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UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Many of the world's poorest countries lamented at a U.N. ministerial meeting Monday that some of the least developed nations are experiencing increases in extreme poverty.
A day before world leaders gather for their annual meeting, the U.N. General Assembly held a high-level session to focus on progress toward implementing a 10-year action plan for the least developed countries adopted in 2001.
"The list of the least developed countries keeps growing," said President Maumoon Abdul Gayoom of the Maldives. "With the high speed of globalization, the gap between the north and the south is ever increasing. Can the rich afford to help the poor?"
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