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WOMEN - Providing poor women and girls with access to modern sources of energy isnt enough, in and of itself, to alleviate poverty and improve health, according to a study by the UN Development...

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UNITED NATIONS - Governments must act quickly to address economic weaknesses such as sovereign debt overload and unstable banking system if the world economy is to grow by anything more than 0....

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HEALTH - The UN World Health Organization is expected this month to begin phasing out the trivalent oral polio vaccine, in light of improvements to diagnostic tests and better vaccines. The vir...

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DEVELOPMENT GOALS - According to a draft agenda of the UNs Rio+20 conference in June, countries around the world will be asked to pledge to meet 10 new sustainable development goals for "priori...

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RENEWABLE ENERGY - A combination of massive unmet demand, potential abundant renewable-energy supply and a lack of fossil fuel-reliant infrastructure are helping drive growth in renewable-energ...