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13 Dic Incontri B2B con delegazione del Pakistan – Settore Tessile
L'evento "Incontri B2B con delegazione del Pakistan – Settore Tessile" si svolgerà il 13 dicembre 2017 presso Lazio Innova a Roma. La Sezione Commerciale dell’Ambasciata del Pakistan in Italia organizza una sessione di incontri di business con 6 imprese pakistane che saranno a Roma nell’ambito di una visita in Italia. Le aziende ...
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War is driving Afghan girls out of school
Source: Human Rights Watch Country: Afghanistan, NigeriaCountries in conflict, donors and relief agencies need to recognize that helping girls stay in school is critical for any country’s post-war reconstruction and development.Governments Need to Better Protect Girl Students from Attack Heather Barr Senior Researcher, Women's Rights Division “There were two bombs in the school,” said ...
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IRC calls for more humanitarian programming focused on adolescent girls
Source: International Rescue Committee Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, PakistanNew research shows pre-teen and teenage girls living in humanitarian settings experience shockingly high levels of physical, emotional and sexual abuse at the hands of people they know. New IRC research: pre-teen and teenage girls in humanitarian settings overwhelmingly suffer abuse ...
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Pakistan law minister resigns, Islamists disband protest
Pakistani Islamists announced on Nov. 27 they were disbanding their sit-in near Islamabad after the country’s law minister Zahid Hamid resigned, caving in to the protesters who have been demanding his ouster in a three-week-long rally.
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NGOs call for special session of UN Human Rights Council to address Myanmar crisis
Source: Article 19, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, Amnesty International, CIVICUS, International Commission of Jurists, International Service for Human Rights, Fédération Internationale des Ligues des Droits de I'Homme, Global Centre for the Responsibility to Protect Country: Bangladesh, MyanmarIn light of serious reports of human rights violations, including crimes against ...
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Malnutrition among children at "emergency" levels in Pakistan
Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, UN Humanitarian Coordinator for Pakistan Country: Afghanistan, PakistanAn estimated 31.5% of children under five are underweight and 43.7% are stunted. Roughly half of all women in Pakistan are iron and micronutrient deficient. OVERVIEW OF THE CRISIS As of 1 December 2016, 0.5 million people ...
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Childhood pneumonia claiming 900,000 lives a year
Source: Save the Children Country: WorldThe disease claimed 920,000 young lives in 2015. That represents two fatalities every minute of every day – more than diarrhoea, malaria and measles combined, says Save the Children. Executive summary THE WORLD’S BIGGEST INFECTIOUS KILLER Writing in 1901, William Osler, one of the founders of modern medicine, described ...
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Men still killing women for 'honour' in Pakistan, despite new law
A new law to stop honour killings was passed last year, but the killings still occur at an alarming rate.
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Measles continues to kill 90,000 people annually despite global decline
Source: World Health Organization, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, UN Children's Fund, GAVI Alliance Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Nigeria, Pakistan, World20.8 million children are still missing their first measles vaccine dose. More than half of them live in Nigeria, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, Ethiopia, and DR ...
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Nigeria, Pakistan trade volume less than $1bn – envoy
Pakistan’s current volume of trade with Nigeria is below $1bn, representing about 46 percent decrease from 2016. The Head of Chancery in the Pakistan High Commission, Mr Asim Khan, on Thursday in Abuja said that Pakistan offered scholarships to about 100 Nigerians to study in that country from January, especially ...
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About 7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality
Source: World Bank, World Health Organization, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, UN Children's Fund Country: Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Nigeria, Pakistan, WorldEvery day in 2016, 15,000 children died before their fifth birthday, 46 per cent of them – or 7,000 babies – died in the first ...
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Rotary contributes $49.5 million to help eradicate polio worldwide
Source: Rotary Country: Afghanistan, Chad, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guinea, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, South Sudan, WorldFunds will support efforts to end endemic polio in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria, while further funding will be allocated to other vulnerable countries to keep them polio-free.EVANSTON, Ill. (Oct. 17, 2017) — With just 11 ...
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Freeport introduces weekly rapid link to key South America ports
Maltese importers and exporters are set to benefit from new trading opportunities to Brazil and Argentina following the introduction of a rapid weekly link by Malta Freeport Terminals. The Sirius Service, calling at six key ports in Brazil (Itajai, Itapoa, Itaguai, Rio Grande, Salvador and Santos) as well as Buenos ...
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UN rights chief emphasizes effects of government inaction regarding human rights issues
Source: UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights Country: Bahrain, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Greece, Guatemala, Hungary, India, Iran (Islamic Republic of), Iraq, Israel, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Moldova, ...
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Kenya seeks to boost business with Pakistan
Kenya has proposed a number of measures to boost trade between locals and Pakistani private sector.
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La facture de poudre de lait en hausse
L’Algérie a importé de France 7070 tonnes de lait écrémé en poudre durant le mois de juin de l’année 2017, ce qui représente une évolution de 463% par rapport aux importations de juin 2016, établies à 1255 tonnes, selon le dernier bilan publié par France-Agrimer, l’établissement public français des produits ...
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East & South East Asia: la Cina cresce e traina i mercati limitrofi
La nostra analisi dei principali mercati emergenti nelle diverse regioni geografiche del pianeta prosegue. Nel precedente articolo è stata posta la lente d’ingrandimento sui colossi dell’America Latina evidenziandone le difficoltà economiche ed i rischi collegati ai trattati internazionali relativi agli scambi commerciali. In questo secondo approfondimento analizzeremo, sempre con il ...
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One in three countries still have blasphemy laws
Laws prohibiting blasphemy are "astonishingly widespread" worldwide, with many laying down disproportionate punishments ranging from prison sentences to lashings or the death penalty, the lead author of a report on blasphemy has said. Iran, Pakistan, and Yemen score worst, topping a list of 71 countries with laws criminalising views deemed blasphemous, ...
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Self-styled "godman" jailed for 10 years for rape in India
An Indian judge sentenced a self-styled "godman", whose followers went on a deadly rampage after he was convicted of rape last week, to 10 years' jail. There were no reports of violence after Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh was sentenced. Tens of thousands of police enforced a lockdown in large parts of ...
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Much of South Asia could be too hot to live in by 2100: scientists
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation Country: Bangladesh, India, PakistanClimate change could make much of South Asia - home to a fifth of the world's population - too hot for human survival by the end of this century, researchers are warning.Researchers said it is likely that millions of people in South Asia will ...
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Pakistan high court disqualifies Prime Minister from serving over corruption allegations
A five-judge panel of Pakistan's Supreme Court on Friday disqualified thrice-elected Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif from holding office over allegations of corruption against him and his family.The court in a unanimous decision said Sharif was disqualified for not remaining "truthful and honest" after considering evidence against him. It also ruled ...