09-Apr-2013 07:51

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 &#8211; 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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Australia announce central contracts :: Australia announce their centrally contracted players for 2013-14 - with several recent Test players omitted.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/cricket/22011584

Sandberg empowers women :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/SdxagMQEFUw/

Woman reshaping world's skylines :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/BL59zV-xrbE/index.html

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:&bull; 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).&bull; 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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From Apple CEO Tim Cook to Ted Nugent, entrepreneurs rock at State of the Union VIDEO :: Who are you going to call when you want to show you're committed to building an economy where innovative companies thrive?

The CEO of Apple, of course. That's what President Bill Clinton did when he invited John Sculley to sit in first lady Hillary Clinton's box at his first State of the Union address in 1993. And it's what President Barack Obama did when he invited current Apple CEO Tim Cook to sit in first lady Michelle Obama's box at tonight's speech.

For Cook's sake, let's hope this honor works… (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Physician Practices headlines)
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Take This Job and Love It! :: In a down economy, when your job loses its lustre, it&#039;s worth taking a new approach to it. (Source: Psychology Today)
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N Korea boycotts factory complex :: North Korean employees fail to report for work at the Kaesong complex, suspending one of the few points of co-operation with South Korea.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22075222#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa

Was Beyonce And Jay-Z's Cuba Trip Legal? U.S. Treasury Department Allowed Caribbean Getaway :: <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> </p>
<p>Don't worry Bey and Jay fans, the Queen and King of Hip-hop won't be getting locked up anytime soon; the U.S. government sanctioned their trip to Cuba, <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/04/09/entertainment-us-usa-cuba-beyonce-idUSBRE93600V20130409" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reuters</a> reported Monday.</p>
<p>Beyoncé and her husband Jay-Z flew down to Havana to celebrate their fifth wedding anniversary with what seemed like a tourist trip to the Communist country.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/was-beyonce-jay-zs-cuba-trip-legal-us-treasury-department-allowed-caribbean-getaway-1179285

Opinion: UK needs another Thatcher :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/fB7z-jaoUKY/index.html

Quest's low cost flying odyssey :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/_Su0iRr6xMU/index.html

Cashing in on secondhand clothing :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/yWzhxjUEjEQ/

2012: Thatcher's economic legacy :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/6OzXZKwyUls/

DHL boss on developing Africa :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/QpKtPt-2jhQ/

Margaret Thatcher's lasting legacy :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/CNPdWcodIwY/

How does N. Korea make its money? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/93tj0g6Nh_Y/index.html

Amanda Bynes' Crazy New York Antics Continue :: <div class="field field-name-field-images field-type-entityreference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> </div><div class="field-item odd"> </div><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 tabloids have been having a field day with former <a href="http://nick.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nickelodeon</a> star <a href="https://twitter.com/AmandaBynes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Amanda Bynes</a> ever since she moved to New York and took a hiatus from acting. In her latest escapades, she was supposedly photographed smoking pot on New York streets and was kicked out of a gymnastics class.</p>
<p>Bynes claims she was never escorted from the gym and lashed out at the websites that accused her of being removed from the class.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/amanda-bynes-crazy-new-york-antics-continue-1179263

Best NCAA Title Game Ever? Louisville Beat Michigan In Milestone Game :: <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 was quite a day for Rick Pitino.</p>
<p>The long-time head coach received a call that he would be named into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame in the morning, and then he was crowned with his second national championship in the evening.</p>
<p>Pitino's Louisville Cardinals held off a feisty performance from the Michigan Wolverines to win their third ever NCAA men's basketball title, 82-76.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/best-ncaa-title-game-ever-louisville-beat-michigan-milestone-game-1179265

March Inflation Rate Shows Sharp Slowdown In China :: <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> </p>
<p>China's annual consumer inflation eased markedly to 2.1 percent in March from February's 3.2 percent while producer price deflation deepened, the government announced Tuesday morning.</p>
<p>Food price inflation, which had surged to 6 per cent year on year in February, fell back to a pace of 2.7 per cent.</p>
<p>The National Bureau of Statistics said China's producer prices dropped 1.9 percent in March, faster than February's annual drop of 1.6 percent.</p>
<p>The figures leave policymakers room to keep monetary conditions easy and nurture a nascent recovery.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/march-inflation-rate-shows-sharp-slowdown-china-1179253

Tiny wires could be a breakthrough for cheap solar panels :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/FaoLH8Tzax4/story01.htm