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• MVAT Notification on sales made to the diplomatic authorities and international bodies or organisations

  
  LEGAL & FINANCIAL UPDATES FROM TAX GURU — Authority: 450
  In suppression of the Government Notification, Finance Department, No.VAT-1507/ CR-41/ Taxation-1, dated the 25th June 2007, the Government of Maharashtra hereby provides for grant of refund of the tax, collected by any registered dealer on his... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website www.taxguru.in for ...
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• Photo for Thought

  
  Nailing Jello to the Wall — Authority: 129
  The caption reads:A Palestinian child smiles during an event organised by Unicef to mark the 2oth anniversary of the Convention of the Rights of the Child in the West Bank city of Ramallah.It is significant to note this story from the BBC on Friday, November 20, 2009:Somalia has vowed to ratify the UN Convention on ...
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• UNICEF reports from Zambia

  
  ONE — Authority: 535
  UNICEF USA’s Fieldnotes Blog has a great report from a rural health clinic in Zambia– specifically post-natal and prevention of mother-to-child treatment (PMTCT) care.The whole piece is worth a read. Excerpts below:Rolina is HIV positive and is enrolled in the clinic’s PMTCT program. She and her husband ...
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• Ana Ivanovic’s ACE Tennis Magazine interview

  
  WTA Women's Tennis — Authority: 489
  Ana Ivanovic’s ACE Tennis Magazine interview Before she started her US Open 2009 quest, Ana Ivanovic did an interview by Britain’s ACE Tennis Magazine… here we have an extract from the Q & A session: ACE: Is there something you’ve experienced off the court that stands out? AI: As tennis players we are ...
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• The rights of children: still a billion left behind

  
  Civil Religion — Authority: 537
  Last Sunday, I accompanied a group of children from my church on a Mission Trip to the Humane Society of Missouri .  I was most impressed by the volunteers there, and grateful for their thoughtful approach to informing and educating our children.  What I didn’t expect was the impact that a chance remark would ...
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• What price will children have to pay for three or four carbon-happy generations?

  
  Green Blog — Authority: 100
  Photo credit: Julien Harneis Lord David Puttnam, ambassador for Unicef UK, asks on BBC’s Green Room what kind of price our children and future generations will have to pay for “the three or four carbon-happy generations that have lived before them?” “Climate change is not just an environmental problem, ...
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• AIDS, Malaria Eclipse Biggest Child Killers

  
  Strange Fruit — Authority: 136
  Its wild how illnesses that we consider completely treatable here are killing people at a rapid pace elsewhere just because they dont have access to basic resources like clean water and vaccines :-/ Diarrhea doesnt make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention. Yet even ...
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• The Unicef Snowflake

  
  Eco-Friendly Tips — Authority: 520
  UNICEF has saved more lives than any other humanitarian organization, a lifesaving organization that operates in over 150 countries. It is of course no surprise how successful the UNICEF Lighting Snowflake Ceremony was over the weekend. Lucy Liu a longtime supporter and actress was there to illuminate the snowflake ...
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• UNICEF official urges countries to learn from Cuba on childrens protection

  
  Cuba Journal — Authority: 427
  www.chinaview.cn 2009-11-21 13:55:26 HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Childrens Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world should learn from Cuba on ...
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• Child soldiers: Sudan - agreement to end use of child soldiers

  
  i On Global Trends - Mike Hitchen Online - news, opinion, analysis — Authority: 490
  Child soldiers at a military camp in Nyal, southern SudanA top United Nations human rights official today welcomed a deal agreed by a former rebel group in southern Sudan to end the use of child soldiers among its ranks, while warning of the threat posed to children by various armed militia operating in the region.The ...
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• 20th Anniversary of the Rights of the Child

  
  Imagine Istanbul — Authority: 92
  It’s the 20th anniversary of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.  Just how well is the world doing in regard the rights of children?  I started this website because of a little boy I found shining shoes on the streets of Istanbul.  I was moved by his difficult life and by [...]
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• U.N. Report : Afghanistan Worst Nation to be Born In

  
  Brave New Wave - Children of a Lesser Revolution — Authority: 481
  The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has indicated Afghanistan as the worst nation for a child to be born in, in their annual The State of the World’ s Children report. Even after an 8 year presence of United States and NATO troops, Afghan children still face high risk of otherwise eradicated diseases, ...
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• Gulshan Grover still prefers being Bollywood baddie

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  New Delhi, Nov 22 (IANS) Two Hollywood movies, a British venture and an Indo-French collaboration… Gulshan Grover has his hands full with serious-themed international projects. But the Bollywood bad man insists he hasn’t bid adieu to Hindi films, specially the villainous roles.“I haven’t quit taking such roles ...
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• Celebrities supported the Annual UNICEF Snowflake Ceremony

  
  Star Life Talk and Gossip — Authority: 465
    Christmas season is just around the corner and people from all around the world are now busy preparing gifts for their loved ones. Some are busy helping charities that will help thousands of families.  Famous celebrities like Lauren Bush, Bryant Gumbel and Pamela Fiori gave their precious time to attend ...
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• Louis Vuitton Hosts UNICEF Snowflake Ceremony

  
  Fashion and Design World Today — Authority: 498
  The annual UNICEF Snowflake ceremony last Thursday held at the LV store in New York was well attended by prominent personalities such as Lauren Bush, Bryant Gumbel and Pamela Fiori. The occasion marked the official beginning of the gift-giving season of Christmas. Lucy Liu was invited to light the snowflakes. This ...
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• 1 billion children struggle to survive

  
  CKA Canadian News — Authority: 167
  UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care - and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence - two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing childrens rights
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• UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child: 20 years later

  
  Baby Chums — Authority: 540
  The 20th anniversary of the UN’s Convention on the Rights of the Child is commemorated today, but the UN stresses that more work must be done for the world’s children. On November 20, 1989, United Nations General Assembly resolution 44/25 was signed, “[r]ecognizing that the child, for the full and harmonious ...
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• UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  New York, Nov 20 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect “the youngest and most vulnerable members of society”.The convention was signed into international law in 1989 by the UN General Assembly and it took effect ...
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• TENS OF THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN FORCED TO WORK IN MINES.

  
  World News Journal — Authority: 140
  MISNA 20 November 2009 More than 43,000 children work in mines in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 8,000 of whom identified in Kinshasa alone since the beginning of 2009, the UNICEF (United Nations Child’s Fund) reported yesterday on the eve of the 20th anniversary of the convention on the children’s rights. The ...
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• Lucy Liu and Louis Vuitton Host UNICEF’s 25th Snowflake Lighting

  
  Guest of a Guest - NYC People, Places, Parties & Nightlife — Authority: 698
  [All photos by Clint Spaulding for PMc] . Louis Vuitton and Lucy Liu teamed up with UNICEF for the 25th annual UNICEF Snowflake Lighting on 5th Avenue. Hanging above the intersection of 57th Street and 5th Avenue, the snowflake (at 23×28feet, and with 16,000 Baccarat crystals) is an iconic holiday fixture. - ...
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