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Intangible cultural heritage: A force for sustainable development

No society can flourish without culture – and no development can be sustainable without it. Culture holds answers to many of the challenges societies face today. Awar...

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Investors sound the alarm on climate change

Why a coalition worth $3 trillion is calling on the oil, gas, coal, and energy industries to reassess the risks of a warming planet:

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Violence versus Women is an everyday occurrence in cities. Learn what the UN is doing 2 make cities safer

Sexual harassment and other forms of sexual violence in public spaces are an everyday occurrence for women and girls around the world—in urban and rural areas, in dev...

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Polio cases in Syria spark alarm over rise in diseases including flesh-eating parasites due to civil war

The World Health Organisation has recorded the first suspected outbreak of polio for 14 years in Syria, sparking renewed alarm at the collapse of health care caused by the ...

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Investors ask fossil fuel companies to assess how business plans fare in low-carbon future.

BOSTON, MA Oct 24, 2013:
A group of 70 global investors managing more than $3 trillion of collective assets today launched the first-ever coordinated effort to spur 45...

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Spain grants first asylum to woman victimized by human traffickers

MADRID, Oct. 22 (UPI) — A Nigerian woman who was raped by the human traffickers who brought her to Europe has been granted asylum in Spain, officials say.
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Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous flooding.

Climate change, rapid urbanization, and subsiding land are putting the world’s coastal cities at increasing risk of dangerous and costly flooding, a new study calcula...

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Day 5 at 15th Mumbai Film Festival

There was no reduction in excitement levels of cinephiles as Day 5 of the 15th Mumbai Film Festival presented by Reliance Entertainment and organized by the Mumb...

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Digital versus Analogue

A peculiar phenomenon has been observed in music made during the classical era, which spans from 1730 to 1820. During this time, experts found improvement in the quality of...

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Resveratrol, Red Wine Compound, Could Make Radiation More Effective Against Melanoma

A compound in red grapes and red wine could make radiation treatment for cancer more effective . 

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