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HEALTH - The Global Fund to Fight HIV, TB and Malaria has more than halved the estimated amount of money available in its next round of funding, the disbursement of which has been delayed until...

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WOMEN must remain vocal about the need to protect womens rights as part of changes occurring in the Arab world in response to popular uprisings, Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi says. Reform movemen...

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DEVELOPMENT - Countries around the globe are celebrating the arrival of the worlds 7 billionth person as the United Nations uses today to symbolically mark the milestone. Population experts war...

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UNITED NATIONS - With 800 million members in over 100 countries, the cooperative sector is a globally important group of collective organisations. On Oct. 31, the UN will begin a year of recogn...

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DEVELOPMENT - The challenges posed by world population growth to 7 billion by the end of this month, according to UN demographers, means that the UN will be making sustainable development its t...