One of the U.N.Millennium Development Goals is to reduce the under-five death rate by two-thirds by two thousand fifteen.

VOA: special.2009.09.28

In recent months, Iran has begun installing at nuclear sites hundreds of more-advanced centrifuge machines capable of producing fuel at three times the current rate, according to U.S. and U.N. officials.

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U.N. statistics show South Africa has the second highest rate of shooting deaths in the world, second only to Colombia.

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Even though big-box centers across the U.S. still are struggling with vacancies lingering from the liquidation of retailers such as Borders, Circuit City and Linens N' Things, the industry's average vacancy rate has declined in recent years.

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