MATTHEW CAMPBELL: A team of Canadian and Kenyan scientists may have solved one of the mysteries of Africa's HIV and AIDS epidemic: why some sex workers who are routinely exposed to the virus are never infected by it. Researchers from the University of Manitoba, the Public Health Agency of Canada and...
One of the first to respond, one of the last to leave. For more than 70 years, the International Rescue...
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The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is the most widely ratified human rights treaty in history...
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As ONE, we are raising public awareness about the issues of global poverty, hunger, disease and efforts...
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ANN SCOTT TYSON (WP): Suicides among active-duty soldiers this year are on pace to exceed both last year's all-time record and, for the first time since the Vietnam War, the rate among the general U.S...
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ALAN MUTTER: Total newspaper advertising revenues fell by $3 billion in the first six months of this year to $18.8 billion, the lowest level in a dozen years, according to data published today by the Newspaper...
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ELIZABETH LOPATTO: The measles, mumps and rubella vaccine doesn't raise a child's risk for autism, according to a new study designed to replicate a 1998 report that first suggested a link between the shot...
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BEN BLOCK: One January morning in 1969, eight kilometers off the coast of southern California, all hell broke loose. A drilling accident at an offshore oil rig led to the leakage of 11 million liters of...
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REUTERS: Rupert Murdoch yearns to buy the New York Times and toyed with acquiring a sizable minority stake in Bloomberg News, Vanity Fair's Michael Wolff reports in an October 2008 article. The News Corp...
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UN NEWS: The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has urged Iran not to impose the death penalty on juvenile offenders, following reports that two minors were recently...
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MARISA TAYLOR: In Mexico, Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo is feared and reviled as the godfather of Mexico's cocaine trade. On his Web site, however, he's portrayed as a family man and a savvy business tycoon...
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NANCY REYES: NGO’s who aren’t “registered” aren’t allowed to resume food aid. And now, we have reports that the most respected NGO’s have had their aid stopped by red...
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CNN: Jerry Lewis raised a record $65 million for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in his annual Labor Day telethon, a benefit that also made a pitch for those inconvenienced by Hurricane Gustav. This...
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Stories like this remind us that across the globe, courageous and principled individuals risk their lives to make a difference: The head of Afghanistan's anti-drug court was shot at on his way to work...
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A heartwarming story of ingenuity and resilience out of Nairobi, Kenya: Rubbish is everywhere in Kibera, Africa’s largest slum, just a few kilometres from the centre of Nairobi. It lies not just...
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There’s been an explosion of commentary in the aftermath of the Sarah Palin pick, with reactions running the gamut from euphoria to despair. As the shock of McCain’s selection reverberates...
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Hurricane Ike slammed into Cuba Sunday, making landfall in the eastern province of Holguin. Winds at...
Federal officials today announced an extraordinary takeover of troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae a...
Promising a "very bipartisan approach" to how he'll run his administration, Sen. John McCain said in...
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Giant waves and torrential rain from Hurricane Ike batter Cuba where hundreds of thousands of people...
US forces in Afghanistan are re-opening an investigation into an attack which reportedly killed many...
Financial markets in Asia rally after the US government said it was taking over mortgage giants Fred...
Loud explosions have been heard in a village close to the Afghan border, reports from north-west Pak...
Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp does better than expected in legislative elections, and retains key p...
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police said on Sunday they wanted Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to face c...
KABUL (Reuters) - When foreigners are kidnapped in Afghanistan it always makes headlines, but it rar...
MIRANSHAH, Pakistan (Reuters) - Missiles fired by U.S. drone aircraft killed at least three people o...
BEIJING (Reuters) - Three Chinese coal mine accidents in just four days killed at least 42 people, t...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Constitutional Court will rule on Tuesday whether Prime Minister Sama...
