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ALIGARH: Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) is all set to open five centers across the country. The union human resources development ministry has accepted the proposal of the university for the purpose. The project would cost Rs 2000 crores.

The impact of the illicit drug trade on Guinea-Bissau should not be underestimated, the top United Nations political official said today, warning that the scourge threatens to undo the important progress achieved by the post-conflict nation.

Drug trafficking and the violence committed by its associated organized crime is the biggest threat to public safety in the Americas, according to the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Popular Australian children's entertainers and United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Goodwill Ambassadors, The Wiggles, have created a catchy tune to help motivate millions of children worldwide to transform the mundane act of handwashing into an enjoyable habit, thereby improving hygiene and reducing the risk of disease.

Work has begun on a new year-long United Nations study aimed at helping the world's estimated 370 million indigenous people achieve their right to education.

Around 100 people are believed to have died off the coast of Yemen after being forced overboard by smugglers in the Gulf of Aden, the United Nations refugee agency reported.

Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today spoke out against the recent killing of aid workers in Somalia and Afghanistan, condemning the murders and voicing alarm at the increasing number of attacks against humanitarian staff in both countries.

The global financial crisis which surfaced in August 2007 had its origin in the meltdown of the US housing market. Pursuant to this crisis and news about the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers on September 15, 2008, Indian stock markets have witnessed a fall.

New Delhi: After Samajwadi Party and Bahujan Samajwadi Party demanding a judicial probe into the Batla house encounter government's two key allies Rashtriya Janta Dal and Lok Jan Shakti Party have now jumped into the fray demanding a similar probe into the incident.

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader and former Chief Minster of Madhya Pradesh Digvijay Singh on Sunday asked Indian Muslims to side with secular forces to fight against fascist and communal forces.