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Gillian Anderson Urges NYC Council To Keep Horses Safe

X-Files star Gillian Anderson took action this week to help horses abused in New York City’s horse-drawn-carriage industry. The actress wrote to members of the New Yo...

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Environment

There's One Thing That Could Make The Zika Virus Much More Dangerous — Climate Change

The mosquito-born Zika virus was declared an international public health emergency last week — a designation last used for Ebola — and could infect as many as 4...

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Human Rights

Why Is Central Africa Missing From So Many Maps? 

You’ve probably had the following experience: You are reading along when a map, shaded in a procession of pastels, interrupts the story. Your eyes travel first to you...

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Gender

A Push For Gender Equality At The Davos World Economic Forum, And Beyond

As a top executive in the financial industry, Theresa Whitmarsh is accustomed to being the only woman in the room. That was the case the last two years when she attended th...

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Spotlight On Queer Cinema: Nandita Das, Hansal Mehta To Lead Panel Discussion At Best Of KASHISH

Award-winning LGBT films to be screened at Godrej India Culture Lab To celebrate LGBT pride month in Mumbai, KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festiv...

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Hollywood

Viola Davis Helps Pack Healing Kits For Families In Need

Emmy-winning actress, Viola Davis, in partnership with The Vaseline Healing Project and top NGO, Direct Relief, recently joined volunteers to pack Relief Kits for those in ...

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Worries Grow Over Humanitarian Impacts Of 'Strongest El Nino'

The strongest El Nino on record is likely to increase the threat of hunger and disease for tens of millions of people in 2016 aid agencies say. The weather phenomenon is se...

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Health

In Developing World, Cancer Is A Very Different Disease

In the United States the median age at which colon cancer strikes is 69 for men and 73 for women. In Chad the average life expectancy at birth is about 50. Children who sur...

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Health

Usage Of Tabs Revolutionises Health Services In Bangladesh

Forty-six-year old Jesmine Akhter had never used a computer until last month when she received a tab to enter data she collects in her village.She is a family welfare assis...

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Retroscope

Retroscope - The Healing Touch

The following is no filmy story. But it has the possibility of inspiring a Raju Hirani or a Vidhu Vinod Chopra with a central character who is as delightful as Munnabhai an...

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