This could allow us to divide the general population into risk categories, in order to better target monitoring and preventative strategies, such as screening for breast and bowel cancer, to those at greatest risk.

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"Social networks are about connecting people with other people - if one person is the target of police monitoring, there will be a dragnet effect in which dozens, even hundreds, of innocent users also come under surveillance, " said Gus Hosein, the group's executive director.

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According to United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, which has been monitoring this target, it seems unlikely that this will be achieved, with more than 60 million children still missing out on primary school.

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The possibility of midwives asking their patients more questions about the procedure comes after the Crown Prosecution Service launched an action plan in November to target FGM and moves by the Royal College of Midwives to improve its own monitoring efforts.

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And the machines can only test for one event at a time--say, monitoring one enzyme's activity or seeing if a compound binds to a target on a cell.

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According to the States Strategic Monitoring Report plans to create more social housing were 70 new homes short of its 300 target.

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In Edinburgh, 18 out of 38 air quality monitoring sites breached acceptable levels of the pollutant, while Aberdeen Council expressed concern over meeting the target near busy roads, the charity said.

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