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Twilight’s Peter Facinelli Honors Leaders In Fight Against Childhood Cancer

Aflac, the number one provider of supplemental insurance in the United States, will present its 2013 Duckprints Awards to local heroes for their role in fighting against ch...

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Thought Factory

Of Khobragade, Richards, Equality, Fairness & Uniformity

I’ve been following the Devyani Khobragade story since its emergence at the prime centre of global media, and to me, it smacks of one more gaping hole, bigger than th...

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Festivals

SARHAD – BOUNDARIES AND BARBWIRES

Synopsis

Whether it is between nations, states or around one’s personal homes, boundaries are always thorny issues. What happens when brut...

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Environment

Diseases on the move because of climate change

Coccidioides is a fungus that lives in the soil in the southwestern United States. It can cause a respiratory infection known as Valley Fever or “cocci.” Cases ...

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Thought Factory

Editorial

Vinta Nanda
Managing Director
Asian Center for Entertainment & Educatio...

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Eye Think

Happiness: A Goal Worth Pursuing

As daunting as it may be, defining what makes us happy is imperative in modern society. The Neolithic revolution, which took place approximately 12 thousand years ago, was ...

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Hollywood

Sharon Stone kicks off crowd funding campaign for online middle east peace academy

YaLa’s Israeli-Arab Peace Institute, to be launched in the beginning of 2014, will be the first of its kind: an online academy where Israelis, Palestinians, and Arabs...

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Sustainable Development

Recent poll by gender experts rate Egypt as unfit for women

As per a poll of gender experts, Egypt has been rated as the worst country in terms of women’s
rights, reasons that have been stated range from sexual harassment...

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Sustainable Development

‘Unequal care work blocks gender equality’- UN expert

Unpaid care work like cooking, caring for children and elderly leads to poverty and
isolation of women if not identified, says Magdalena Sepúlveda, Special Rapp...

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Environment

UN Environment Programme states an increase in global green house gas emissions by 2020 (Emissions Gap report 2013)

The United Nations says it is “less and less likely” that global greenhouse gas emissions will be low enough by 2020 to stop the atmosphere warming beyond the i...

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