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The battle against global warming could be helped if the world slowed population growth by making free condoms and family planning advice more widely available, the U.N. Population Fund said Wednesday.
The agency did not recommend countries set limits.
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A few hours ago, three Decani locals taken afterwards in custody had stoned Kosovo PM Hashim Tachi’s car cortege after his appearance before electorate.
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A new pan-Islamic survey by the Washington-based Pew Research Center (cited in this week’s The Economist) provides a image of the Muslim world that while not a...
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As the Ukraine and Thailand became more aware of Western opportunities, more distant places are still ready to send their poor and...
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The Obama administration is not ruling out the possibility of Russian membership in NATO.
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At least 50 people have been killed in a powerful earthquake that struck central Italy, Italian officials say.
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Also human life is short, kaleidoscope of history-in-making is so speedy changing that last seventy years accomplished events lasting centuries previously: changing...
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Esther Brimmer, new U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for International Organizations, speaks during a press conference on her first visit to Geneva-based United Nations agencies and international organizations since assuming her position at the U.S....
