics, Foreign Aid, Economic Sanction

11:36 AM EST
2/6/2012 'Chronicle' leads weekend box officeThe action film "Chronicle" took the top spot at the weekend box office, grossing $22 million.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Movies, Economy, Business And Finance, Media, Cinema Industry

8:32 AM EST
2/6/2012 Donors learning funding lessons - slowlyThis year donors are stepping up more quickly to meet Sahel's humanitarian needs compared to 2010, when they were slow to respond. However, they are still at fault for taking a quick-fix approach rather than addressing long-term disaster prevention and resilience needs, say aid groups.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid

8:31 AM EST
2/3/2012 Experts pledge to eradicate "neglected" diseasesTen little-known but debilitating diseases will be high on the agenda of the world's pharmaceutical chiefs, health ministers and donor governments after they pledged their support for a World Health Organization (WHO) initiative to wipe out guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, leprosy, bilharzia and intestinal worms, among other "neglected" diseases.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid, Health, Disease

2:02 PM EST
2/2/2012 Kodak wants its name off its namesake theatreEastman Kodak, currently in bankruptcy, wants its name off the Hollywood landmark that has been home to the Academy Awards for the last decade.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Movies, Economy, Business And Finance, Company Information

11:49 AM EST
2/2/2012 Newt wants Brad to play him in movieIf they ever make a movie about Newt Gingrich, the GOP presidential hopeful wants Brad Pitt to portray him.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Movies, Politics, Election, Political Candidates, Human Interest, People, Celebrity

3:00 PM EST
2/1/2012 Sean Penn named ambassador for HaitiActor Sean Penn was names Ambassador at Large for Haiti on Tuesday

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Movies, Politics

8:53 AM EST
1/31/2012 The Middle East's 'invisible refugees'Among the migrants who found themselves caught up in Libya during last year's war was a group of people whom one University of Oxford researcher calls "invisible": refugees who travel to third countries for work or better education.

Source:IRIN Topics:Politics, Foreign Aid

12:14 PM EST
1/30/2012 Sarah Jessica Parker to replace Demi Moore in 'Lovelace'Sarah Jessica Parker has been tapped to replace Demi Moore in the film "Lovelace." Moore dropped out of the project to get help for what her rep described as "exhaustion" after her hospitalization last week.

Source:AHN Topics:Arts, Culture And Entertainment, Movies, Human Interest, People, Celebrity