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OSCE media freedom representative concerned about ban on reporting about Icelandic bank

OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Harlem Désir, on October 18, expressed his concern about an injunction issued by the Reykjavik District Commissioner on any reporting on leaked documents from the collapsed bank Glitnir. The documents, which...

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7,000 newborns die every day, despite steady decrease in under-five mortality, new report says

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A newborn is fed donor milk by a nurse at the Special Newborn Care Unit (SNCU) at the Government hospital in Nalgonda District....

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New Green Card Lottery Enrollment Period Starts Wednesday

A new enrollment period for the U.S. Diversity Immigrant Visa Program - also known as the Green Card Lottery - begins Wednesday. All applicants must apply between October 18 and November 22 to have their entries considered.

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The Austrian OSCE Chairmanship closely followed the meeting of the President of the Republic of Armenia, Serzh Sargsyan, and the President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, organized under the auspices of the Co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group i

In Britain 55% consider membership to have been of benefit to the country. Conversely the number of Britons who believe the UK has not benefitted from EU membership has dropped by 7 percentage points to 27%.

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