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Sachin Tendulkar and UNICEF launch new video to highlight fathers' critical role in children's early development

Sachin Tendulkar and UNICEF released a new video to celebrate fatherhood and highlight the importance of love, play, protection and good nutrition for the healthy development of young children’s brains on Jun 14.

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Global leaders unite to bring polio one step closer to eradication

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July 18, 2010 Children get polio drops at the Islamia School polio booth in Bada Bazaar area of...

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North Korea Frees US College Student Ahead of NBA Star Visit

North Korea has released from prison an American college student who was sentenced to a 15-year term for attempting to steal a propaganda poster in 2016, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.

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News comment on latest shipwrecks on Mediterranean Sea

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UNHCR staff wait at the port of Augusta in Sicily to disembark refugees found adrift in the Mediterranean Sea in May 2016.

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