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20 Minutes That Changed The World: Hillary Clinton In Beijing

Kate Grant | Posted 04.06.2013 | Women
Read More: Neil Armstrong, Melanne Verveer, Women's Rights, Nasa, Beijing Women's Conference, Fistula, Hillary Clinton, The United Nations, Domestic Violence, Barack Obama, Women News
Kate Grant

Clad in a gentle pink suit, cream blouse and pearls, she could have been the wife of a Methodist Minister or Headmistress at a conservative girls' school. But the demur package was only a veneer.

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Survival and Dignity in an Afghan Winter

Kathy Kelly | Posted 12.31.2012 | World
Read More: Kabul, Amnesty International, The United Nations, Afghanistan, Afghan Refugees, World News
Kathy Kelly

Among Afghanistan's ongoing burdens of destitution and war, of course temperatures are now dropping again.

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Celebrating the International Day of the Girl

Freida Pinto | Posted 12.11.2012 | Impact
Read More: Maternal Death, Freida Pinto, Plan International, UN Foundation, World Bank, Fgm, Global Motherhood, Nike Foundation, The United Nations, Sierra Leone, Anne Hathaway, Isobel Coleman, 10x10, Women's Empowerment, Women and Education, International Day of the Girl, Female Genital Mutilation, Girl Effect, Meryl Streep, Girls and Education, Girlup, Economic Empowerment, Un, Investing in Girls, Child Marriage, Because I Am a Girl, Impact News
Freida Pinto

Resources, leadership and long-term commitments are necessary to close persistent gender gaps and improve the rights and well-being of millions of girls around the world.

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UN Complex Getting $2 Billion Facelift

AP | By ANITA SNOW | Posted 05.05.2012 | New York
Read More: NY Real Estate, Un Facelift, The United Nations, The UN, New York News

UNITED NATIONS -- The whirr of saws and buzz of drills flood buildings better accustomed to the speeches of world leaders as the United Nations' iconi...

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Foreign Policy's Amen Corner

Glenn C. Altschuler | Posted 05.01.2012 | Books
Read More: Religion and Foreign Policy, Pacifism, The United Nations, Religion and War, Religion and Politics, Andrew Preston, Presidents and Religion Religious Dissenters, Books News
Glenn C. Altschuler

Clearly, religion has provided a shared language for leaders and the public throughout American history. Preston believes it is a "missing link, a vital but unrecognized part of the story."

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BED BUGGED!

myfoxny.com | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Midtown, Bed Bugs, Insects, The United Nations, Un, Health, Ny News, New York News

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Are the Millennium Development Goals for Health on a Collision Course?

Dr. Julio Frenk | Posted 05.25.2011 | World
Read More: HIV/AIDS, G8 Muskoka Initiative, Global Health, The United Nations, Millennium Development Goals, Un General Assembly 2010, Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Un, Global Health Initiative, UN General Assembly, World News
Dr. Julio Frenk

In developing countries, a woman dies from complications of pregnancy or childbirth every 90 seconds, a person is infected with AIDS every 12 seconds and a child dies every four seconds. The call to action is urgent.

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The Israel/Gaza Face-Off in Los Angeles

Linda Milazzo | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Read More: LA Jews for Peace, Egypt, The Goldstone Report, Blockade, Humanitarians, Medea Benjamin, Israeli Consulate, Palestine, Gaza Freedom March, United States, Los Angelenos, The United Nations, Los Angeles, Wilshire Boulevard, Gaza, Operation Cast Lead, Occupation, Cairo, Vigil, Border, Liberation, Codepink, Israel, American Flag, Justice, Los Angeles News
Linda Milazzo

Monday night, in remembrance of the one-year anniversary of Israel's Operation Cast Lead that killed 1,400 Gazans, and in solidarity with the 1,400 in...

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Iran's Positive Response and the High Possibility of a Military Strike

Omid Memarian | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Read More: France, Iran, Military Attack, E.U., Incentive Package, Security Council, Israel, U.S., Javier Solana, 5+1, The United Nations, Conservatives, Manouchehr Mottaki, Jean-Maurice Ripert, Politics News
Omid Memarian

The EU and U.S. know that sanctions cannot destroy but only weaken Iran's vast economy, given that rising oil prices have tripled Iran's revenue during the past two years.

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