Investing in Kids Isn't Rocket Science :: The Millennium Development Goals challenged the world to cut extreme poverty in half, dramatically reduce child mortality, and make primary education universal, but Jody Heymann and Kristen McNeill say the world can do more.
In their report, “Changing Children’s Chances”, released by the World Policy Analysis Centre on Wednesday, Heymann and McNeill map the world’s commitment to essential development needs of children in terms of the official laws, policies, and programmes that exist at the national level.
Based on an extensive understanding of international agreements and norms, Heymann and McNeill identify eight critical areas of need – poverty reduction, quality education, protection from early labour, protection from early marriage, quality health care, po...<div id="medworm"><p><b><i>MedWorm Message:</i></b> Get the very latest Swine Flu news via the MedWorm <b><a href="http://www.medworm.com/rss/search.php?qu=%2Bswine+%2B%28influenza+flu%29&t=Swine+Flu&f=infectiousdiseases&r=Any&o=d" target ="_self">Swine Flu RSS news feed</a></b> - updated hourly from thousands of authoritative health and news sources.</p></div>
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With food safety bill, U.S. government will spend nearly $1 million per person to prevent food-borne illness deaths :: (NaturalNews) The recently-passed Food Safety Modernization Act, which was passed in order to prevent food-borne illness deaths in the USA, will cost $1.4 billion over the first five years. But nobody thinks about the economics of the issue. How many people are we going to save by spending this $1.4 billion, even assuming it works?To answer that question, let's look at the food illness fatality figures offered by the CDC:• Out of the 5,000 food-borne illness deaths each year in the United States, only 1,809 are "attributable to foodborne transmission" according to the CDC (http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/EID/vol5no5/mead.htm#Table%203).• E.coli, which is often quoted in the big scare stories about food safety, only kills 78 people a year through food-borne transmission (52 plus 26, fro...
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Saga home insurance premiums row :: Saga has been criticised by campaigners for older people over its home insurance prices.
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LinkedIn reportedly buying news reading app Pulse for over $50M :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/fLd5FtqqQA4/story01.htm
Manchester United Transfer News: Ronaldo, Modric, Rooney And Garay Discussed In Latest Speculation :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Despite Sir Alex Ferguson's angry assertions that Wayne Rooney would be going nowhere, speculation continues to swirl over the forward's future.</p>
<p>Having criticized reports that there were issues between the pair, Ferguson said that "[Rooney] will be here next year, you have my word on that." Despite that apparently definitive claim, the matter has far from been put to bed.</p>
<p>It is easy to understand why. Similar statements were made by the United boss just months before both David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo were sold to Real Madrid.</p></div></div></div>
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North Korea Has Human Rights Left To Violate? UN Demands Another Inquiry :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>It's a fact known by anyone who doesn't live in North Korea that North Korea is one of the worst places in the world to live.</p>
<p>On Tuesday the UN Human Rights Council released a new <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/RegularSession/Session22/A.HRC.22.57_English.pdf">40-page report</a> on the various, sundry, widespread, and systematic human rights violations committed by the government of the DPRK.</p>
<p>This may not be a surprise so much as the fact that North Koreans still have human rights left that their government can violate.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/north-korea-has-human-rights-left-violate-un-demands-another-inquiry-1119034
Singapore's Overseas Union Enterprise Buys L.A.'s US Bank Tower In $367.5 Million Deal :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>As part of its strategy to expand its portfolio of commercial real estate holdings, Overseas Union Enterprise (OUE) Limited (SGX:LJ3), a Singapore-based diversified real estate owner and operator, announced Monday that it's buying the 72-floor U.S. Bank Tower and related properties in the heart of the downtown financial district of Los Angeles for $367.5 million.</p></div></div></div>
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Concern over $2.6m paid to Intrade founder :: Auditors for the Dublin-based company highlighted concerns about 'significant financial irregularities' and the payments made to John Delaney
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Grants to aid students rising by 1% :: Maintenance loans and grants for students in England will rise by 1%, in 2014-15 - less than the rate of inflation, the government says.
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Alarm rises as Hungary defiant on law :: Budapest moves to put limits on the powers of the country's constitutional court and restore some elements of a controversial fundamental law
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Compromise over job cuts may end Iberia strikes :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/euronews/en/business/~3/p9rhcuNykMA/
Top executives join France exodus :: Bernard Charlès, chief executive of Dassault Systèmes, was critical of the 'handicap' of high tax policies pursued by François Hollande's socialist government
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Report: AT&T bests Verizon in raw 4G speed but still lags in LTE coverage :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/YR3GX6L8rww/story01.htm
VIDEO: Iran and Pakistan inaugurate pipeline :: President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have inaugurated a controversial gas pipeline linking the two neighbours.
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Concerns raised over cash machines :: A lack of free cash machines means some people on low incomes or living in rural areas are unable to access the money they need, a report suggests.
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VIDEO: Coalition 'more ambitious than Thatcher' :: The government has been spending more on capital projects, said Conservative minister David Willetts, who said it "must stick to the economic policy and programme we have laid out".
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VIDEO: Boost for UK biotech industry :: Funding from the UK government which matches private investment in biotech firms has boosted the sector, according to companies in the industry.
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'More to be done' on banking reform :: The government's proposed reforms of the banking sector still do not go far enough, according to a banking commission set up in the wake of the Libor scandal.
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German imports signal growth rebound :: German imports rebound strongly in January, suggesting that economic growth in the country may be set to recover after an autumn downturn.
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Egypt hits problems over IMF loan :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/lkZql0Lm6zU/index.html
Growth in health costs slow in 2011, but may pick up :: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. healthcare spending rose at an historically low rate of 3.9% for the third
consecutive year in 2011, but showed underlying signs of acceleration as the economy recovered from recession, the
Obama administration said on Monday. (Source: Modern Medicine)
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Greece swears in unity government :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/8e9KVZyjKDk/index.html
Defending the Faith :: For researchers of all stripes, the meat-cleaver approach to tackling the United States' unsustainable deficit that has been at the center of political wrangling in Washington, DC, represents an obvious threat. Unprecedented pressure to avert fallout from spending cuts, tax rises, and other measures that will result from awkward compromises forced by the so-called fiscal cliff means that research budgets will be pushed toward the chopping block despite President Obama's stated commitment to "doubling funding for key research agencies to support scientists and entrepreneurs." Critics argue, as presidential candidate Mitt Romney did last fall, that much innovation can be fostered at lower cost by forgoing increases in government support for research and instead removing barriers to investmen...
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Answers demanded over mortgage rise :: The chairman of the Treasury Committee, Andrew Tyrie, writes to the Financial Services Authority about the Bank of Ireland's plan to raise mortgage tracker rates.
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US labour market shows strong rise :: The US economy added 236,000 jobs in February, while the jobless rate eased to 7.7%, lifting hopes for a sustainable recovery.
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British animators 'look forward' :: The race to stop Britain's animators fleeing overseas
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