Bring together the World Malaria Day 2013 and the world immunization week 2013 and whar do you get? A new possible vaccine against malaria! (Though it must be said that the last such vaccine turned out to be a dismal failure in test trails)
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The European Commission said revenue from a proposed financial transaction tax (FTT) should be set aside to fight poverty and climate change, as an investment against global instability.
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The Commission’s ‘Decent life for all by 2030′ communication will map out proposed negotiating positions on the successor to the United Nations’ Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), the eight targets agreed in 2000 that were to dramatically reduce global poverty.
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“…The website shows drawings of a stone fortress with room inside for up to 7,000 families. The compound would include houses, schools, a hotel and a firearms factory and museum. The gun factory, the website said, would manufacture semi-automatic pistols and AR-15 rifles â which would be illegal if Congress reinstated the 1994 ban on assault weapons…”
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Major multinationals such as ING, Unilever and Philips have had millions of euros from special EU development funds to stimulate employment in poorer regions such as Poland, Trouw reported on Saturday.
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Recombinetics, Inc, the recipient of the USDA funding says its genetic modification will be used to produce female sows and the development of a species that will be designed not to reach sexual maturity.
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Unveiling a new ‘energy diplomacy’, the top US diplomat told students of the Georgetown University that soon she would be sending policy guidance to every US embassy, instructing them to elevate their reporting on energy issues and pursue more outreach to private sector energy partners.
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Despite the ongoing civil war, Syrian authorities have started razing buildings in the capital. According to activists neighbourhoods likely to house regime unfriendly people are targeted.
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In a nutshell; California wants the money to go to schools and communities and not the banks. The banks are not happy.
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Hepatitis C affects around 200 million people around the world – a preventative vaccine has the potential to have a significant global health impact.
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