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The UN Reaches out to Hollywood

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 19, 2010 - 10:59 am
Security
A video montage of film and television scenes involving the United Nations.

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Improving Quality of Life in Sprawling Slums

Penelope Chester - Mar 19, 2010 - 6:59 am
Development - Poverty
Introducing our latest contributor, Penelope Chester, who writes about an innovative solution to help slum dwellers escape grinding poverty.

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Scary: Report Shows Global Spike in Resistant TB

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 18, 2010 - 11:41 am
Health - WHO
A World Health Organization report shows increasing prevalence of hard-to-treat strains of Tuberculosis. And a funding gap to fight it.

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Antonio Banderas Joins the UN

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 18, 2010 - 9:15 am
Development
Antonio Banderas becomes the next Hollywood star to join the United Nations as a goodwill ambassador.

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A Documentary on Human Rights Abuses in Zimbabwe that forced the Filmmaker into Hiding.

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 18, 2010 - 6:59 am
Rights - Africa
A 25 minute film about President Robert Mugabe's use of torture and intimidation to force farmers and farm workers off of their land.

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SVU Brings Attention to Rape as Weapon of War

Matthew Cordell - Mar 17, 2010 - 11:43 am
Women
Tonight's episode (NBC, 10pm ET) highlights rape as a weapon of war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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The Somali Pirates' Business Model

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 17, 2010 - 10:13 am
Security - Somalia
A new UN report gives a concise explanation of how Somali pirates calculate their overhead and declare dividends for their investors.

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Are Groups like the LRA Really Spreading Across Africa?

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 17, 2010 - 7:58 am
Security - Africa
In a Foreign Policy piece, Jeffrey Gettleman argues that roving militias are sweeping across the continent. I'm not so sure.

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Video of Hillary Clinton at the Commission on the Status of Women

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 17, 2010 - 6:41 am
Women - U.S. In the World
This video is a few days old, but I thought folks might be interested in watching Secretary of State Clinton's address to the Commission in the Status of Women.

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Tony Lake Picked as UNICEF Chief

Mark Leon Goldberg - Mar 16, 2010 - 10:42 am
Security - UN Direct
Former U.S. National Security Adviser Anthony Lake is named next head of the United Nations Children and Eduction Fund.

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