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New York: Parliamentarians from some 115 countries pledged to promote sexual and reproductive health as well as women's rights to decide how and when they give birth, at a United Nations-backed gathering which wrapped up today.

New: Jerusalem must be the capital of two States - Israel and Palestine - living side-by-side in peace and security, with arrangements for the holy sites acceptable to all, if peace in the Middle East is to be achieved, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon warned today.

JAIPUIR: The social audit of the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme in Rajasthan has revealed attempts by big companies to sabotage it.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is offering big bonanza to the US companies active in the civilian nuclear power sector by introducing the Nuclear Liability Bill in the winter session of Parliament. This will facilitate the American companies to do more concrete follow-up actions for supplying equipment to the civilian nuclear power industry in India.

New York: Addressing five critical risk factors – underweight childhood, unsafe sex, alcohol use, lack of safe water, sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure – could add almost five years to global life expectancy, according to a new United Nations report.

Canadian house prices have increased significantly between 2003 and early 2008, with a marked downward trend since mid-2008, especially in the resource-rich western provinces, however, following recent declines, home prices are now generally close to equilibrium throughout Canada.

The United Nations has launched a pilot project to give food and other articles to Iraqi refugees living in Syria via mobile phone vouchers. This mobile phone based food voucher scheme of the World Food Programme (WFP) has, however, certain limitations because the people who do not yet possess a mobile phone set can not easily get even food easily.

New York: The target of slashing maternal mortality and ensuring universal access to reproductive health is the furthest from success of all the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) the world set itself in 2000, a senior United Nations official has warned, calling for renewed political will, funding and international solidarity.

More than 12,000 volunteers of EKAL, from the villages, towns and cities and even from abroad are assembling in the Swarna Jayanti Park, Rohini in New Delhi to participate in a four day event beginning from 29th of October 2009. They will not only showcase the achievements of Ekal Vidyalaya Movement but also search for ways and means for the future activities in the field of Basic Education, Health Care Education, Development Education, Empowerment Education and for achieving Self Sufficiency.

New York: Sudan is one of the world's more dangerous places for mothers, the top United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) official there said today, calling for increased maternal care services.