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By Patrick Worsnip UNITED NATIONS, April 3 (Reuters) - Efforts to reduce the number of children dying of HIV/AIDS have made some progress but still fall well short of targets, the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF reported on Thursday. Last year, an estimated 2.1 million children worldwide were infected with HIV [...]

The youth support team is a new tier-two, wraparound service aimed at supporting young people and families (11-19) who are clearly at risk but who wouldn’t meet the threshold for social services intervention. We are funded to reduce Neets (young people not in education, employment or training), by offering a multi-agency response.The service is all [...]

The Qur’an was revealed over a period of more than 20 years, with the prophet Muhammad receiving the first revelation in AD610 in the Cave of Hira, near Mecca. He was told: “Read in the name of your Lord who created, created man from a clot. Read, for your Lord is most generous, Who teaches [...]

The Mallory clan is heading for the top of Mount Everest – and not just because it’s there.Barrie insurance broker Dan Mallory, his wife, Barbara, and three grown children have set their sights on the planet’s tallest peak because they think they can make it to the summit together. If they can, they say [...]

The survey appears to back warnings of a worsening doctor shortage: more than 4,000 physicians plan to stop practising within the next two years, the data suggest.In addition, 35% of doctors who responded to the census survey said they plan to cut back on their hours over the next two years. Doctors work an average [...]

From right to left on the whiteboard Shazia Siddique writes the names of the five seasons in Urdu - yes there are five, including the rainy season - and explains to her attentive class of year 9s that by the end of the lesson they should be able to read, write and speak about them [...]

After a long fight, Gurkhas serving as part of the British army last year won equal rights and status to their British counterparts, allowing them to apply to settle in the UK and gain British citizenship. But their battle for equality is not yet over. A government oversight has meant the children of serving Gurkha [...]

A campaign drawing in parents, businesses, teachers and pupils to help schools raise their game in use of technology has been launched by the educational technology agency, Becta. Next Generation Learning is the result of a Becta survey back in 2006 that found only 20% of schools were making best use of technology - even [...]

VANCOUVER %26#151; Blair Kovacs recently sold a full suite of tiny video cameras embedded into shaving-cream canisters, bedside radio alarm clocks and other household items to a man who suspected his wife was having an extramarital affair.
The man told Mr. Kovacs he and his wife were taking a trip to their cottage, and he wanted [...]

Group Therapy is a relationship advice column that asks readers to contribute their wisdom. Each week, we offer up a problem for you to weigh in on, then publish the most lively responses, with a final word on the matter delivered by our columnist, Claudia Dey.
A reader writes: Almost a year ago, I met a [...]