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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Speech therapy could help save NHS cash :: INVESTMENT in speech and language therapy could help boost the Edinburgh economy by more than £10 million a year, a report has found. (Source: Scotsman.com News - Health)
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LRA Chief Joseph Kony's Head Now Worth $5 Million, But The Hunt For Him Just Went On Hiatus :: <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>Wednesday brought good news and bad news for Joseph Kony, notorious leader of the Lord's Resistance Army. A major military operation to find and capture the wanted war criminal has been halted by turmoil in central Africa, even as officials in the United States placed a huge new bounty on Kony's head.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lra-chief-joseph-konys-head-now-worth-5-million-hunt-him-just-went-hiatus-1169917
SSE fined record £10.5m by Ofgem :: Energy supplier SSE is fined £10.5m by Ofgem for "prolonged and extensive" mis-selling, the regulator's biggest ever fine for a supplier.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22011717#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO Malaga 0-0 Borussia Dortmund: Highlights; Gotze And Dortmund Profligacy Keep Scores Level In Champions League Quarterfinal :: <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>Malaga will surely be the happier side to have emerged from the first leg of their quarterfinal tie against Borussia Dortmund with the scores still level and crucially without having conceded an away goal.</p>
<p>There were plenty of chances at La Rosaleda with the favorites for the tie Dortmund and, in particular, Mario Gotze, spurning the best of them. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/video-malaga-0-0-borussia-dortmund-highlights-gotze-dortmund-profligacy-keep-scores-level-champions
Jim Carrey Gets Serious On Huffington Post, Responding In Earnest To Fox News And His Gun-Loving Haters :: <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>Embroiled in a running war of words with Fox News and gun zealots, the normally manic Jim Carrey took off his zany mask this week and posted a surprisingly earnest response to his conservative critics.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/jim-carrey-gets-serious-huffington-post-responding-earnest-fox-news-his-gun-loving-haters-1170069
Kaufman Texas Shooting: Are The Aryan Brotherhood Or Mexican Cartels Responsible? :: <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>Speculation is mounting over the possible involvement of the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas in the murder of two Kaufman County prosecutors, but authorities said they have not uncovered any evidence so far that the white supremacist prison gang is behind the killings.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, a former Texas justice of the peace said he voluntarily submitted to a gun residue test in connection with the investigation, although he hasn't been identified as a suspect.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/kaufman-texas-shooting-are-aryan-brotherhood-or-mexican-cartels-responsible-1170101
Video look: Gaming on a Chromebook Pixel: Linux and Steam make it easy :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/OlFNi7qSF04/story01.htm
Cathy Zoi lands at Tom Siebel's C3, after Silver Lake's energy fund :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/WwuoC1XhyrQ/story01.htm
Lakers News: Steve Nash, Metta World Peace Out With Injuries; When Will The Two Starters Return? :: <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>Plagued by injuries and inconsistent play, the Los Angeles Lakers have seven games left to make the playoffs, or miss out for the first time since 2005.</p>
<p>Two starters, point guard Steve Nash and forward Metta World Peace, are currently on the disabled list, and their return could decide the Lakers postseason fate.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/lakers-news-steve-nash-metta-world-peace-out-injuries-when-will-two-starters-return-1170041
Houston Rockets Vs. Sacramento Kings: Where To Watch Live Stream Online Of Jeremy Lin Against Jimmer Fredette, Prediction, Preview :: <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 Houston Rockets are in the home stretch of the 2012-2013 NBA regular season.</p>
<p>Houston is firmly entrenched in the playoff race as the No.7 seed in the Western Conference. They have a three-game lead in the loss column over the Utah Jazz and Los Angeles Lakers, who are tied for the final postseason berth.</p>
<p>As long as the Rockets don't collapse in their final eight games, the clubs should ease their way into the postseason. They have a fairly easy schedule down the stretch, starting with Wednesday night's contest against the Sacramento Kings.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/houston-rockets-vs-sacramento-kings-where-watch-live-stream-online-jeremy-lin-against-jimmer-1170047
VIDEO Real Madrid 3-0 Galatasaray: Highlights, Match Report; Ronaldo, Benzema And Higuain Fire Madrid Within Touching Distance Of Champions League Last Four :: <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>Real Madrid all-but booked their place in the last four of the Champions League as they comfortably brushed aside the challenge of Galatasaray in the first leg of their quarterfinal at the Bernabeu.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/video-real-madrid-3-0-galatasaray-highlights-match-report-ronaldo-benzema-higuain-fire-madrid-within
The number of cord cutters is steadily growing :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/5CLsKIqtkfw/story01.htm
Sponsored post: Unconstrained data center networks for the cloud era :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3kHLEtrluHk/story01.htm
A Tableau IPO could validate the big data visualization push — or not :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/Q34kGFpGrQU/story01.htm
Ex-Goldman trader pleads guilty :: Former Goldman Sachs trader Matthew Marshall Taylor pleads guilty to defrauding the bank with an $8.3bn (£5.5bn) unauthorised futures trade in 2007.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22019424#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
VIDEO: SSE fined record £10.5m by Ofgem :: Energy supplier SSE has been fined £10.5m by the regulator Ofgem for mis-selling gas and electricity.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22012278#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Finding the world's 'intellectual Viagra' :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/9ULA5aUxSIg/index.html
Apple has to think different about China :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zLydFWNyL3g/story01.htm
Twitter plays its platform hand, and it is the one holding all the Cards :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/A55E2i_EMv0/story01.htm
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