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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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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SEC Accuses Illinois Of Deceiving Bond Buyers By Not Disclosing The Full Extent Of Its Pension Problems :: <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>The Securities and Exchange Commission is accusing Illinois of the kind of shenanigans typically ascribed to publicly listed companies: securities fraud.</p>
<p>The U.S. watchdog says that between 2005 and 2009 the state "<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.sec.gov/news/press/2013/2013-37.htm">failed to inform investors about the impact of problems with its pension funding schedule</a> as the state offered and sold more than $2.2 billion worth of municipal bonds."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/sec-accuses-illinois-deceiving-bond-buyers-not-disclosing-full-extent-its-pension-problems-1119917
Apple Quietly Taking Over the Electronics of Every Car on the Road :: <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>According to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://finance.yahoo.com/news/apple-quietly-turning-every-car-135302439.html">Business Insider</a>, based on job postings, new products, and partnerships, Apple (NASDAQ: <a class="ticker" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/aapl#NASDAQ">AAPL</a> <a class="ino-url" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/AAPL/NASDAQ" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) is going out of its way to make iOS the standard operating system for all cars.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apple-quietly-taking-over-electronics-every-car-road-1119957
Brent Below $110 Ahead of OPEC Market Reports :: <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>Brent crude oil continued to slide on Tuesday morning, trading at $109.72 at 6:58 GMT following news of weak Chinese industrial data.</p>
<p>China's National Bureau of Statistics released figures that showed a higher than expected consumer price index increase of 3.2 percent in February. Also troubling was annual industrial production growth data from January and February, which combined at 9.9 percent, was at its lowest since October 2012.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/brent-below-110-ahead-opec-market-reports-1119921
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
US Consumer Spending Increases At Its Slowest Rate In 12 Months: Analysis :: <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>A combination of permanent and temporary factors cut the growth in U.S. consumer spending in February to its lowest rate in 12 months, First Data Corporation said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Retail dollar volume growth fell significantly in February to 2.5 percent compared to January's growth of 5.7 percent as consumers tightened their discretionary spending budgets, the Atlanta-based firm said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/us-consumer-spending-increases-its-slowest-rate-12-months-analysis-1119915
Michelle Obama, Hilary Clinton, Kim Kardashian And Joe Biden Hacked: Financial Records And Personal Information Exposed For A Slew Of Celebrities, Politicians :: <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>Hackers have published what appears to be the financial records -- as well as social security numbers -- of several high-profile celebrities and politicians.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/michelle-obama-hilary-clinton-kim-kardashian-joe-biden-hacked-financial-records-personal-information
Justin Timberlake Talks Kanye West Diss With Jimmy Fallon [VIDEO] :: <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><a href="http://cms.ibtimes.com/justin-timberlake-disses-kanye-west-snl-my-hits-so-sick-got-rappers-acting-dramatic-video-1118133">Justin Timberlake</a> went on "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon" Monday night, addressing whether or not he and Kanye West are really feuding.</p>
<p>Fallon asked Timberlake if he changed the lyrics to his song "Suit & Tie" while performing on "Saturday Night Live" as a response to a <a href="http://www.ibtimes.com/kanye-west-rant-artist-disses-justin-timberlake-jay-z-taylor-swift-more-london-video-1102900">diss from West</a> about the song.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/justin-timberlake-talks-kanye-west-diss-jimmy-fallon-video-1119875
'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
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
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
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
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
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
Beyonce and Jay-Z finances hacked :: The musicians are targeted online, along with Ashton Kutcher, Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/21751696#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
Republicans to unveil $4.6tn of cuts :: Paul Ryan, chairman of House budget committee, will for the third consecutive year present a budget that cuts deeply into US social programmes
url: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4a8919c0-8ab6-11e2-9da4-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links%2Frss%2Fhome_europe%2Ffeed%2F%2Fproduct
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