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WHO statement by the Director-General on the health situation in Gaza (Popularity:  )
The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the health situation in and around Gaza and the suffering this has caused for civilian populations in the area.
In Gaza, the lack of electrical power, arising from a fuel shortage, and restrictions on the movement of people and goods, including medicines, jeopardize the continuity of basic health care and curtail access to specialist care outside Gaza.
Frequent electricity cuts and the ...
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BlogSafety.com, a Social Network for Parents Concerned About Social Networking, Goes Live With Support From Leading Social-Networking and Internet Companies (Popularity: )
We've all seen reports about the dangers of social networks, but there's no need to panic -- there is a need to get discussion going, say the directors of BlogSafety.com, a highly interactive Web site from the founders of SafeKids.com and NetFamilyNews.org. The site includes expert advice plus an interactive forum for parents grappling with ways to help their teens safely enjoy this new always-connected world of "Web 2.0."
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Bringing Hope To Angolan Children: Mass Health Campaign Begins To Help 3.5 Million (Popularity: )
The government of Angola, and its partners in the Measles Initiative, the Global Fund on AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, and the U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative are launching a major health campaign to provide life-saving interventions for Angolan children. The integrated campaign is targeting more than 3.5 million children with measles and polio vaccinations, vitamin A, de-worming medication, and, in seven provinces, long-lasting insecticide treated nets (LLIN’s). The campaign begins on ...
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Another Successful Event at the Cannes Film Festival from GBK Productions (Popularity: )
At this year's Cannes Film Festival Los Angeles based GBK Productions (formally GBK Events) gifted celebrities $30,000 worth of swag. The gift showroom was stationed at the beautiful celebrity hangout, the Magestic 59 which overlooks the glimmering Mediterranean. Press junkets took place at Magestic's dock directly outside of the gift suite. Celebrities spotted at the Magestic were Penelope Cruz, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Jean Reno, Dwayne Johnson (aka the Rock), ...
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Intel and PowerPC united. Fink Binary Distribution (Popularity: )
The Fink project is proud to announce the availability of a new binary distribution, version 0.8.1 for Intel and PowerPC.
Over 1900 pre-compiled packages for PowerPC and 1700 for the Intel platform have been made available. Including new precompiled packages for KDE, GNOME and many popular scientific applications.
Improved documentation from the Fink website including translations into French, Japanese and simplified Chinese.
Fink is free, licensed under the GPL.
This is a general public ...
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New Website Launched for 2006 Hurricane Season (Popularity: )
A month into the 2006 hurricane season that began on June 1, the American Red Cross is launching the Safe and Well Website to provide families with a tool to exchange welfare information with loved ones and friends in the immediate aftermath of a disaster.
The overwhelming scope of the 2005 hurricane season challenged the Red Cross to develop innovative ways, such as the use of web-based technology, to help ...
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Celebrities to Attend the Ninth Annual Kidney Teen Prom (Popularity: )
The Ninth Annual Renal Teen Prom, "Winter Elegance," sponsored by the Renal Support Network (RSN), is to be held Sunday, January 20, 2008 at Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. This unique event attracts more than 350 kidney teens (ages 13-24) who are on dialysis, pre-dialysis or with a transplant, and their guests, coming from Washington D.C., Arizona, Massachusetts and Southern California. This year's prom will be packed ...
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Shoe Charity Soles4Souls Responds to Help Tornado Victims in Greensburg, Kansas (Popularity: )
Soles4Souls(TM) Inc., the international shoe charity dedicated to providing free footwear to needy people around the world, announced today that they are sending 4,000 pairs of shoes to residents in and around Greensburg, Kansas. The shoes are being sent to assist the victims of the recent tornado that killed 11 people and destroyed about 95% of the town.
"The whole town was just torn to shreds," said Paul Wilson, President ...
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Ford's Way Forward Must Tap its Lean Roots (Popularity: )
Commenting on the dramatic retreat announced by the Ford Motor Company, James Womack, founder and chairman of the Lean Enterprise Institute, said that Ford needs to tap its lean roots to find a road out of the automaker's deepening financial hole.
"This historical record is clear. Henry Ford was the world's first systematic lean thinker, a path later perfected by the Toyota Motor Corporation," said Womack who is co-author of ...
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Global Sources Doubles Donations for Sichuan Earthquake Victims to RMB 2,000,000 (Popularity: )
Global Sources (Nasdaq: GSOL) and its team members have donated RMB 2,000,000 to various charities involved in helping victims of the Sichuan earthquake -- double the amount previously planned.
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Global Sources' Chairman and CEO, Merle A. Hinrichs, said: "I would like to thank Global Sources team members for opening their hearts to the people of Sichuan province.
"Their donations of RMB 1,000,000 far exceeded the goal we ...
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