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He has set the plight of African migration before Italian ministers, European Union commissioners, and two Popes.

And let's be honest: for some, antisemitism pales when set against the plight of the Palestinian people (as though we should rank such things, rather than tackle both).

We may have laughed at the plight of the Maccy D's Bantersaurus, but his demeanour set the precedent for the rest of the night.

For all his efforts to set the scene in a Jewish-historical perspective, he felt that the president focused more on the plight of the Palestinians.

So "Poor People" does not set out to sentimentalize the plight of the poor.

Today, the Global Crop Diversity Trust, an organization set up to improve the plight of seed banks, announced that it has received $30 million from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and $7.5 million from the Norwegian government to improve the situation.

Her new role was set in aspic in the series she made with Sir John Scott, a hill farmer, called Clarissa and the Countryman (2000-03): roughitg it with the plus-four set with some discussion of the plight of rural Britain, the farming industry, the local food producer and the happy huntsman in the mix.

To mitigate their plight, the UN set up the "oil-for-food" programme, whereby its staff supervise the sale of limited amounts of Iraqi oil and the purchase of humanitarian goods with the proceeds.

Rather than bemoan our plight, Harry set up the camp stove on the stern seat and prepared tea and oatmeal.

Some viewed Ned Kelly as a personification of the plight of workers set against large landowners in an economically depressed period.

Directed by Xiao Feng and set in 1943, the film explores the plight of the people of Chongqing as they are bombed by the Japanese.