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NASA has begun development of a mission to visit and study the sun closer than ever before. The unprecedented project, named Solar Probe Plus, is slated to launch no later than 2018.

The head of the joint United Nations-African Union peacekeeping mission in Darfur today called for World Bank assistance to ensure that the 'dividends of peace are made evident' to promote a sustainab

The number is increasing rapidly since its first reported case tentatively around August 19 of this year in Shahjadpur and adjoining upazilas of Sirajganj.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas have agreed to meet again in Egypt Sept 14 -15 and at regular two-week intervals after that to continue peac

The world cannot afford escalating disasters of the kind recently witnessed in Pakistan and Russia, the top United Nations climate change official said today, underscoring the need for governments to

UNOCI spokesperson Hamadoun Touré said at a weekly news conference that the UN mission will closely follow the setting-up of polling stations and monitor data that was validated or rejected whe

The United Nations is moving swiftly to vaccinate 1.5 million children after a polio case was detected in an area of north-eastern Afghanistan which had been free of the disease for more than a decade

Today, we have successfully re-launched direct negotiations between the - among the United States, Israel, and the Palestinian Authority in pursuit of a final agreement, a final settlement and a just

During their three-day meeting, States are also expected to renew and expand the size of the committee from 12 to 18 members - reflecting the increase in parties to the convention.

While many people enjoy long weekends and holidays like Memorial Day, Independence Day, or Veteran's Day, one Rhode Island maid service owner decided that every day was worth giving honor, and decided

NASA will commemorate a quarter-century of comet discoveries and discuss upcoming comet encounters during a symposium at 9 a.m. EDT on Friday, Sept. 10, in the Knight Studio of the Newseum.

'It is crucial to show the long suffering people of Somalia that the Government can deliver basic services,' B. Lynn Pascoe, the Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, stated while in the capi

I think that in a world that has become closely interlinked, and certainly interdependent, corruption is becoming a key issue that is standing in the way of development,' said Mr. Vlassis.

The Governments of the United States and Pakistan announced on September 1 the awarding of science and technology cooperative research grants to 27 joint teams of U.S. and Pakistani researchers, funde

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