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Food price swings threaten to push millions more people into hunger, UN warns The United Nations and international figures marked World Food Day today with calls for immediate aid and longer-term solutions, and warnings of factors that keep hundreds of millions mired in hunger, such as price swings and gender discrimination.In a message delivered to a […]
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Prostate Cancer Risk from Vitamin E Supplements A new study found that vitamin E, once thought to reduce the risk of prostate cancer, may actually increase the risk. Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in American men. Their current lifetime risk of prostate cancer is 16%. In 2011, there will be […]
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Secretary-General urges leaders to heed public calls for global economic justice Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today reiterated his call for the leaders of the world’s biggest economies to restore public confidence in the global economic system, saying that mass protests in numerous cities around the world are the result of frustrations with inequality. Responding to a […]
DNA Primer Boosts Antibodies Against Avian Flu Production of avian flu-fighting antibodies rose significantly when healthy adults were given a DNA “primer” vaccine 6 months before receiving an avian flu vaccine. This type of regimen might improve protection against avian flu and other strains of influenza. The avian flu virus, known as H5N1, poses a […]
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Senior UN official arrives in DPR Korea to assess food crisis The United Nations humanitarian chief arrived today in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to assess the extent of the country’s food crisis. During her five-day visit, the Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs Valerie Amos, will visit various parts of the country, where […]
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President Obama at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication: “We Will Overcome” October 16, 2011 Today, nearly half a century after Martin Luther King, Jr. led the historic March on Washington for equality, tens of thousands came to the National Mall in Washington, D.C. for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Dedication. The memorial to Dr. […]
President Obama to Dedicate Martin Luther King Memorial on Sunday October 15, 2011 Six years ago, President Obama — then a senator from Illinois — spoke at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial. He described a man who, though not a president, became the leader of a nation. He described a […]
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On World Food Day, UN agencies urge concerted effort against global hunger United Nations agencies tasked with tackling global hunger today highlighted the need for concerted efforts to address the root causes, focusing on the need to ensure that children have enough to eat, and addressing the factors that make food unaffordable for so many. […]
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UN Goodwill Ambassador Zidane to highlight anti-poverty successes in Mali 13 October 2011 The soccer ace and Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Zinédine Zidane, will travel to Mali next week to highlight the country’s progress in the effort to alleviate poverty. “Today I want to help,” said Zidane, who has been UNDP’s Goodwill […]
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Breast Cancer Awareness: Access to Care Dr. Biden: October Is the Time for Each of Us to Consider the Role We Can Play in Combatting Breast Cancer During Breast Cancer awareness month Dr. Biden, Jennifer Aniston and Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sebelius visit Inova Breast Care Center to meet with Breast Cancer […]
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