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UN envoy urges uniting for youth with first in series of virtual Google Hangouts
17 May 2013 150 The United Nations special envoy on youth went online today to encourage young people to join the UN's work, and detailed some of the initiatives he will undertake to work with and for youth. "Engage with the United Nations," said the Secretary General's Special Envoy on Youth, Ahmad Alhendawi, as he urged participants in a Google Hangout - the first in a series meant to ...
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Papua New Guineas plans to resume death penalty major setback - UN
17 May 2013 150 The United Nations human rights office today expressed serious concern over Papua New Guinea's announcement that it will resume the death penalty more than half a century since it last carried out an execution, stressing this would represent "a major setback" for the country. "The High Commissioner has written to the Prime Minister stating her concerns about the planned ...
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Nigerian rebels could face war crimes charges for population cleansing - UN rights office
17 May 2013 150 Members of Boko Haram and other extremist groups in Nigeria could face war crimes charges for deliberate acts leading to ethnic and religious cleansing, the top United Nations human rights official said today. In a press briefing in Geneva, the spokesperson for the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), Rupert Colville, reiterated calls on Boko Haram ...
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Syria conference should be held as soon as possible Ban says during visit to Russia
17 May 2013 150 Stressing that a political solution is the only way to end the Syria crisis, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said today that an international conference proposed by Russia and the United States should be held as soon as possible so as not to lose momentum. "It is my sincere hope that we can convene an international conference on Syria as soon as possible to help parties come ...
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UN Security Council condemns temporary detention of peacekeepers looting in Golan
17 May 2013 150 Members of the Security Council have 8216;strongly condemned' the looting of a UN observation post in the Golan Heights and the temporary detention of three peacekeepers, the third such incident in the past two months. The Security Council, in a press statement released on 16 May, "strongly condemned the incident on May 15 in which a group of anti-government armed elements ...
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Countries must repeal laws that discriminate against LGBT individuals - UN officials
17 May 2013 150 Marking the International Day Against Homophobia, United Nations officials today issued a call on Governments worldwide to protect the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals, and strike laws that discriminate against them. "The fight against homophobia is a core part of the broader battle for human rights for all," Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon ...
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China opposes EUs aviation emissions levy
China has opposed the European Union's (EU) unilateral decision to incorporate international flights originating from countries outside of the EU into its carbon trading scheme, reported Xinhua. On Thursday, the European Commission, an executive body of the EU, said eight Chinese carriers could face fines totalling 2.4 million euros, or about $3 million, and the two Indian airlines could face ...
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73 killed 148 injured in Iraq attacks
A wave of bombing attacks struck war-torn Iraq Friday, leaving as many as 73 people dead and 148 injured, police and officials said. At least 41 people were killed and 56 injured in two blasts, which hit almost simultaneously in Baquba, capital city of Diyala province, after the Friday prayer, reported Xinhua citing the city's mayor Abdullah Hayali. The two roadside bombs exploded near the ...
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Survey Europes Gays Fear Violence Discrimination
PARIS The European Union is calling for action following an alarming survey released Friday showing most gays and transgender people in Europe live in fear of discrimination and violence. The new European Union survey is the most far-reaching to date on discrimination and violence against lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgender (LGBT) people in Europe - and its release coincides with ...
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43 killed 70 injured in Iraq bombings
As many as 43 people were killed and 70 injured in bomb blasts that occurred in different parts of Iraq Friday. At least eight people were killed and 25 wounded in a roadside bomb blast which took place during a funeral in Madain town, some 30 km from capital city of Baghdad, reported Xinhua citing a interior ministry source. Earlier in the day, some 35 people were killed and 45 injured in ...
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Journalist found dead in eastern Congo
GOMA, Congo -; A Congolese official says the body of a journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern ...
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I Long For A Better World
this piece as an oped piece. The flow of the piece was inspired by Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have A Dream" speech. I, in no way, shape or form, am suggesting in the slightest way that this piece is anywhere near as great as Dr. King's speech. I am a musician. I have produced and published nine CDs. My wife still works full time, so you can see that they haven't sold ...
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Health Minister leaves the Kingdom to participate in the Meeting of World Health Assembly
Manama, May 18th (BNA) -Minister of Health, Sadiq Abdul Karim Al Shehabi left the Kingdom to Genve to participate in the (66) meeting of World Health Assembly of World Health Organization (WHO), which will be held during the period from May 20 to 28, 2013. The Assembly's works will be opened on Monday May 20th, 2013 with appointing the Credentials Committee, electing the sixty-sixth ...
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Pool tragedy response criticised
hearts to think that if she had been seen, would she still be with us?"Where were the lifeguards? Even if they didn't see her when she was pulled out of the pool, why did they not come forward and start resuscitation? Why was it left to other people?"I can't get my head around that one. I need to know why to put Chloe at rest and try to help my son as best I can."Travel ...
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Landing gear problem forces plane to make belly landing at Newark International Airport
NEWARK, N.J. - An airline official says a US Airways flight with 34 people aboard was forced to make a belly landing at Newark International Airport after experiencing landing gear trouble. No injuries were reported. US Airways spokesman Davien Anderson tells The Associated Press that a turboprop plane that left Philadelphia shortly before 11 p.m. Friday landed safely at Newark with its landing ...
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Switzerland close to deal in U.S. tax dispute finance minister
ZURICH (Reuters) - Switzerland is on the brink of a deal to settle a long-running dispute with U.S. authorities over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of tax, the finance minister said on ...
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Planes miraculous crash landing
TERRIFIED passengers had a miraculous escape when a pilot was forced to make a crash landing in New York after his plane's landing gear ...
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Nigerian military says 10 rebels killed 65 arrested
LAGOS (Reuters) - Nigeria's military said on Saturday it had killed 10 insurgents and arrested 65 as part of an offensive meant to wrest back control of parts of its remote northeast from an Islamist group seen as the main security threat to Africa's top oil ...
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Photos Rescued Kittens Cuddle Up
Kittens Marple and Kojak cuddle up after being rescued from Parc Prison in Bridgend, South Wales. They are two of the six kittens born in a van parked inside high security ...
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Sweden shuts out Finland to reach world hockey final
Sweden's Loui Eriksson (right) celebrates a goal against Finland during their 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship semi-final match at the Globe Arena in Stockholm May 18, 2013. (ARND ...
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Gunmen kill 9 in Iraq 8 police kidnapped
BAGHDAD -; Gunmen killed an anti-terrorism policeman and his family in Baghdad on Saturday, while kidnappers abducted eight policemen guarding a post on Iraq's main highway to Jordan and Syria, the latest in a wave of violence to grip the country. Attackers also shot dead a Sunni cleric in the Shiite-majority ...
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Kanye West Premieres New Slaves With Video Projections Around the World
Kanye West gave the world its first official taste of his new album on Friday night by projecting the new song, "New Slaves," along with visuals on buildings across the globe. The video was projected at various times throughout the night on 66 buildings in cities including New York, Toronto, Chicago, London, Paris and Berlin. In West's hometown of Chicago, it was projected on a ...
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Maltese doctors mark World Family Doctors Day
World Family Doctors Day is a chance to celebrate what family doctors do in supporting health care for all people in their local communities, their countries and around the ...
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Man arrested after plane bomb threats
Beijing - Chinese police have arrested a man who allegedly made bomb threats which caused delays or diversions to Shanghai, news reports said on ...
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Ahmadinejad cancels Thailand trip due to busy schedule
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who was due to address a water security forum in Thailand has cancelled the trip because of his busy schedule, a member of the president's media office said ...
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Austin among the leading US cities emerging from recession
The financial crisis, now refered to by some as the Great Recession, has battered cities across the country, but Austin has become a pocket of hope where jobs are available and the population is growing, suggesting that the city may be among a few in the US leading the country out of the recession.
Austin has been ranked in the top 20 US cities with strong population growth, the study was done by the Census Bureau, this is a reflection of the sound economic performance of Texas as whole (the state had several of its cities in the top 20), and subsequently may be given four additional House seats following the 2010 census. Read more
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