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TEPCO 'Losing Faith' in Leaking Fukushima Water Pits

The company that runs a Japanese nuclear power plant destroyed by a tsunami two years ago said on Tuesday it was losing faith in temporary storage pits for radioactive water - but it doesn't have anywhere else to put it.

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Child well-being - progress in danger?

A timely study on child well-being in rich countries, launched today by UNICEF’s Office of Research, finds that the Netherlands and four Nordic countries – Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden – again sit at the top of a child well-being table; whilst...

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UNICEF flies emergency aid to conflict-stricken Central African Republic

A special UNICEF-chartered flight carrying over 23 tonnes of essential drugs, obstetric supplies and water tanks arrived yesterday in conflict-ravaged Central African Republic capital city of Bangui, two weeks after the seizure of power by an armed...

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Ban calls for total elimination of chemical weapons within five years

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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon opens the Third Review Conference of the States Parties of the Chemical...

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