DILI, Timor-Leste, 26 June 2008 -- On a visit here this week, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan inspired young people in Timor-Leste with a special message about using martial arts as a peaceful, unifying force. Martial arts have historically been very popular with Timorese youths. In the pa...
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Haiti, and nations with close ties to the country, will be present at a conference in Montreal on Monday. Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon calls it a 'critical' first step in rebuilding the devastated nation.
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SelectPlusStabbing Attack Kills at Least 7 in TokyoStabbing Attack Kills at Least 7 in TokyoThe Associated PressA Japanese man went on a midday stabbing rampage in Tokyo's premier electronics and video game district Sunday, killing six people, wounding 12 and paralyzing thousands of shoppers with...
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SelectPlusAP Top StoriesAP Top StoriesThe Associated PressHere's the latest news for Tuesday, March 20th: Calif. hospital explosion; Florida fires; U.S. apology in Iraq; No hitter in Boston.This is A-P NewsMinute.A doctor at a San Diego hospital says workers are describing a "bright light'' and "...
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DILI, Timor-Leste, 26 June 2008 -- On a visit here this week, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Jackie Chan inspired young people in Timor-Leste with a special message about using martial arts as a peaceful, unifying force. Martial arts have historically been very popular with Timorese youths. In the pa...
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NAIROBI, Kenya, <b>4</b> March 2009 UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes Louis-Georges Arsenault has returned from a visit to Somalia, where he saw firsthand the situation of children and women, and efforts to provide them with life-saving aid and critical services. "There is a stri...
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The trailer for the documentary The Way We Get By which will debut at SXSW 2009 and on DVD later this year. On call 24/7 for the past six years, three senior citizens have made history by greeting nearly one million U.S. troops at a tiny airport in Maine. Filled with unexpected turns, their upli...
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KIGALI, Rwanda, 29 September 2008 Rwanda recently celebrated its first-ever week to promote the health and well-being of its women and children. This nation is already on track to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of reducing young mortality by two-thirds by 2015. Its first Mother and Chi...
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KINGSTON, Jamaica 5 June 2008 ― UNICEF and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) today called for increased effort by all stakeholders to stem the illegal flow and use of small arms in Jamaica, saying gun control ― combined with long-term social interventions ― are critical to curb the ...
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MPIKA, Zambia, 11 March 2008 -- One in five pregnant women in Zambia is HIV-positive. It is a heart-stopping figure, but it also explains the increasing rates of paediatric HIV that doctors are facing in hospitals and clinics across the country.Critical treatment and testing for HIV are not avail...
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