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.
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The rise of China's Xi Jinping :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/qUsyu9-yj_c/
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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London Market Report :: The FTSE 100 holds on to recent gains, despite the release of disappointing manufacturing data.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
'Crude scams' push up fraud losses :: Distraction thefts at shops, bars and cash machines led to a rise in card fraud in the UK last year, figures suggest.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21755525#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
India's Industrial Output Increases By 2.4% In January Following Pickup in Manufacturing Activity :: <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>India's industrial output increased by 2.4 percent in January after contracting by 0.6 percent (revised from 0.5 percent) in December, as the manufacturing activity picked up following an increase in power production, the official data released Tuesday showed. Reuters' analysts estimated 1.2 percent growth rate in January.
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<p>Factory output measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP) had recorded 1 percent growth same month, a year ago.
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/indias-industrial-output-increases-24-january-following-pickup-manufacturing-activity-1119707
Stocks struggle for traction :: Stocks are mixed as bull run that has taken many equity barometers to multiyear, or in some cases record, highs endures one of its periodic pauses
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b18b6aba-8ade-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Nuance targets enterprise IT with new voiceprint recognition technology :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/xgujxAehefM/story01.htm
This startup's new router sends bits at the speed of light :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/uds_I6Nl3v4/story01.htm
Now Autonomy is under investigation for fraud in the U.K. :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/AOJRJhgbdFs/story01.htm
North Korea Says War With South Korea Can Start Right Now; Tensions Escalate As US Extends Further Sanctions :: <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>Tensions escalated in the Korean peninsula with the North Korea's leader threatening to start a war against South Korea immediately even as the U.S extended sanctions on North Korea in an attempt to impede the latter's nuclear ambitions. </p>
<p>The North's supreme leader, Kim Jong Un, who visited the troops stationed near disputed regions between the countries Monday told his artillery troops to be on "maximum alert" as the "war can break out right now," according to a report published in the North Korean state media, KCNA.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/north-korea-says-war-south-korea-can-start-right-now-tensions-escalate-us-extends-further-sanctions
SFO launches probe into Autonomy :: Hewlett-Packard passes on information to the UK watchdog as it launches an investigation into the $11bn acquisition of the software group
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/5df6e73e-8af8-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
VIDEO: Has the age of low-cost flying ended? :: The distinction between 'low cost' and 'legacy' airlines has diminished in the last six years according to a report by KPMG.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21755736#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Pre-Market Movers (OCZ Technology, Yum! Brands, Research In Motion, Petroleo, Dicks Sporting, Credit Suisse, Government Properties, Anheuser-Busch, Rio Tinto) :: <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>OCZ Technology Group, Yum! Brands, Research In Motion, Petroleo Brasileiro Petrobras SA, Dicks Sporting Goods, Credit Suisse Group, Government Properties Income Trust, Anheuser-Busch and Rio Tinto plc are among the companies whose shares are moving in the pre-market trading Tuesday.</p>
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/pre-market-movers-ocz-technology-yum-brands-research-motion-petroleo-dicks-sporting-credit-suisse
AUDIO: Tracker mortgages 'were not clear' :: Andrew Montlake, director for Coreco, tells the Today programme "lenders have a duty to communicate in a way that is fair, clear and not misleading".
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21751992#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Conclave begins with no clear favourite :: The 115 voting cardinals of the Catholic Church begin their conclave on Tuesday to elect a new pope with several considered to be in the running
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3334f520-8a96-11e2-bf79-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
SFO to investigate Autonomy, says HP :: The UK's Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is investigating the sale of technology firm Autonomy to Hewlett Packard, according to a filing from HP.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21752081#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Sterling gripped by recession fears :: Pound falls to a two and half year low after poor industrial and trade data reminded investors of the divergent nature of the UK and US economies
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/17472450-8af0-11e2-8fcf-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
Samsung Galaxy S4 Probably Featured In Official Twitter, Facebook Pages; Does The Second Teaser Video Hold Clue For PHOLED Display? :: <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>Rumors and speculations surrounding the next Samsung flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S4, have been around for quite some time now. Several unofficial sources have tried to suggest what the Galaxy S3's successor will feature and how it will look like. But so far, there has not been any official information from Samsung about the device.
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s4-probably-featured-official-twitter-facebook-pages-does-second-teaser-video-hold
India's Sub-Sonic Cruise Missile Nirbhay Fails In Maiden Flight; DRDO Claims Mission Objectives Met :: <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>India's indigenously-developed medium range sub-sonic cruise missile 'Nirbhay' failed to hit the target in its maiden test flight Tuesday, forcing the Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO) to terminate the missile mid-way.
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<p>Nirbhay (meaning fearless) was launched Tuesday at 11:50 a.m. local time from a mobile launcher positioned in the launch pad 3 of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, located in Balasore district of Odisha state.
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url: http://www.ibtimes.com/indias-sub-sonic-cruise-missile-nirbhay-fails-maiden-flight-drdo-claims-mission-objectives-met
Anschluss: 75 Years Ago Germany Annexed Austria, One Year Ahead of World War II :: <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>Seventy-five years ago Tuesday, Nazi Germany annexed neighboring Austria in the "Anschluss," a long-held dream of Chancellor Adolf Hitler and many others, including non-Nazis, in the two German-speaking states.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/anschluss-75-years-ago-germany-annexed-austria-one-year-ahead-world-war-ii-1118803
IMDb Website No Longer Blocked In China: Will China's Internet Soon Be Censor-Free? :: <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>China's film buffs and netizens had cause to rejoice last week when they discovered that the popular <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.imdb.com/" target="_blank">IMDb, or Internet Movie Database</a>, was no longer blocked by the nation's <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/chinas-censors-cut-scenes-cloud-atlas-skyfall-heres-what-other-movies-they-censored-1035002" target="_blank">infamous censors</a>.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/imdb-website-no-longer-blocked-china-will-chinas-internet-soon-be-censor-free-1119066
Japan taps gas from methane hydrate :: Japan says it had successfully extracted natural gas from frozen methane hydrate off its central coast, in what it says is a world first.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21752441#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Guns Kill More People Than Car Accidents In 14 US States :: <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>Firearm-related deaths in the United States are expected to surpass the number of traffic fatalities by 2015, according to at least <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-12-19/american-gun-deaths-to-exceed-traffic-fatalities-by-2015.html" target="_blank">one recent study</a>. In some states, that is already the reality.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/guns-kill-more-people-car-accidents-14-us-states-1119072
AUDIO: The 'dangerous' financial products :: As voting opens in a competition to find Europe's most dangerous financial product, the Today programme speaks to Sven Giegold, who is co-ordinating the prize.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21741207#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Sudan rivals 'to resume pumping oil' :: South Sudan and Sudan agree to resume pumping oil after a bitter dispute over fees which saw production shut down more than a year ago.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-21751896#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
S Korea warns on armistice threat :: South Korea says North Korea cannot scrap the armistice that ended the Korean War and calls on Pyongyang to tone down its rhetoric.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21751226#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
AUDIO: Mansion tax is 'coalition fudge' :: Cathy Jamieson, the shadow economic secretary to the Treasury, and Brandon Lewis, a Conservative local government minister, debate the utility of the mansion tax.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-21752336#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Japan lifts hopes for new energy source :: Japan has successfully extracted gas from 'fire ice' deposits off its Pacific coast as it seeks to reduce its dependence on expensive imports
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5751242-8ae4-11e2-b1a4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
'Jobs boom' from PPI mis-selling :: At least 20,000 jobs have been created to deal with claims over mis-sold payment protection insurance (PPI), employment group Manpower says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-21740274#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
US official in China hacking call :: The Chinese government should acknowledge and investigate cyber crime from China, US National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon says.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-21751204#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
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