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Sustainable Development

The Women of New York?s City Hall

With Manhattan still cloaked in early-morning darkness, New York City’s new sanitation commissioner stepped into a semicircle of 40 men holding brooms and dustpans as...

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Sustainable Development

Why is there still no World Environment Organisation?

It seems an anomaly that among the 15 autonomous, specialized agencies within the United Nations – such as the FAO, WMO, WHO, or UNESCO – there is no dedicated ...

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Hollywood

Pamela Anderson unveils new animal charity at Cannes Film Festival

It was a backgammon contest like no other. It started with a bleak confession of child abuse from one of the world’s most recognized sex symbols and ended with a rall...

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Hollywood

Neighbors': How Women Raised the Box-Office Roof for Loud, Lewd Comedy Smash

Universal made it a date movie, drew more women than men, scored a $51 million opening and may have launched a sequel Loud and lewd, the raucous comedy “Neighbors&rdq...

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Hollywood

Jane Campion Near Deal to Direct Adaptation of ‘The Flamethrowers’

Jane Campion is nearing a deal to direct an adaptation of Rachel Kushner’s New York Times bestseller “The Flamethrowers,” according to The Guardian. The l...

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Health

Should smallpox virus specimens be destroyed or retained?

World Health Assembly to take a call on two remaining specimens in upcoming meet even as some scientists urge against their destruction; two persons in the US infected with...

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Environment

Solar winds increase lightning strikes on earth

A new study suggests that lightning on earth is triggered by energy particles from the Sun. Now, researchers at Reading University have discovered a link between increased ...

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Sustainable Development

UN Global Compact unveils principles for sustainable food

The UN’s sustainable development arm has unveiled six principles for sustainable food production, aimed at ensuring that food produced worldwide is healthy, good for ...

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Beating The Odds To Become First Female Chief Nuclear Officer

There are nine men for every woman in nuclear engineering. NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to Maria Korsnick, the first female chief nuclear officer in the U.S., about her ...

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Health

Access to safe water, sanitation has improved, says WHO-UNICEF report

Some 2.5 billion people still use unimproved sanitation facilities; can the world achieve MDG target by 2015? The latest global status report on access to drinking water an...

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