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Agent Orange: Congenital deformities plague Vietnam; U.S. slow to help
Source: Chicago Tribune
By Jason Grotto. DONG NAI PROVINCE, Vietnam. U.S., Vietnam split over whether defoliants used in war are to blame Part 3 of a Tribune investigation finds that the role of defoliants in Vietnam's high rate of birth defects remains a contentious question decades after U.S.…
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Six billion dollar man
Source: Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Original Source and Video Broadcast: 30/07/2009 Reporter: Kerry O'Brien Quietly spoken American billionaire Chuck Feeney has flown under the public radar for most of his long and very successful life. Over decades he built an international empire of duty free stores, but in the eighties,…
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Homewood 'Children's Zone' Vision Advocated
Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (Pennsylvania)
Harlem Children's Zone is an Atlantic grantee. by Joe Smydo John Wallace, a professor who's spent more than two years planning the Homewood Children's Village, said his proposal to provide comprehensive social services to neighborhood children could be operational within 18 months. "I think we…
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Charity seeks new parents for major study
Source: Derry Journal
Original Source By Staff reporter The Lifestart Foundation – the umbrella group for Lifestart projects throughout the North West and Ireland – is looking to recruit local families onto a major new study which will help improve the support offered by the organisation to new parents. Lifestart…
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Tracking a New Generation
Source: Newsweek
Recruiting starts next month for the largest long-term study of children's health ever conducted in the U.S. by Claudia Kalb American kids are about to get some much-needed attention. Next month, after 10 years of strategizing, researchers will finally start recruiting participants for the largest…
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KIPP Success Cited, With Caveats
Source: Education Week
A review of research on the high-profile KIPP network finds promising academic results compared with traditional public schools, though it argues that “popular accounts” have at times overhyped the schools’ apparent success. Students who enter and stay in the Knowledge Is Power Program schools tend…
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Barack and the guru of Belfield
Source: Irish Independent
Obama's economics expert is in UCD researching pre-schoolers Original Source By Kim Bielenberg He is the economics guru who could help to shape the future of America -- and he is currently carrying out research on pre-school children in Dublin. As he plans to solve…
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U.S. Dream Academy Announces Major Expansion of After-School Mentoring and Technology Training Programs for At-Risk Youth
Source: U.S. Dream Academy
$2 million donation by The Atlantic Philanthropies to boost outreach in key cities, establish monitoring system to maximize effectivenessCOLUMBIA, Md., Nov 24, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The U.S. Dream Academy, a nationally-recognized after-school education and mentoring program which currently serves more than 800 high-risk…
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Brunner calls summit on vote
Source: The Columbus Dispatch (Ohio)
Local, state, national elections experts will discuss what worked, what needs repair by Mark Niquette Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner announced plans for a summit in Columbus to review the Nov. 4 election and recommend possible changes in Ohio's voting process. The one-day summit, planned…
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2,000 children put into State care in 2006
Source: Irish Times
by CARL O'BRIEN ALMOST 2,000 children were admitted into State care in 2006 due to abuse or neglect in their families, according to an unpublished report compiled by the Health Service Executive (HSE). The figures are contained in a national review of child and family…
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