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UN children’s and refugee agencies sign deal to cut costs of vaccines in Pakistan
The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the world body's refugee agency have signed an agreement that will lead to significant savings in the purchase of vaccines for Afghans and locals living in and around Pakistan's refugee settlements.
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Al Gore & IPCC Share Nobel Peace Prize For 2007Oslo, Norway - The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2007 is to be shared, in two equal parts, between the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change. |
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Friends Without Borders—From India to Pakistan with LoveIndia & Pakistan - A beautiful thing is happening in India and Pakistan. The children of both nations are writing heartfelt letters to one another in an effort to build lasting bridges of friendship. |
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UN campaign to plant billion trees in 2007 hits target seven months earlyUnited Nations - The campaign by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) to plant a billion trees worldwide this year has met its goal seven months early after Senegal unveiled a pledge today to plant 20 million trees. |
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Pakistan government seeks end to forced marriagesIslamabad, Pakistan - Pakistans government introduced a bill in parliament Tuesday seeking to end the forced marriage of women and girls and allowing females to inherit property, officials said. |
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Pakistan, India to resume talks
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India and Pakistan announce they will start peace talks again and work together to tackle terrorism in the region.
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UNICEF to construct 500 quake-resistant primary schools in PakistanIslamabad, Pakistan - The UN Children's Fund, the UNICEF will construct five hundred permanent quake-resistant primary schools and seventy permanent rural health centers in Pakistan's earthquake affected areas under its Earthquake Recovery Plan. |
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After TV series, Pakistan rethinks rape, sex lawsKarachi, Pakistan - More than 1,000 female prisoners are expected to be released this week on bail in Pakistan following a decision by President Pervez Musharraf to review a controversial set of laws affecting women. |
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Population of Endangered Dolphins RisesIslamabad, Pakistan - The population of an endangered species of dolphin living in Pakistan's Indus River has increased in recent years, but the animal remains at high risk of extinction, the scientist leading a conservation project said Wednesday. |
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Indian Prime Minister Ends Kashmir TalksSrinagar, India - India's prime minister was upbeat Thursday after talks in troubled Kashmir, making a rare acknowledgment of human rights violations and announcing measures aimed at ending 16 years of violence in the Himalayan region. |
news from the Indian Sub-Continent
- Bangladesh landmass ‘is growing’
- UN children’s and refugee agencies sign deal to cut costs of vaccines in Pakistan
- LABOUR-SRI LANKA: Working Children Get Second Chance
- Trading Tractors for Camels
- Cubs a ray of hope in India’s fight to save tigers
- The Air Car - zero pollution and very low running costs
- Bangladesh street kids turn bankers
- Companies making a beeline for solar energy plants
- Rare One-Horned Rhino Bouncing Back in Nepal
- UN-backed biomass gas project provides clean power for rural areas in India
