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The infant mortality rate in the world in 1990 fell by 27%. In 2007, under the age of five died nine million kids. This is 3.5 million less than 17 years ago. This is reportedly a new report by the World Health Organization (WHO) on the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals.

As the UN News Center, in September 2000 by the Heads of State and Government at the UN headquarters in New York adopted the UN Millennium Declaration. It identified eight development goals to eradicate poverty and hunger, improve health, promote equality between men and women, ensuring primary education for all, protecting the environment and ensuring access to safe drinking water and sanitation.

Three of the eight goals, eight of 16 goals and 18 of the 48 indicators set out in the Millennium Declaration, are directly related to health care. They relate to the reduction by the year 2015 at? maternal mortality and a 2 /3 children, halving the number of people suffering from malnutrition, prevent the spread of HIV /AIDS, tuberculosis, malaria and other diseases. Read more �

according to a report, thousands of children were subjected to sexual abuse and physical and psychological torture at religious institutions of Ireland for nearly 70 years.

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Abuse, a situation that the paper described as endemic in this country, causing several generations of children and the care delivered nias State lived the daily terror of corporal punishment .

Commission on Child Abuse was established in 2000 to clarify numerous allegations of sexual abuse occurred from 1940 until the middle of the last decade of 80 in public schools, orphanages, centers for the mentally ill and other state institutions. The majority were managed by priests and nuns of the Irish Catholic Church.

The report, of some 2,500 pages, is a catalog of sexual abuse and chronic physical and emotional abuse inflicted on thousands of disadvantaged children , abandoned and forgotten by both religious and lay staff.

The text also throws harsh criticisms against the Catholic Irish, which was accused of passivity in the face of abuses committed by individual offenders. Read more �

Bogota, 19 may (EFE) .- Paraguay today joined the list of paisescontagiados for influenza A, the same day that the UN and lasfarmaceuticas outlined a plan to manufacture if necessary unavacuna against the disease, around the world and has infected 10,000 people Acasio.

According to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO), there are a total of 9830 infected 40 countries, of which 79fallecieron.

These figures from the WHO is not yet included Paraguay, where health authorities reported today the first case of A lagripe in the country in which an adult woman York came back again recently.

The Director of Health Surveillance, Ministry of public health in Paraguay, Ivan Allende, said the official test confirmed the preliminary result that was a laboratorioprivado, but clarified that it will send a sample to the U.S. paratener total certainty that it is the virus AH1N1.

infected with Paraguay in South America only kept libresde influenza A Venezuela, Bolivia and Uruguay.

The South American countries most affected are Colombia, already tiene12 positives, and Chile, where, according to the president MichelleBachelet-10 are sick and have been closed as a precaution in the capital cincocolegios.

today were also ordered the cancellation of classes unexclusivo school in Lima, after he learned that one of susalumnas is the third case of influenza A found in Peru.

From Geneva, the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon called for calm, noting that the community internacionalha never been so well prepared to react to a pandemic, but stressed that we must remain vigilant.

Ban chaired today in the company of the director general of WHO Margaret Chan, a meeting with representatives of 30 pharmaceutical detodo the world to coordinate a strategy on eventualfabricacion of a vaccine against influenza A.

The meeting was not determined whether or not to make lavacuna, since this depends on factors that scientists should seranalizados by WHO, but it was discussed to creating the action plan.

The disease was born in Mexico, where the number of muertesconfirmadas amounts to 74 and add contagion 3660, in accordance to data provided today by the Ministry of Health,

In this country everything is back to normal gradually pruebade was the arrival today of the Sea Princess, with 2019 passengers and deBermudas flag, which became the first cruise to Mexican coasts enarribar after health alert decretadael last April 23. Read more �

COLUMBUS, Ohio, USA (AP) – Once again, oil prices seem to follow the behavior of the stock market and moved on Tuesday, even before new data suggest that still could delay a rebound in the economy.

Crude Reference for June delivery rose 62 cents to $ 59.65 located in the barrel at the New York Mercantile Exchange, after having even gone to 60.48 during the day. However, as the June contract expires on Tuesday, most of the riders focused on the July, he won 51 cents and closed at $ 60.10.

Arriving PM the price of oil were placed in positive territory with the main indices. In recent weeks oil prices and the stock market have been gaining ground at the idea that the longest recession since World War II draws to a close and the economy with _junto demand energeticos_ begin to rebound this year.

At the same time, companies related to energy have been forced to cut expenses after the fall in oil prices and natural gas. Read more �

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Bogota, 20 may (EFE) .- U.S. today confirmed the death of a mujery two men, which increases to nine the number of victims fatalesde influenza A, while in South America sigueextendiendo disease, particularly in Chile, where since last Sunday have confirmed 24 cases, highest in the region.

A woman of 57 years who lived in Arizona and a man of 44, from Missouri, are two of the latest victims of virusAH1N1, which leaves 5710 patients in the U.S. as the most recientesdatos Center for Disease Control (CDC, for its acronym in English).

The woman, whose identity has not been revealed, came from india lareserva Gila River Indian Community, according to the newspaper ArizonaRepublic, noting that his health was delicate and acausa died of complications from the virus.

As for the victim of Missouri, is fuehospitalizado a man who a few weeks ago after a visit to Mexico ycuya identity was not disclosed.

And tonight, the State Health Utahinformaron a man between 18 and 25 years of age padeciaproblemas chronic health died due to complicacionesvinculadas with influenza A.

In addition, health authorities reported today in New York claw recent death of a baby is not Hispanic due to influenza A, while three schools in New York joined the twenty Decentra that have closed in recent days by the high number dealumnos with symptoms of the virus AH1N1.

On the other hand, Chile announced on Wednesday that there confirmados14 cases of infection by influenza A, in addition to the 10 queya had been detected since last Sunday.

The rapid progression of disease during the last diasconvirtio to Chile in the country with more cases of South America, for encimade Colombia (12) and Brazil (8).

infections, mostly school children, the sonhabitantes Santiago.

We are studying with a group of experts modificacionrespecto the protocols and recommendations with which estabamostrabajando in order to prevent the arrival of the virus in our country, said the minister Health, ГѓВЃlvaro Erazo.

In Ecuador, the Minister of Public Health, Caroline Chang, today confirmed six new cases of influenza A in the port city deGuayaquil and one in Quito, with that rises to eight the total deenfermos.

Guayaquil The infected are children and five adults, while in Quito would have entered a foreign alpais a few days ago from Northern America. Read more �

U.S. Senate by an overwhelming majority, adopted May 19, law limiting the increase of rates and fees on credit cards. On Wednesday scheduled a vote in the House of Representatives, and if the law passes there, it will come to the President Barack Obama to the end of this week, said k2kapital.

If the law is adopted, the credit card industry will be 9 months to change business practices. Creditors would be required to place their agreements on the Internet and allow customers to pay bills online or over the phone without increasing fees. They will have 45 days to notify customers about raising rates on credit cards and explain the reasons for these increases. Read more �

Konsrevativnoy Party leader David Cameron said the need for an immediate early general elections in Britain, reports Sky News. Cameron believes that the only re-can restore confidence in the parliament after the scandal broke out about abuses in the compensation for the deputies.

Previously, a number of MPs supported the initiative of the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, Nick Klegga, who proposed the Speaker of Parliament, Michael Martin to resign voluntarily. Speaker was accused of having met the inappropriate expenditure of budgetary funds and oppose reform reimbursement parliamentarians.

In response, Martin has brought a public apology, but refused to leave his post. In addition, he stated that the proposal of the resignation of the Speaker is not an essential because they did not by the government. At the same time, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said earlier that the fate of the Speaker does not deal with the government and is an internal matter for Parliament. Read more �

Washington, 17 may (EFE) .- The U.S. president, Barack Obama, and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will meet tomorrow at the White House his first meeting as presidents, who arrive with significant differences over Iran and the Palestinians.

The two leaders plan to hold a working lunch at the White House, during which the president put pressure on Netanyahu to acceptance of a Palestinian state as part of a solution to the conflict in the Middle East.

The Israeli prime minister, who came to power at the head of a rightist coalition after elections in February past in his country, has so far refused to accept a Palestinian state.

But Obama, who on his first day working at the White House spoke with the leaders of the region, has indicated that peace in the Middle East, including a state for Palestinians, is a matter of national security for U.S. and will be one of his priorities as president.

King Abdullah II of Jordan, who met with Obama in late April in Washington, says that the president prepares his own ambitious peace plan which could in his plans to Cairo in the coming June 4.

The plan appears to be seeking not only peace between Israel and the Palestinians, but also between Israel and the rest of the Arab countries, including Syria.

Far from the unconditional support for Israel that he gave his predecessor, George W. Bush, the current U.S. president is willing to pressure the Jewish state.

two States living side by side in peace and security. I think we handled it and it is an issue which will continue to work on Obama and Netanyahu, declared this weekend a U.S. government official who spoke on condition of anonymity.

In a sign of changing attitudes of United States, the vice president Joe Biden said at the annual meeting of AIPAC, the main pro-Israeli lobby in Washington, that Israel must work towards a two-state solution and stop building settlements in Palestinian territory.

Although there are differences in their positions, there are indications that Netanyahu could concessions to the president. Read more �

By Laura MacInnis

GENEVA (Reuters) – Africa is far from being ready for a pandemic H1N1 influenza and the developing countries of Asia and Latin America will need access to medicines and vaccines that save lives, on Monday reported significant health officials around the world.

At the Annual Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) The health minister of Togo said that it was fortunate that the H1N1 strain was first grown in rich countries like United States, Canada, Spain, United Kingdom and Japan.

In some Thus, someone decided to start this epidemic in very rich countries (…) This helped us all, said Health Minister Viliami Tangi.

Poor countries lack the medical staff laboratories, reserve capacity to produce medicines and vaccines to deal with the outbreak of a sophisticated way, the official said Togo.

For its part, the delegate of Nigeria said that African countries to face significant difficulties in responding to an outbreak of H1N1 influenza, which causes mild symptoms in most patients but that it would be especially dangerous for people with HIV /AIDS and other ailments.

We are far from ready. The continent needs to end support, said a Nigerian official in a high-level meeting at WHO offices in Geneva. We in the African continent, we are very concerned, he said.

Thailand requested to support Mexico, the epicenter of the newly discovered virus that killed 74 people during the day Home of the Annual Meeting of the WHO, where the flu fears eclipsed almost all other matters. Read more �

BEIJING (AP) – It took hours of recordings and years of planning, but the material could eventually be taken out of the country and translated.

And a few weeks of the 20th anniversary of the popular mobilization to demand democratic reforms brutally silenced in Tiananmen Square, the Chinese leader ousted for opposing the suppression breaks his silence with a posthumous book which allows you to see how it worked from within the Communist Party during this critical period .

In a special twist for someone who devoted his life to the party, Zhao Ziyang, who was secretary general of the PC suggests that China should adopt a parliamentary democratic system to complete its modernization.

The book Prisoner of the State: The secret diary of Prime Minister Zhao Ziyang, 306 pages, was developed over four years, which processed the recordings made Zhao secretly expressing his thought. Zhao spent the last 15 years of his life under house arrest, guarded closely, and died in 2005.

The book recounts the events that led to the protests of 1989 and revealed details the way in which China's leaders faced the situation. It also describes for the first time the loneliness he felt Zhao, a man who enjoyed playing golf and using Western suits. The entry of my home site is a cold, desolate, he said.

There are many books about Tiananmen, but none has a story in first person or the intimate details of the intrigues and maneuvers policies that provide it.

It is something of tremendous value, said Bao Pu, one of the editors of the book, in a telephone interview from Hong Kong. This is a book that brings to light historical events that have been intentionally erased or distorted.

Zhao left no instructions about using it should give these recordings. But I have no doubt that he wanted to put his version of events, said Bao, whose father, Bao Tong, was a close associate of Zhao. I was able to tell the truth. It's the only thing it was.

Although there are some interesting revelations on the party leaders, it is unlikely that the book generated much excitement in china. The leaders who took over the party after the fall of Zhao traveled to the most liberal and few question the official version of what happened: that the crackdown on the Tiananmen protests paved the way for economic progress in China.

Zhao was a protege of Supreme Leader Deng Xiaoping and helped trigger the economic boom in the 1980s, through reforms that create prosperity and revive a stagnant economy since the Cultural Revolution of 1966-76.

But sympathized with thedemonstrators in Tiananmen Square, calling for more political freedoms and an end to corruption and was accused of splitting the party. On June 24, 1989 was expelled from the PC.

The last time you saw him in public was the May 19, the day before it was declared martial law in Beijing, when he visited Tiananmen Square and shed some tears when talking to students on hunger strike. Read more �