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New York, Oct 15 2009: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Gabon, Lebanon and Nigeria will serve two-year terms on the Security Council starting next January after they won elections to the 15-member body today.

New York: The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and cosmetics giant L'Oréal today announced the names of five exceptional women scientists, selected by a panel headed by a Nobel Prize-winning scientist, who will receive major awards.

New York: The simple act of washing hands with soap can drastically reduce deaths from preventable diseases, which are killing thousands of people everyday, a group of United Nations human rights experts stressed as they marked Global Handwashing Day.

New York: Lake Chad, once one of the world's largest water bodies, could disappear in 20 years due to climate change and population pressures, resulting in a humanitarian disaster in central Africa, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.

The Maoists are back in business killing innocent people and targeting the police and authorities. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had to admit last month at the DGPs' conference that Leftwing extremism was “the gravest internal security threat” to the country. Singh conceded that not much success has been achieved in containing the menace and that violence was on the increase. He said it required a nuanced strategy and a holistic approach.

New York: Member States of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) today elected 31 countries to join the governing body of the Paris-based agency for the next four years.

New Delhi: The Union Cabinet today approved the renewal of CGHS facilities to PIB Accredited journalists amidt strong protest by the representatives of the Press Association on the ground that the facility was only 'partially restored'.

LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party activists feel that the appointment of Akhilesh Yadav, son of SP president Mulayam Singh Yadav, as state president of the party has helped in rejuvenating it.