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In celebration of Asthma Awareness Month, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency officials traveled to the Tanner Duckrey Elementary School in North Philadelphia today to announce the award of a $12,500 grant to Temple University in support its in-sch
06:32 May 15, 2006 PST
Legal agreements supporting the NATO/OSCE Trust Fund project for the destruction of dangerous pesticides in Moldova were signed at the NATO HQ today. NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer presided over the ceremony which paves way to the prac
06:29 May 15, 2006 PST
The United Nations today marked the International Day of Families with calls to adapt to the profound social changes taking place and appeals to discourage child marriage and promote secondary education and gender equality.
06:18 May 15, 2006 PST
Two Multi-National Division-Baghdad Soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb at approximately 8 p.m. May 14 in east Baghdad.
21:51 May 14, 2006 PST
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan headed to Asia from Vienna today after wrapping up a three-day visit to the Austrian capital, where he attended the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the European Union and Latin America and the C
16:48 May 14, 2006 PST
Reacting to an attack on Friday against relief workers from the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and other humanitarian organizations, the agency's Executive Director today mourned the victims and stressed the need for understanding about t
16:48 May 14, 2006 PST
The United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development today in New York concluded a two-week review of ways to help the 1.6 billion people who presently lack access to electricity, including through the development of new technologies, market inc
16:47 May 14, 2006 PST
For rap artist Toni Blackman, who grew up in California and began writing poetry when she was eight, the magic happens when new hip-hop music is born out of global collaboration. She should know: the State Department's American Music Abroad Program
15:45 May 14, 2006 PST
Despite the laudable efforts of Iraq's public distribution of food, many of Iraq's poorer households still lack enough to eat, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today, citing a new food security and vulnerability analysis.
15:45 May 14, 2006 PST
More than 1,200 representatives of the world's indigenous people kick off a 12-day meeting at the United Nations on Monday, naming education, health, human rights and the environment as among the major challenges they face in trying to improve thei
15:45 May 14, 2006 PST
Six of the 43 were part of a group that had been stranded at Trebil, on the Iraqi side of the border with Jordan, for nearly two months. The other 37 Palestinians had travelled directly from Baghdad to the Iraq-Syria border. They were taken to the U
13:52 May 14, 2006 PST
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today spotlighted the 'grave and growing problem' of unemployed youth and called for a broad-based response involving governments, unions, businesses and civil society at large.
13:37 May 14, 2006 PST
The senior United Nations envoy to Kosovo today visited Decan/Decani, which he hailed for demonstrating that the people of the province are committed to building a democratic and multi-ethnic society.
13:37 May 14, 2006 PST
'The situation requires not only the extreme vigilance and the continuous mobilization of all partners in the field but the firm commitment of the donor community so that we can prevent the deterioration of the situation,' said Aboudou Karimou Adj
13:27 May 14, 2006 PST
Terrorists killed 14 Iraqi citizens and injured at least six others in an attack today in western Baghdad. In other news, coalition forces raided a terrorist safe haven near Julaybah yesterday, killing three terrorists and detaining four suspects, o
13:16 May 14, 2006 PST
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