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Enhanced consumer empowerment and strengthening enforcement of existing rules are the main objectives of a two-day international conference on the new EU animal welfare strategy taking place in Brussels on 29 February – 1 March. Co-organised by the European Commission and the Danish Presidency of the EU, this high-level conference aims to drive forward an integrated approach to animal welfare.

A truck supplying water in Basra. About 16 percent of Iraqi households face daily problems getting enough water

Spared thus far in recent quakes

These pancake racing contestants are Yanks outside the National Cathedral in Washington. But the tradition started across the pond (Atlantic) in England.

A food market in the northern city of Halab, before the protests. Unrest in Syria has led to localized shortages in certain markets, even in the capital, Damascus

The three-day conference, whose theme was “Together Stronger: the Future of Sport,” ended with over 800 delegates from 135 countries unanimously approving “The Los Angeles Declaration”, a series of recommendations aimed at promoting gender equality in sport and using sport as a tool to improve the lives of women around the world.

Piracy, elections, and a food crisis are topping the agenda at the summit of the Economic Community of West Africa States, now underway in Nigeria's capital, Abuja. Heads of state are also to select a new chairman to replace Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan.

Packaging for fake Avastin that was just flagged by the Food and Drug Administration.

More children are surviving, but most MDGs still far from being met