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African Union
Convention on IDPs comes into force
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Global economy 6hr 7min ago
China's economy to outgrow America's by 2030 as world faces 'tectonic shift'
10 Dec 2012:National Intelligence Council report also sees water and food shortages and suggests world is at a 'critical juncture in human history'
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Unesco 7hr 47min ago
Pakistan's Asif Ali Zardari backs girls' education at event for Malala Yousufzai
10 Dec 2012: Pakistan's President Zardari tells Unesco event in Paris that providing education for girls is the best strategy to defeat Taliban
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People are migrating towards Djibouti City but urban areas are experiencing high food prices and unemployment
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Malawi and Mali also making progress on encouraging men to be active in family planning and combating gender violence
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Seven years ago, the World Bank paid for a road in Bangladesh to be upgraded, but without demanding basic safety features. Now people are dying by the score. Annie Kelly reports from a killer highway
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Once passive recipients of top-down assistance, rural Tunisians have become more vocal about their needs since the revolution, writes Eileen Byrne
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Innovation can increase the impact of immunisation programmes
Foster a culture of creativity and encourage teams to share ideas to widen the reach of vaccination, says Robert Steinglass
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