UN: Poor, violent Arab nations lag on anti-poverty goals
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Arab nations have made strides in boosting health and education but efforts to meet UN anti-poverty goals by 2015 are undermined by conflict, unemployment and insufficient aid, the United Nations says.
World leaders gathered at the annual UN General Assembly in New York this week to assess how far the world has come toward meeting a 2015 deadline for eight anti-poverty goals. (Reuters)
