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New studies are targeting the HIV/AIDS virus in Africa, where it is widespread and diminishes lifespan. The new measures in medicine can extend the lifespan of infected individuals, and may also prevent HIV/AIDS from spreading as quickly as it does now. Researchers are looking at options that include HIV screening programs, vaccines, and antiviral treatments. All these measures are helping Africa's development, especially in terms of health and individual lifespan.

To help refugees return to their native countries, the United States awarded over 126 million dollars to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. The aid is also to provide food, health care, and education, among other necessities.

This is about the potential dangers of foreign aid. Donors to Mali are insisting that the cotton industry be privatized. However, this poses a thread to the economy.

Pakistan could become the UK's biggest aid recipient by 2015.

Money from rich countries has trapped many African nations in a cycle of corruption, slower economic growth and poverty. Cutting off the flow would be far more beneficial.

A group of United States congressmen yesterday sent a letter drafted with their legislative counterparts in Korea to Presidents Barack Obama and Lee Myung-bak urging the renegotiation of the U.S.-Korea bilateral free trade agreement. The letter calls for restrictions on certain service industries and a revision of provisions on a dispute settlement mechanism involving foreign companies. Beef and auto provisions, the main stumbling block to the ratification of the pact on the U.S. side, were not mentioned.

This article gives an example of oligopoly in the farming market, it also provides a definition of oligopoly.

This article talks about the car industry and how various care companies are trying themselves. Many are trying to be the "most environmentally friendly". Some keeping performance as their distinguishing factor. All of this shows forms of non-price discrimination in the marker

China stated that the appreciation of Yuan will not solve trade imbalance with United States. China have continued to execute monetary policy to curb its inflationary pressure.

While Chinese officials said they will take measures to solve trade imbalances between the United States and China, they also said that the appreciation of the Yuan will not solve trade imbalance.

This article is about Zimbabwe's need to sell diamonds in order to service debts to the IMF.

This article is about the increasing manufacturing in the U.S. Mid-Atlantic region. The trend in jobless aid claims continued to go downwards. This represents an increase in output, and thus a possible increase in productive efficiency.

International Monetary Fund has agreed to provide aid for Portugal who is experiencing a sovereign debt crisis.