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Date: May 2012

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Ammunition trade tops $4bn yet little regulation to control and keep track of who bullets are sold to.

Excluding ammunition from new international Arms Trade Treaty would be "totally irrational" ...

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RESPONSE: Government reversal of plans to cap tax relief on charitable donations

"Oxfam welcomes the Government's announcement that it has abandoned plans to cap tax relief...

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REACTION: Food and Agriculture Organisation’s Rio +20 report

In response to the FAO's report "Towards The Future We Want: End Hunger And Make The Transition...

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Oxfam reaction to the latest round of UN climate talks in Bonn

Celine Charveriat, Oxfam advocacy and campaigns director said:  "At the Bonn UN...

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Yemen on brink of hunger catastrophe aid agencies warn

Yemen is on the brink of a catastrophic food crisis, seven aid agencies said today with 10 million...

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'Austerity isn't working' eminent economists tell EU leaders

European leaders pushing austerity as the solution to the current economic crisis are guilty of...

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G8 food security alliance answers question hungry people have not asked

International agency Oxfam warned that today's announcement of the "New Alliance to Increase...

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Long-term future of World Health Organisation at risk from financial crisis

Ahead of the 65th World Health Assembly (WHA), taking place in Geneva next week, International...

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Oxfam announces Baaba Maal as its new Global Ambassador

In Baaba Maal's new role as Oxfam Ambassador he urged the world to respond to the food crisis...

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Afghan Security Forces need urgent reforms say agencies

In Chicago, NATO must agree to commitments to ensure all Afghan forces can uphold law and...

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