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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Obama unveils $3.8tn budget plan :: US President Barack Obama unveils a $3.77tn (£2.4tn) budget that proposes fresh taxes on the wealthy along with cuts to benefit programmes.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-22096858#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Dutch uncover large-scale meat fraud :: Dutch authorities say some 50,000 tonnes of meat sold as beef across Europe since January 2011 may have contained horsemeat.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22098763#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
LinkedIn updates its Recruiter page, showing where the company is putting its focus :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/3o9tyQCZYM0/story01.htm
Girls Lift Tractor Off Dad: Hannah And Haylee Smith Lift 3,000-Pound Tractor, Save Dad After Freak Accident [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 pair of teenage sisters in Oregon teamed up to lift a 3,000-pound tractor off of their father after a freak yard accident on Monday.</p>
<p>Jeff Smith, a 36-year-old resident of Lebanon, Ore., was using the tractor to remove a tree stump from his yard when the mud on his boots caused his foot to slip off of the clutch. The 3,000-pound tractor then flipped over, crushing the father of two underneath, the <a href="http://democratherald.com/news/local/dad-in-distress/article_33de96aa-9f33-11e2-b28e-0019bb2963f4.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Albany Democrat-Herald</a> reports.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/girls-lift-tractor-dad-hannah-haylee-smith-lift-3000-pound-tractor-save-dad-after-freak-accident
Au Voleur! Pickpockets Shut Down The Louvre :: <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 Louvre, the world's most-visited museum, is closed Wednesday because its workers have gone on strike. But the Parisian museum's 1,000 workers do not want better conditions. They are protesting the roving bands of pickpockets that haunt the museum, against whom they say authorities are not doing enough.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/au-voleur-pickpockets-shut-down-louvre-1184445
Save The Rhino: India Using Drone Technology To Protect Endangered Wildlife From Poachers :: <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>Indian wildlife officials are employing remote-controlled aerial drones to save the endangered one-horned rhinoceroses in the northeastern province of Assam.</p>
<p>Officials at the Kaziranga National Park said the drones will aid them in monitoring parts of the park to protect the rhinos from poachers, who have already killed 16 animals in the first three months of this year, after slaughtering 22 last year.</p>
<p>The rhino horn is prized in China and parts of eastern Asia for their apparent medicinal properties and appeal as jewelry.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/save-rhino-india-using-drone-technology-protect-endangered-wildlife-poachers-1184441
2013 Made In America Festival: Full Lineup Announced :: <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 full lineup for the 2013 Budweiser Made in America concert was<a href="http://lifeandtimes.com/2013-budweiser-made-in-america-lineup-revealed" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> revealed</a> Wednesday, and Beyoncé is set to headline the show.</p>
<p>The 31-year-old singer is having quite a busy year, after performing at the presidential inauguration and the halftime show for the Super Bowl on Feb. 3. She is also set to begin her "Mrs. Carter" world tour April 15 in Serbia.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/2013-made-america-festival-full-lineup-announced-1184391
Masters 2013 Tee-Times: Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy, Phil Mickelson Tee-Off First Round Thursday :: <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>Tiger Woods already has three victories this season, but whether the 14-time major champion is truly back will strictly be determined by his showing at Augusta.</p>
<p>The 2013 Masters begins at 8 a.m. Eastern Thursday morning and Woods takes to the links a little under three hours later.</p>
<p>Perched at No. 1 since his win at the Arnold Palmer invitational, the 37-year-old Woods is also first on the money list with $3.7 million earned after five events this year, nearly a million more than fellow American Brandt Snedeker.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/masters-2013-tee-times-tiger-woods-rory-mcilroy-phil-mickelson-tee-first-round-thursday-1184393
'Twilight' Fans Boycotting MTV Movie Awards, Not Enough Award Nominations :: <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>Ever since the first "Twilight" movie was released in 2008, the teen vampire series has claimed most honors at the annual MTV Movie Awards, raking in every win from "best kiss" to "best movie" thanks to stars Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner.</p>
<p>Over the past five years and five installments of the series, fans have tuned in to see their favorite heroine, vampire and werewolf sweep the show, but this year, things have drastically changed.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/twilight-fans-boycotting-mtv-movie-awards-not-enough-award-nominations-1184333
Obama's Success: The Poor Get Poorer, And The Rich Get Poorer :: <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>President Barack Obama wants your money now. Like, right now.</p>
<p>Talking Points Memo has the details … <a href="http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/04/obama-budget-mitt-romney-ira-loophole.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">breathlessly</a>:</p>
<p>"A new provision in Obama's budget '[e]nds a loophole that lets wealthy individuals circumvent contribution limits and [ac]cumulate millions in tax-preferred retirement accounts,'" Talking Points Memo wrote, quoting a budget summary released by the White House, which will reveal its new budget Wednesday.</p>
<p>I can't wait!</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/obamas-success-poor-get-poorer-rich-get-poorer-1184435
Does Wal-Mart Support All-Time Highs? :: url: http://www.ibtimes.com/does-wal-mart-support-all-time-highs-1184389
Phoenix Man, Eugene Maraventano, Killed Wife Over HIV Fear, Adult Son Also Murdered :: <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 Phoenix man, Eugene Maraventano, says he killed his wife last week because he believed he had given her HIV. Maraventano also confessed to killing his son because he believed he was developmentally disabled.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/phoenix-man-eugene-maraventano-killed-wife-over-hiv-fear-adult-son-also-murdered-1184275
Ed tech teams compete for modest prizes from Gates Foundation, Facebook :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/XPMtNoIqKRQ/story01.htm
Apple's Q2 Earnings Foreshadowed by Weak Foxconn Results :: <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>Is <strong>Apple</strong> (NASDAQ: <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock/aapl#NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AAPL</a> <a href="http://www.benzinga.com/stock-trends/AAPL/NASDAQ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">[FREE Stock Trend Analysis]</a>) about to a report a disappointing quarter?</p>
<p>The Cupertino, California-based tech giant will report its fiscal 2013 second quarter results on April 23. This is exactly three months after the company reported a <a href="http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2013/01/23Apple-Reports-Record-Results.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">record-breaking first quarter</a>, selling 47.8 million iPhones and 22.9 million iPads.</p></div></div></div>
url: http://www.ibtimes.com/apples-q2-earnings-foreshadowed-weak-foxconn-results-1184281
Ribbon announces in-stream Twitter payments so you can purchase while you tweet :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/zOIlKb378kc/story01.htm
For Foursquare, why being mayor isn't enough to build a business :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/lRbQTFA4KcE/story01.htm
As smartphones get bigger, could Android's user base get smaller? :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/V4v1ClWW9bw/story01.htm
Hundreds of Morrisons jobs at risk :: Nearly 700 jobs could be cut at Morrisons supermarkets as manual cash counting is replaced with machines in back offices.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-22093818#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
London Market Report :: Shares end higher for the third consecutive day, boosted by strong Chinese economic data and a surge at the start of Wall Street trading.
url: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11899862#sa-ns_mchannel=rss&ns_source=PublicRSS20-sa
Tesla messes with Texas, over how to sell its electric cars :: url: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/OmMalik/~3/wMlTnCK5kvE/story01.htm
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