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South Africa to boost spending on health
Source: Associated Press Worldstream
by CLARE NULLIS South Africa will boost spending on education, health and infrastructure projects even though the global economic turmoil is expected to cut growth rates, its finance minister said Tuesday. Trevor Manuel argued that the South African economy will be shielded from the…
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Planning to leave the world of work
Source: The Irish Times
by CLARE NULLIS South Africa will boost spending on education, health and infrastructure projects even though the global economic turmoil is expected to cut growth rates, its finance minister said Tuesday. Trevor Manuel argued that the South African economy will be shielded from the…
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Report Cites Chronic Absenteeism in City Schools
Source: The New York Times
by JENNIFER MEDINA More than 90,000 of New York City's elementary school students - roughly 20 percent - missed at least a month of classes during the last school year, with attendance problems most acute in central Brooklyn, Harlem and the South Bronx, according to…
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Migrant bodies' funding slashed
Source: The Irish Times
by RUADHáN MacCORMAIC IMMIGRATION:THE STATE'S advisory body on racism and intercultural affairs is to have all its Government funding withdrawn, while the Office of Integration will see its budget cut by a quarter. State funding of the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI)…
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Ulster abortion plan shelved to keep the peace
Source: The Daily Telegraph (London)
by Rosa Prince and Martin Beckford PLANS to legalise abortion in Northern Ireland have been shelved by MPs after they were warned that the move could undermine the fragile peace process. A pro-choice group in the Commons had been preparing to table an amendment to…
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30 million USD for Vietnam's fight against malaria
Source: Vietnamese News Agency (VNA)
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has pledged to grant nearly 30 million USD to Vietnam 's endeavour to fight malaria. The Vietnamese side will contribute over 853,000 USD to the fund which aims to raise access to and use of methods…
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Victory for Liberty's Charge or Release Campaign
Source: Liberty
The Government has dropped plans for 42 days detention. Last night saw a resounding victory for Liberty's long running Charge or Release campaign. Common sense and common decency prevailed as the Government dropped plans to detain terror suspects for 42 days without charge, following an…
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S. African minister issues appeal on AIDS vaccine
Source: Associated Press Worldstream
by CLARE NULLIS South Africa's new health minister asked scientists on Monday to intensify their efforts to find an AIDS vaccine amid widespread gloom over recent research setbacks. Health Minister Barbara Hogan said government policies over the past 10 years had failed. Her speech Monday…
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Across the Country, Fear About Savings, the Job Market and Retirement
Source: The New York Times
by LAURA M. HOLSON A year ago, Robert Paynter was comfortably retired and looking forward to years of refurbishing old cars and boating from his dock on Lake Norman in North Carolina. Over a 17-year career at Wachovia, he amassed a pile of stock and…
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Financial-Rescue Measure Includes Provisions for Rural Schools, Facilities
Source: Education Week
by Alyson Klein Congress has approved a $700 billion plan aimed at stabilizing credit markets that also included an authorization of long-sought funds for rural school districts. The financial-assistance package includes a reauthorization of the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act, which provides federal…
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