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Mr. Egeland, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, later arrived in Juba, capital of southern Sudan, by commercial plane from Uganda after the Sudanese authorities refused to authorize his UN flight. Today he is the southern town of Rumb
11:13 Apr 3, 2006 PST
NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter March 30 began a crucial six-month effort to shrink its orbit gradually into the best geometry for the mission's science work.
10:59 Apr 3, 2006 PST
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw are urging Iraq's political leaders to take swift action to form a government of national unity needed to fill a political vacuum and quell sectarian violence.
10:59 Apr 3, 2006 PST
Retired newspaper editor and author of the hit mob novel Saraceno, Djelloul Marbrook is now adding a new title to the list. Mentor.
10:39 Apr 3, 2006 PST
The governing body of the United Nations labour agency has ended its latest session by calling for global investment in the creation of decent jobs, while also expressing 'profound concern' the lack of progress in ending forced labour in Myanmar.
10:24 Apr 3, 2006 PST
Over half the people in the poorest parts of Africa and Asia lack regular access to essential medicines because they cannot afford them, or because the health system in their country is too weak, according to a new report commissioned by the United
10:23 Apr 3, 2006 PST
The United Nations is set to launch a major campaign to help tens of thousands of Ethiopian children facing an outbreak of lethal diseases, from diarrhoea to malaria, after rain showers hit the drought-stricken Oromia region, insufficient to undo th
09:49 Apr 3, 2006 PST
For the past three years Mr. Egeland has been highlighting the plight of those caught up in the conflict in Darfur, where more than 180,000 people have been killed and 2 million more displaced in fighting between the Government, pro-government milit
09:17 Apr 3, 2006 PST
An independent Commission on Intellectual Property Rights, Innovation and Public Health presented a report to the World Health Organization (WHO) April 3 that recommends key actions needed to ensure that poor people in developing countries have acce
08:35 Apr 3, 2006 PST
Aiming to protect 3.5 million children from malaria in Niger, where almost all the population are at risk from the disease, more than 2 million mosquito nets have now been delivered throughout the impoverished country to mothers of children under fi
08:14 Apr 3, 2006 PST
In the midst of everything going on in Baghdad last week came the welcomed news that Christian Science Monitor reporter Jill Carroll had been released. By the time this article is published, Carroll will be in Boston for a well deserved repatriation
06:51 Apr 3, 2006 PST
Hundreds of thousands of children will go to school for the first time in Southern Sudan this year in a massive United Nations-backed campaign to rebuild a system that was ruined by two decades of civil war in a region where only about 22 per cent o
06:51 Apr 3, 2006 PST
A U.S. Marine Corps 7-ton truck rolled over in a flash flood near Al Asad April 2, resulting in five Marines dead, one injured, and two Marines and one Sailor missing.
06:07 Apr 3, 2006 PST
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the signing of an agreement with India that makes it the first country to join the U.S. on the government steering committee for the FutureGen Initiative. FutureGen is an initiative to build and operate
05:54 Apr 3, 2006 PST
Scores of thousands of health workers are fanning out in two of the world's major troubles spots - Sudan and Iraq - in a United Nations-supported campaign to vaccinate some 13 million children against polio and save them from the prospect of debili
05:46 Apr 3, 2006 PST
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