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Kosovo, Hungary: More on the Tisza River Tragedy

Posted by Veronica Khokhlova on 06/11/2009

A Fistful of Euros discusses the story of tragic death of 15 Kosovo Albanian illegal immigrants, who were trying to cross the Tisza River into Hungary and the EU. More about it - in Marietta Le's Oct. 28 GV post.

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Uganda: Bill Threatens Progress on HIV/AIDS

Posted by Human Rights Watch on 06/11/2009

(Kampala) - A proposed Ugandan law on HIV/AIDS promotes dangerous and discredited approaches to the AIDS epidemic and would violate human rights, a group of more than 50 Ugandan and international organizations and individuals said in a report released today. The HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control ...

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Zambia: Readying young minds to fight cholera through better hygiene

Posted on 06/11/2009

LUSAKA, Zambia, 5 November 2009 – The rainy season has returned in Zambia, bringing with it the threat of cholera, a preventable waterborne disease that sickens thousands here every year.

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China: UNICEF and Xinhua News Agency join forces to promote children's rights

Posted on 06/11/2009

BEIJING, China, 5 November 2009 – UNICEF and Xinhua News Agency, the official press agency of the People's Republic of China, today signed a Memorandum of Understanding outlining joint plans to promote better understanding of the situation of children worldwi ...

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Pakistan: Education provides a new future for earthquake-affected children

Posted on 06/11/2009

MUZAFFARABAD, Pakistan, 5 November 2009 – The earthquake that devastated this region in 2005 was a catastrophe for schoolchildren in Pakistan. An estimated 17,000 students were killed in their classrooms, and 6,000 schools damaged or destroyed. ...

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