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Trafficking in cultural property ‘source of enormous illicit profits,’

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Trafficking in cultural property ‘source of enormous illicit profits,’ UN official tells forum
Source:UN News.

5 November 2015 – Trafficking in cultural property has increasingly come to the attention of the international community and represents a source of enormous illicit profits, an official from UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) stressed today at a special event in St. Petersburg, Russia.

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Religion and Freedom

Religion and Freedom
Published in Cape May County Herald.

"It was her religion to make the best of everything." - Lyndall Gordon.

Do you see any evidence of a natural or supernatural world? If you don’t trust your eyes, augment them with the most powerful microscopes and search inside and outside the human body, as many people have done.

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New funding boosts research for controlling TB

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New funding boosts research for controlling TB, malaria, dengue and leishmaniasis

Bobby Ramakant, CNS (Citizen News Service)

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Ban condemns ‘despicable’ terrorist attacks in Paris,

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Ban condemns ‘despicable’ terrorist attacks in Paris, demands immediate release of reported hostages
Source:UN News

13 November 2015 – United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has condemned the “despicable terrorist attacks” carried out today in various locations in and around Paris and demanded the immediate release of the numerous individuals reportedly being held hostage in the Bataclan theatre.

In a statement issued by his spokesperson, the Secretary-General condemned the multiple attacks that took place in the French capital.

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Woman as Peacemakers: A 31 October Anniversary

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Woman as Peacemakers: A 31 October Anniversary

Rene Wadlow –

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Thirty years of HIV epidemic in India: From despair to hope

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Thirty years of HIV epidemic in India: From despair to hope
Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS

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Translating Global Goals into local actions to fight NCDs

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Translating Global Goals into local actions to fight NCDs
Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service - CNS

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Peace-building: A Focus for UN Day

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Peace-building: A Focus for UN Day
by Rene Wadlow

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Nobel Peace Prize highlights conflict-resolution role of NGOs

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Nobel Peace Prize highlights conflict-resolution role of NGOs

By Rene Wadlow

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Global youth unemployment rate still above financial crisis levels

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New UN report shows global youth unemployment rate still above financial crisis levels

Source:UN News.

8 October 2015 – Global youth unemployment rates have stabilized somewhat but remain well above pre-financial crisis levels, according to a new report released by the International Labour Organization (ILO) today.

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