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Children lack schooling in Syria crisis, UNICEF says
BEIRUT — Syria’s civil conflict has battered the nation’s education system, depriving hundreds of thousands of children of schooling, UNICEF said Tuesday. One in 5 Syrian schools have suffered damage or have been converted into...
Tags: International Organizations, Politics
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JPL's Robert Haw speaks on climate change at Kiwanis Club meeting
Robert Haw, a JPL systems engineer who has worked on exploration missions spanning the solar system from Mercury to Pluto, was the featured speaker at the Feb. 6 meeting of Kiwanis Club of La Cañada. Using slides to illustrate his talk, Haw, the...
Tags: Conservation, Weather, Global Change, Environmental Issues, Ecosystems
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Kiwanis Club looking to add members
A service group in Aberdeen that aims to help kids won't be stopping its work anytime soon, its president said. While the local Kiwanis Club of Aberdeen is looking for new members, the roughly 30-member group remains viable, active and willing to help,...Tags: Tetanus, Mental Health, The Salvation Army, Human Interest
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Shakira, Gerard Piqué debut baby boy
Shakira has debuted the first photo of her baby boy with Gerard Piqué -- and we're talking a real baby pic, not one showing just his adorable kicks. The singer posted the pic of her boyfriend, 25, kissing the cheek of his son Milan on her UNICEF page...Tags: NBC (tv network), Christina Ricci, Google Inc.
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Shakira, boyfriend Gerard Piqué welcome a baby boy
Shakira and her beau Gerard Piqué are brand new parents. The Colombian-Lebanese pop singer, 35, and her soccer star boyfriend, 25, welcomed their baby boy in Spain on Tuesday. The tiny tot's name: Milan, which means "dear, loving and gracious in Slavic;...Tags: Social Media, France, Google Inc., Barcelona (Spain), Spain
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Selena Gomez does 'Cry Me A River'; Justin Bieber, you listening?
Selena Gomez appears to be coping with her possibly final Justin Bieber breakup rather publicly, crooning a cover of Justin Timberlake's "Cry Me a River" on Saturday at an acoustic concert in New York to benefit UNICEF. "I’ve kind of been...Tags: Social Media, Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Google Inc.
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Angie Harmon becomes UNICEF ambassador
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelAngie Harmon has a large fan base for “Law & Order” and TNT's “Rizzoli & Isles.” Now she'll be putting her stardom to use as a UNICEF ambassador. Through public-service announcements, she will try to raise awareness about child... -
Commentary: Provide medical care to the third world
Despite the global village and medical advancements, there remain areas of the world where the inhabitants carry on in the hunter-gatherer lifestyle. Jared Diamond, an established American scientist, details the lifestyle and lack of medical knowledge of...Tags: Pregnancy and Childbirth, Vaccines, Politics, Demographics, Government
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Why can't we share?
As the season of gift gluttony, parking lot insanity and checkout line lunacy fades to a distant memory, it's worth contemplating a nagging and perennial question: Why are we so bad at sharing? We fret and fuss at our kids for fighting over the new...Tags: Xbox, Peace Corps, Gaming, Education, Abraham Lincoln
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Russian ban on U.S. adoptions meant to cast Americans as abusers
Anyone unfamiliar with the hyperbole of post-Cold War politics might be perplexed by Moscow’s move to outlaw American adoption of Russian orphans. More than 60,000 Russian children once condemned to a hellish institutional life have been brought...
Tags: Abusive Behavior, Political Corruption, Moscow (Russia), Lawyers, Government
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L.A. County Holiday Celebration surveys local music and dance
The 53rd L.A. County Holiday Celebration, which played out Monday at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, will be rebroadcast Christmas Day at noon and 3 p.m. for anyone who missed the live telecast on KCET Channel 28. The three-hour program surveys the...
Tags: Judy Collins, Arts and Culture, Music, Christmas, Holidays
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U.S. diplomats evacuate Central African Republic as rebels advance
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — U.S. diplomats evacuated from the capital of the Central African Republic on Friday, the State Department reported, after a coalition of rebel groups swept across the country in recent days, seizing towns and diamond...
Tags: Joseph Kony, News Media, Central African Republic, Congo, United Nations
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