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Delegates at climate talks agree to extend efforts of Kyoto Protocol - 1 views
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"Durban, South Africa (CNN) -- An agreement reached Sunday in South Africa will help tackle the challenges of climate change for years to come, the United Nations' chief said. ...[The Kyoto Protocol] mandates that industrialized nations cut their greenhouse gas emissions."
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The biggest gender imbalance? It's not in China - The National - 1 views
Philippines ranks 8th among 135 on world gender equality | Inquirer Global Nation - 1 views
Nation's Report Card: Writing test shows gender gap - Schools of Thought - CNN.com Blogs - 0 views
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Girls are apparently better than boys when it comes to writing in this high school in the USA
Who creates harmony the world over? Women. Who signs peace deals? Men - 1 views
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Around the world, women make peace in their homes and communities on a daily basis. But when it comes to negotiating and signing peace deals on a national or international level they are almost universally shut out, according to a report that calls for a more balanced approach to resolving conflict.
Improving science education for girls in Niger | United Nations Educational, Scientific... - 0 views
Decline of Zimbabwe - The National - 1 views
Britain ''running out of wheat" due to bad weather - 0 views
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Britain will become a net importer of wheat for the first time in a decade this year because of bad weather, the National Farmers' Union has said. The prolonged cold weather is expected to impact this autumn's harvest The average yield fell from 7.8 tonnes a hectare to 6.7 tonnes last summer. Looking ahead to the 2013 harvest, farmers had only managed to get three quarters of the planned wheat planted this year, so the UK was already 25% down on potential production.
Japan's gender inequality puts it to shame in world rankings | The Japan Times Online - 1 views
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When it comes to gender equality, Japan has no shortage of distressing figures. The statistics that are most often used to illustrate the nation's dismal status in this respect are the United Nations Development Program's Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM), which gauges equality by tracking women's participation in politics and business.
UAE leads Arab world in gender equality - The National - 0 views
Tornado rips through eastern Japan, injuring dozens - 0 views
Tohoku still in dire need of medical support - 0 views
Evacuations as typhoon nears Philippines | ABS-CBN News | Latest Philippine Headlines,... - 0 views
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"MANILA, Philippines - Philippine authorities on Monday evacuated more than 100,000 people, closed schools, and grounded flights as one of the biggest typhoons of the year bore down on the Southeast Asian country."