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Donors' broken aid pledges made most nations miss education goals: U.N.
By Nita Bhalla NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Donors’ failure to provide promised funds has led to two-thirds of countries missing some targets in a drive to improve education, with 58 million children still out of school and 781 million adults still illiterate, a United Nations agency said on Thursday. In 2000, 164 countries agreed to try to achieve six key educational goals in the following 15 years, targets
Mexico reports bird flu outbreaks in Puebla and Oaxaca states
Mexico has reported outbreaks of highly pathogenic H7N3 bird flu virus in two backyards in the states of Oaxaca and of Puebla in the southern part of the country, the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) said on Thursday. “The official veterinary services launched the necessary epidemiological investigation and the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza virus subtype H7N3 was confirmed,” it said.
Koeman: Focus on Europa League
Ronald Koeman admits that Southampton’s chances of qualifying for next season’s Champions League are now slim but accepts that a Europa League spot is well within their grasp.
Media warned in Aaron Hernandez trial after jurors are followed
Big Pharma's exorbitant cancer drug prices are due to corrupt monopolies, not development costs, study shows
(NaturalNews) Authors of a new report published online in Mayo Clinic Proceedings say that dramatically higher prices for cancer medications are beginning to have a negative effect on patient care in the U.S., as well as the American health care system overall.”Americans with…
CNN covers up government plan to put Ebola patients in U.S. hotels
(NaturalNews) The Ebola outbreak in West Africa has long since disappeared from the radars of the world’s news media, with coverage falling off dramatically from its peak last year.That is especially true in the United States, but that coverage could soon change if a policy being…
Big Pharma generates $77.5 billion in revenue for every $1 million they give to corrupt politicians
(NaturalNews) In American politics, money equals speech, so it stands to reason that a lot of money equals a lot of speech. The U.S. Supreme Court, in its 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case, ruled as much – and it has led to “unprecedented amounts of outside…
Nobody wants or needs GM potatoes, so why is Big Biotech intent on pushing it?
(NaturalNews) In November, the U.S. Department of Agriculture granted approval to biotech company Simplot’s “Innate” variety of genetically modified (GM) potatoes. Yet in response to campaigns by GMO critics, both Frito-Lay and McDonald’s have pledged not to use GM potatoes.”McDonald’s…
Is synthetic folic acid toxic to your body? Research suggests 'yes'
(NaturalNews) One of the major pitfalls that many people encounter, often unknowingly, when trying to adopt a cleaner, healthier lifestyle is the synthetic vitamin deception. A great many of those inexpensive, mass-produced nutritional supplements you see lining the shelves at drug…