Abuja — The Federal Government will by 2011 acquire the much sought pneumonia vaccine to curb the spread of pneumonia which has been identified as one of the biggest causes of child death in the world. Minister of State for...
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The Globe's Michael Valpy is offering a thoughtful analysis of why, it seems, it's now okay to be "out and proud" to be a Canadian Forces member. Actually, that's a bit of a misidentifier: it's always been okay to be proud to...
RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 23 (IPS) - J. ran away from home - a shack in a "favela" or shantytown in Brazil - when he was just eight years old, after he realised that the money he begged for in the streets was spent by his violent...
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia's Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month.
Source: United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs - "The high levels of acutely malnourished [children] are partly a hangover from the war," said James Fireman, manager of the Action contre la faim...