Global :60 - US refugee quota, land reclamation, and trade fair helps women-owned businesses

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Channel: Global Citizen · 2015 · News & Politics

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The news you need to know, fast: US Secretary of State John Kerry is calling on his country to increase its refugee quota in response to the Syrian refugee crisis. In Bangladesh, an ambitious new plan to reclaim land from the sea could help thousands made homeless by extreme weather and climate change. And women-owned businesses in two African nations got a much-needed boost thanks to a cross-border trade fair.

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