More than 2.2 billion people 'poor or near-poor': UN report

TOKYO - More than 2.2 billion people are "poor or near-poor", with financial crises, natural disasters, soaring food prices and violent conflicts threatening to exacerbate the problem, a United Nations report said Thursday.



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