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Terror tactics making children more vulnerable during conflict – UN officials

Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui (left) ad...

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Former Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Bribery Charge

Jonathan Womble, 36, a former corrections officer at the District of Columbia Jail, pled guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy to commit bribery for accepting $400 in cash in return for smuggling drugs and other contrab...

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Working backward: Computer-aided design of zeolite templates: Rice scientists apply drug-design lessons to production of industrial minerals

Rice University scientists have created a computational procedure to identify small organic molecules (purple)...

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Gulf States to Launch Sanctions Against Hezbollah

Gulf Arab states are preparing to launch a series of measures against Hezbollah’s interests in the region. The move is in retaliation for the Lebanese Shi’ite militant group’s growing military involvement in Syria.

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