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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China local currency debt rating cut :: Fitch Ratings downgrades China's sovereign credit rating, warning about a credit build-up in the economy that could threaten the recovery.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22088704#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Amtrak Ridership Hits Record Levels Despite Sandy :: <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>March 2013 was the single best month for ridership in Amtrak's history, the U.S. national carrier said Tuesday.</p>
<p>Despite setbacks from Superstorm Sandy and an unrelenting string of winter storms across the system's moneymaking Northeast Corridor, Amtrak reported an increase in passengers for the first half of fiscal year 2013 (October 2012 to March 2013). While March was the best month ever for the rail service, October, December and January also set individual monthly records.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/amtrak-ridership-hits-record-levels-despite-sandy-1182121
Justin Bieber's Haircut 2013: Bieb's New 'Do Gets Mixed Reviews From Beliebers [PHOTOS] :: <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></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>Breaking news, Beliebers: Justin Bieber cut his luscious blonde locks.</p>
<p>JB has been known for his hair ever since he popped up on the music scene with his early hits like "Baby." Fans had mixed emotions when he got rid of his bangs in February 2011, but one of his 27 million Beliebers went so far as to call him the "God of hair."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/justin-biebers-haircut-2013-biebs-new-do-gets-mixed-reviews-beliebers-photos-1182119
Senators Report Progress In Gun Control Talks; Reid To Call Vote :: <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>Senators said they were near a breakthrough on gun control legislation Tuesday evening, and that a final deal on expanding background checks for gun purchases could be reached Wednesday.</p>
<p>Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said he will call a vote on Thursday, despite Republican filibuster threats. </p>
<p>"We're going to vote on this anyway," he said. "It may take a little time, but the American people deserve a vote."</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/senators-report-progress-gun-control-talks-reid-call-vote-1182125
HTC First (and my last) with Facebook Home :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/ZFdxlUSsmzg/story01.htm
Intel moves forward on new Avoton microserver chips and rack innovations :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JKEr9K3f6FA/story01.htm
iRhythm raises $16M for wearable cardiac monitoring patch :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/f3_BMD7b7ec/story01.htm
China and Australia in currency pact :: The Australian dollar becomes the third currency, along with the US dollar and the Japanese yen, that can be converted directly into and out of the Chinese yuan.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-22075345#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
'Supersized' Crabs Could Threaten Ocean Ecosystems Worldwide :: <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>Brace yourself, because the supersized crabs are coming, and they could do huge amounts of damage to the ecosystems they inhabit. </p>
<p>Thanks to speeding ocean acidification, an effect of rising carbon being burned into the atmosphere, crabs are growing at alarming rates, sometimes up to four times faster and larger than normal, <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/2013/04/07/a0c29f48-972f-11e2-b68f-dc5c4b47e519_story.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">reports the Washington Post</a>. This leads to larger, "supersized" crabs that could threaten ecosystems.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/supersized-crabs-could-threaten-ocean-ecosystems-worldwide-1182077
Iran Earthquake 2013 Update: 37 Dead, 850 Injured, Hundreds Homeless :: <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>The 6.3-magnitude earthquake that struck near Iran's only nuclear plant near Bushehr on Tuesday killed 37 people, injured another 850, destroyed many homes and devastated two villages, Iranian media reported Tuesday night. Earlier reports had no damage sustained.</p>
<p>One village was completely destroyed, a Red Crescent official told the Iranian Students' News Agency, but the nearby Bushehr nuclear plant was unharmed, Iranian officials and the Russian company that built it said.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/iran-earthquake-2013-update-37-dead-850-injured-hundreds-homeless-1182079
Google sold Frommer's Travel — but kept all the social media data :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/gfP_EpVngBc/story01.htm
Drones on parade, and a few fun facts about 4K :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/G8YuSmId9hw/story01.htm
China-led frenzy over baby formula :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/PlckgeUGe_s/
What's next for Europe's recovery? :: url: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_business/~3/9v2SLhudP4c/
Margaret Thatcher And The 1984 Brighton Bomb: When The IRA Almost Killed The Iron Lady :: <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>Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday at the age of 87 in luxurious surroundings: a private suite at the Ritz Hotel in London.</p>
<p>But if things had gone a little differently, Thatcher would have lost her life at another hotel nearly 30 years ago, right in the middle of her tenure.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/margaret-thatcher-1984-brighton-bomb-when-ira-almost-killed-iron-lady-1181821
Want to get people shopping socially? It might be harder than you think :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/JBlGaRoWboA/story01.htm
Where do teen app makers learn? :: Why do so many teenage app developers go to private schools?
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-22032013#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Someone At The Vatican Is Illegally Downloading Porn :: <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 Roman Catholic Church may have spoken out strongly against pornography, but that apparently hasn't stopped numerous Vatican City residents from illegally pirating porn. </p>
<p>The blog <a href="http://torrentfreak.com/priests-watch-dvd-screeners-while-pirates-download-filth-in-the-vatican-130407/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TorrentFreak took a look</a> at illegal torrent downloads coming from Vatican City over the weekend and found some rather surprising results. Not only were Internet users located there downloading a few Hollywood movies and TV shows, someone has a very serious porn habit as well. </p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/someone-vatican-illegally-downloading-porn-1181795
The multihour iMessage outage (today's, that is) continues :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/699qjupJVvo/story01.htm
Why Qualcomm thinks LTE-broadcast will work where FLO TV failed :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/exfq1tW3nn8/story01.htm
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