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Dec 29, 2011

UNICEF News, Dec 29, 2011

UNICEF staff member dies in Nigeria
China Daily
UNITED NATIONS - A UN staff member has died as a result of the suicide bombing that struck the world body's offices in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, four months ago, the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) confirmed on Wednesday. Fred Simiyu Willis, an employee ...
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Podcast #50: Significant progress seen in education in 2011
UNICEF (press release)
... languages and cultural differences, which in some cases are being the reasons for conflict.” Mr. Singh also emphasized that there is need for a clear vision that leads to more innovative and equitable education systems around the world. UNICEF Image.
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UNICEF (press release)
UNICEF to assess Ghana's readiness to be declared Guinea worm-free
Ghana Business News
... but “three years must pass without any new cases before the disease is officially considered eradicated.” Ghana in 2006, recorded 4130 cases of Guinea worm – the second highest number of any country in the world, according to UNICEF. By Ekow Quandzie.
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Ghana Business News
10 Global Health Achievements in 2011
Huffington Post
This year, my organization PSI - with support from USAID, the Global Fund,UNICEF, and others, delivered its 125 millionth net. Our efforts, combined with the efforts of partners, have helped make progress against malaria one of global health's ...
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IRIN: Yemen malnutrition data should "shock"
Yemen Observer
Geert Cappelaere, head of the UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) in Yemen, said donors have asked him for more evidence that malnutrition was such a priority. “That kind of question - each and every time - kills something in me. Why do you want children to ...
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Children in the Former USSR: Twenty Years On
SOS Children's Villages Canada (press release)
Just under 18 million children in the region lived in households surviving on $2.15 per person per day in 2001, as poverty increased in the 1990s but has since been reduced, noted the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) earlier this year. ...
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Roger Federer...looking for a strong start to the season
Gulf Times
In April 2006, he was named UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and also received the Arthur Ashe Humanitarian of the Year Award. In 2011 he received the Stefan Edberg Sportsmanship Award for the seventh time and was selected as the ATPWorldTour.com Fans' ...
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Gulf Times
Sarasota Memorial: Breast-feeding Yes, Formula No
Patch.com
Despite its advances, the hospital is not yet a certified Baby Friendly Hospital, implemented by UNICEF and the World Health Organization because it hasn't applied, she said. Only four hospitals in Florida have the Baby Friendly certification — Naval ...
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Japan gives $2M emergency aid to PH
ABS CBN News
... and water and to support for repairing the damaged houses, through the United Nations World Food Programme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)," the statement said. ...
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The haves and the have-nots
The News International
Unicef found that in households where women are excluded from family decisions, children are more likely to be under nourished. There would be 13 million fewer malnourished children in South Asia if women had an equal say in the family. ...
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DEVELOPMENT: WHEN A QUICK FIX GETS THE DEEP SIX
Middle East North Africa Financial Network
The water pumps were criticized by the UN children's agency UNICEF and the aid organization installing them eventually suspended its project. As for the orphanages in Thailand, two that were built ended up seeking out children to fill their empty ...
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'National Action Program aims to reach targets defined by development strategy'
News.Az
... cooperation programs with international organizations, including human rights structures of the UN, High Commissioner for Refugees, UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank, as well as the Council of Europe, European Union, OSCE and other regional organizations. ...
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Foreign donations for Sendong victims reach over $12M
Sun.Star
... will be made possible through the help of various organizations such as the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) and the United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef). ...
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ARS Assists Africa Famine Victims
Asbarez Armenian News
Along with the aid provided via Dorcas Aid America, ARS entities have extended a helping hand to the famine victims in Sudan viaUNICEF, as well. It should also be noted that a few months ago, the ARS contributed over $23000 to the relief efforts for ...
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Asbarez Armenian News
2011 Mirror Awards
Houston Chronicle
The famous creation _ some said it looked like antlers on the princess' head _ will be sold on eBay with the proceeds to go to the charities UNICEF and Children in Crisis.(AP Photo/Gero Breloer) Photo: Gero Breloer / AP LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 29: (LR) ...
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Foreign aid for Sendong-hit Mindanao slows to a trickle as donors go on holiday
GMA News
The UNICEF has already pledged to provide children with continued access to safe learning environments in the storm-ravaged cities of Cagayan de Oro and Iligan. The government also gave Iligan City P241-million to build a core shelter on a 10-hectare ...
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Quotable quotes for 2011
Times of Zambia
"I am presented with an opportunity to do something to change the fate of our planet by securing the life of trees and making sure that our product is manufactured and put on the market to replace the major cause of deforestation (charcoal)," UNICEF ...
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Unicef hails Mexico's child welfare initiative
IndiaEduNews.net
But behind positive national averages and Mexico being one of theworld's 15 largest economies in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), lies a reality of poverty and marginalization of thousands of children," Susana Sottoli, Unicef representative in ...
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IndiaEduNews.net
UNICEF to assess Ghana's readiness to be ... - Ghana Business News
By ekow
... but “three years must pass without any new cases before the disease is officially considered eradicated.” Ghana in 2006, recorded 4130 cases of Guinea worm – the second highest number of any country in the world, according toUNICEF. ...
Ghana Business News
undpi.org : Pascal Villeneuve new Unicef head | World News
TsunamiMotherAndDaughter.jpg. Pascal Villeneuve took charge as the new representative of United Nations Children's Fund (Unicef) in Bangladesh on ...
www.undpi.org/.../Pascal-Villeneuve-new-Unicef-head.html
Armenian premier receives UNICEF Rep - Tert.am - News | Armenia ...
Armenian Prime Minister Tigran Sargsyan held a meeting with UNICEFRepresentative in Armenia ... Turkey harms the world, says French-Armenian politician ...
www.tert.am/en/news/2011/12/23/tigransargsyan/
UNICEF staff member dies in Nigeria
... a result of the suicide bombing that struck the world body's offices in Abuja, ...Fred Simiyu Willis, an employee of the UNICEF, died on December 23 in ...
www.chinadaily.com.cn/world/2011.../content_14351899.htm
UNICEF Ambassador Novak Djokovic marks holiday season by ...
The U.S. Fund for UNICEF supports child survival, protection and development ...News from the Field ... NEW YORK (December 21, 2011) — World number one ranked tennis player and UNICEF National Ambassador to Serbia, Novak ...
www.unicefusa.org/.../unicef-ambassador-novak-djokovic.htm...
Latest UNICEF Knowledge Products | Scoop News
The following message is sent on behalf of Dr. Isiye Ndombi, UNICEF Pacific Representative. ... I have no doubt recent news from Europe, and the results of Friday's European .... david; From Chinese cyberspace to challenging my world vi . ...
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UNICEF calls on Egypt to protect children from violence CCTV News ...
The United Nations Children ´s Fund (UNICEF) on Thursday called on Egyptian authorities and all parties involved to protect ... Homepage > News > World > ...
english.cntv.cn/20111223/105023.shtml
Unicef hails Mexico's child welfare initiative [newKerala.com News ...
Read the full story of Unicef hails Mexico's child welfare initiative - United Nations , Dec 29: The UN Children's Fund has ... Read other world-news stories ...
www.newkerala.com/news/2011/worldnews-135976.html
BBC News - Yeovil District Hospital wins Unicef award
The awards programme was set up by the World Health Organisation and Unicef. Neil Tomlin, from the hospital, said: "We are absolutely delighted to have been ...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-somerset-16305339
UNICEF Urges Quick Action in Sahel – General News | VozNews ...
VozNews | Trusted Source Of News World ... are chronic problems in the Sahel, where UNICEF officials are urging quick action to avert a humanitarian crisis. ...
voznews.com/.../unicef-urges-quick-action-in-sahel-general-ne...
Santa doesn't 'do poor countries': ad - New York Daily News
Though the Stockholm-based firm Forsman & Bodenfors produced the ad in English and Santa rails against the world's poor in an American accent, theUNICEF ...
articles.nydailynews.com/.../30532462_1_christmas-gifts-santa...
UNICEF welcomes release of Palestinian child detainees from ...
December 26, 2011 11:36 am You are here:Home World News UNICEF welcomes release of Palestinian child detainees from Israeli prisons ...
news.rickey.org/unicef-welcomes-release-of...child.../6410
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UNESCO News, Dec 29, 2011

UNESCO cuts funding for 'antisemitic' Palestinian magazine
Jewish Chronicle
The author of the article, a young girl, wrote of meeting the Nazi leader in a dream and being told that he killed the Jews "so you would all know that they are a nation who spreads destruction all over the world". The Simon Wiesenthal Centre called ...
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SYRIA News, Dec 29, 2011

Syrian activists doubt Arab mission will work
Reuters
Activists said they were hopeful that the Arab League would eventually take Syriato the UN Security Council and force Assad to free prisoners and end the violence. The UN Security Council approved a no-fly zone in Libya on March 17 following a popular ...
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The less Israel says about Syria, the better...
Jerusalem Post
On the other hand, if Israel were to back Assad because he has abided by the cease-fire agreement instituted under the aegis of the UN after the Six Day War 44 years ago, his political longevity might be rendered that much shorter. ...
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Syria wants general overseeing Arab League mission out
Oshkosh Northwestern
The United Nations says more than 5000 people have been killed in the uprising since it began in March. The plan requires Assad's regime to remove security forces and heavy weapons from city streets, start talks with opposition leaders, free political ...
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Kim Jong Un leads procession
Detroit Free Press
The continued bloodshed -- and comments by an Arab League official praisingSyria's cooperation -- fueled opposition groups' concerns that the mission is a farce. The opposition says it suspects Assad is trying to buy time and forestall more ...
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Global Hotspots Present Political Challenges
Fox News
Also remember that Sudan is an ally of Iran and Iran is the chief sponsor of theAssad regime in Syria. So as Steve indicates, this is an Arab League delegation that which give cover that Assad could use, particularly headed by a guy like this....
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Syria Conflict
Radiance Viewsweekly
To quote Seema Mustafa, one of the visiting Indian journalists, “Chants of 'Allah,Syria, Assad' by enthusiastic crowds in Syria change to 'Allah, Syria, Hind' as soon as they realise that you are from India. India's popularity in Syria is at its peak ...
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Inside story of a town torn in two
Montreal Gazette
A member of President Bashar Assad's minority Alawite sect, he says that to his mind, the protests against Assad's rule threaten his very existence. "I'm defending my people," said the hefty, greying 45-year old. "We can't let them topple the regime, ...
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Posted by Clint Henderson | December 29, 2011
Fox News (blog)
Syria released more than 700 prisoners today as the Arab League continues "inspections" of Syria's treatment of its people. It hasn't stopped the killing by the repressive Assad regime, and some are criticizing the Arab League for not being thorough ...
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Which tyrant will fall next?
The Independent
In Syria the Alawites came to believe that if President Bashar al-Assad lost so would they. The Shia and Sunni split has other serious implications. The struggle between these two Islamic traditions, so similar to the battle between Roman Catholics and ...
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Eye on the big picture
Times of India
The current theatre is Syria, where the Assad family, in power for 40 years now, faces its strongest challenge. Debates and discussions relating to the Arab spring, to events in Cairo, to European interventions affecting Tripoli and to the unrest in ...
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Simon Tisdall's 2012 world preview: no peace, no prosperity, no progress
The Guardian (blog)
A key issue for 2012 is the survival, or not, of 2011's leading crimes against humanity contender, President Bashar al-Assad. His downfall could trigger momentous upheavals in Lebanon, where Syria's close ally Hezbollah dominates, in Palestine, ...
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The Guardian (blog)
Iraq's political crisis and the shadow of sectarian politics
Open Democracy
Many observers viewed Iraq's stance on Syria in the contexts of both US-Iranian competition and regional sectarian dynamics, which are frequently conflated with geopolitical interests. Prima facie one may have assumed that the graphic images of Assad's ...
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Five Best Thursday Columns
The Atlantic Wire
Philip Gourevitch in The New Yorker on Syrian intervention Since this spring, Syria's regime led by Bashar al Asad has killed over 5000 of its citizens, according to the UN But for several reasons, we're unlikely to see a foreign intervention like the ...
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The Atlantic Wire
Best of 2011, The Year the News Wouldn't Stop: Part 1
Al-Bawaba
Neither international warning nor recent Arab-imposed sanctions have deterred ruler Bashar al Assad's crackdown. Image 1 of 15: The United Arab Emirates celebrated in lavish style its 40th anniversary in a year that coincided with China's Communist ...
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Al-Bawaba
If You Care for the Palestinians, Boycott the Palestinian Authority
Hudson New York
Today, Western powers have been imposing tough sanctions on Syria's Assadregime for its brutality and corruption, and on other dictatorships, such as North Korea and Iran. The West has also been imposing sanctions on counties that support terrorism, ...
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A new phase of the Arab Spring unfolds
gulfnews.com
It might even provide a model for a divided Europe! Patrick Seale is a commentator and author of several books on Middle East affairs including Asad of Syria: The Struggle for the Middle East and Abu Nidal: A Gun for Hire.
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gulfnews.com
John Kampfner: Brazil's success heralds the new world order
The Independent
Brazil also took the Chinese and Russian line of reluctance to antagonise Bashar al-Assad in Syria. In her first year in office, Rousseff, a trade unionist tortured in the 1970s by the military junta, has continued the independent foreign policy of her...
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CARTOONS OF THE WEEK: Featuring Christmas 2011
Business Insider
There is also colorful commentary on Putin's reign in Russia and Bashar al-Assad's in Syria. Our favorites include Occupy Wall Street at the North Pole and the gift in Kim Jong-un's stocking. NYT cartoon christmas.
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Savir's Corner: 2012 - A look ahead
Jerusalem Post
In Syria, Bashar Assad will most probably be replaced by a Sunni regime, which will weaken Iran's clout in the region. The monarchic regimes are more stable, yet unrest can be foreseen to some degree in Jordan, possibly even in Saudi Arabia. ...
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turkey vows to support syrian people
Radiance Viewsweekly
Supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad on Nov 12 tried to break into the Turkish Embassy and the consulates to denounce an Arab League decision to suspend Syria's membership over its crackdown on the eight-month uprising. ...
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Syrian forces kill 25 as Arab League monitors visit
Jerusalem Post
The Arab League is hoping its deal with Assad can put an end to nine months of bloodshed in which well over 5000 people have been killed by a United Nationscount, provoking international sanctions against Damascus and raising fears of wider conflict. ...
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Nigeria attacks highlight global problems faced by Christians
Deutsche Welle
Observers expect a similar development in Syria if the regime of President Bashar al-Assad were to fall. But the situation is by far the worst in West Africa where a deadly mix of religion and politics undergirds many of the conflicts. ...
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2011 events in Iran, Iraq
Kuwait News Agency
On December 7, US forces deliver biggest naval base to Iraqis, the 30-sq/km-sized Ain Al-Assad base in the western province of Anbar. On December 14, The US army delivered the last of its bases in Iraq, with a ceremony to mark the event. ...
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2011 - a year of awakenings, assassinations and disasters
The Age
In Syria, the protests - and the killing of protesters - continued; the President Bashar al-Assad clings defiantly to power. In Bahrain, despite demonstrations, the rule of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa persists, propped up by support from Saudi Arabia ...
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The Age
Syria urges Lebanon to combat arms smuggling
Ahram Online
Syrian- and Iranian-backed Shiite group Hezbollah dominates the government of Prime Minister Najib Mikati and is a staunch ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who blames the violence in his country on "armed terrorist" groups. ...
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Syria opposition wants removal of chief monitor
Khaleej Times
Syrian opposition groups have been critical of the mission, saying it will give Assadcover for his crackdown. Sudan and Syria have been close allies for most of Al Bashir's 22 years in power, with Damascus routinely coming to Al Bashir's defence in ...
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Israel and the Arab Spring: But the Season Doesn't Matter
Huffington Post (blog)
The first wave of rage and hatred was focused on Hosni Mubarak, Muammar Gadhafi and Bashar Assad. The second wave will be focused on Israel. This is not different from the threats Israel faced from a region-wide Arab nationalism in the aftermath of the ...
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Amid bloodshed, Hamas prepares to leave Syria
Khaleej Times
The Hamas members say the group remains appreciative of Syrian leader BasharAssad and there is no immediate intention to abandon their base in Damascus. But they confirmed that dozens of low and midlevel members have already left Syria as the security ...
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UN should take over Arab League observer role in Syria: opposition
Syrian National Council (SNC) head Burhan Ghaliun told a Paris news conference... Observers head to Homs as Syrian city faces 'invasion' by Assad troops ... Arab monitors head to Syria, opposition skeptical – USA TODAY | Breaking News ...
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"Nothing frightening" seen in Syria protest hotbed: monitor - TODAY ...
Today · News. Latest show; Most popular; Our faves. Loading. ... Demonstrators protest against Syria's President Bashar al-Assad after Friday prayers ... army committed war crimes and the United Nations says 300000 people may have died. ...
today.msnbc.msn.com/.../arab-monitors-tour-homs-syrian-tan...
Mourning Syrians rally for Assad, U.N. condemns ... - The Daily Star
News, Business, Opinion, Sports, Culture, Technology, Entertainment ... Assadand Syria's power elite belong to the Alawite branch of Shi'ite Islam while the ...
www.dailystar.com.lb/.../157830-new-un-draft-resolution-on-s...
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