At the week-long conference, participants are focusing on three primary roadblocks to getting and keeping girls in school: violence,poverty and the poor quality of education being offered.

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The second most-complained about ad ever is for shopping channel Auction World , which attracted 1, 360 complaints focusing on poor customer service, misleading guide prices and delays in delivery of goods.

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He graduated from Columbia University and then became a community organizer in Chicago, focusing on living conditions in poor neighborhoods.

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He wants the administration to develop a Marshall Plan focusing on the poorest of the poor in the Gulf Coast.

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