Monthly Archives: October 2011
Map of the Day: Vaccine Preventable Outbreaks Where they Should Not Be
The Council on Foreign Relations just posted this interactive global map of outbreaks of vaccine preventable diseases like measles, mumps, whooping cough since 2008.
Top of the Morning: Bombing in Badhdad; Tunisia Election Violence; New Wave of Sudan Refugees; #Occupy J-Burg?
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Map of the Day: Global Homicide Rates
A new report from the UN Office on Drugs and Crimes offers some surprising statistics on homicide around the world.
Afghanistan Security Forces Face Big, Big Test Next Month
The Taliban want to crash an upcoming loya jirga in Kabul. Will Afghan security forces be able to prevent them?
USAID Launches New PSA Campaign for the Horn of Africa
The PSA campaign includes Dr. Jill Biden, who lead an American delegation to the region last month; and actor Josh Hartnett (who starred in Black Hawk Down);
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The SC; HRC; DPRK; South Sudan
The SC: The Security Council today held its last consultations under the Council Presidency of ROK. Tomorrow, Russia will take over the rotating Presidency of the Security Council for March under Ambassador Vitaly Churkin.
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The SG; Mali; Middle East; Palestine
The SG: At the Fifth Global Forum of the UN Alliance of Civilizations in Vienna, Austria today, the SG emphasized the role of youth in ensuring a “prosperous, equitable and peaceful future.”
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The SG; DRC; HRC; Palestinian Prisoner
The SG: In Ethiopia over the weekend, the SG is now in the United Arab Emirates. Today he met with Sheikh Mohammad bin Rashed Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE, where the two discussed developments in the region, including Syria, Iran, Lebanon, Egypt and Jordan, and in the Middle East Peace Process.
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