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Published: 09/22/10

Obama: The Goal is Development, Not Aid

By  not in system - AOL News
Obama: The Goal is Development, Not Aid

"The U.S. is changing the way we do business." With those words, President Obama, who arrived in New York Wednesday and took center stage late afternoon on Day 3 of the massive United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit, announced an ambitious, even radical, overhaul of American foreign policy, investment, and practice: the U.S. Global Development Policy. The project marks the first time development has been given such a high priority in an administration, calling for development to be seen as a "core pillar" in American power. ...

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Published: 09/22/10

Obama's Radical Foreign Policy Plan: The Goal is Development, Not Aid

By  Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily
Obama's Radical Foreign Policy Plan: The Goal is Development, Not Aid

NEW YORK -- "The U.S. is changing the way we do business." With those words, President Obama, who arrived here Wednesday and took center stage late afternoon on Day 3 of the massive United Nations Millennium Development Goals Summit, announced an ambitious, even radical, overhaul of American foreign policy, investment, and practice: the U.S. Global Development Policy. The project marks the first time development has been given such a high priority in an administration, calling for development to be seen as a "core pillar" in American power. Acknowledging that while great progress had been ...

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Published: 09/20/10

Reducing Maternal Deaths Is Top Goal of UN Summit

By  Betwa Sharma - AOL News
Reducing Maternal Deaths Is Top Goal of UN Summit

NEW YORK (Sept. 20) -- Ticktock, ticktock ... an inexorable beat began at 9 this morning in the heart of Times Square, a grim reminder of the hundreds of thousands of women who die each year from complications of childbirth. The digital billboard clock, set up by Amnesty International, will tick for three days while world leaders at the United Nations renew their commitments to fulfill the most basic needs of people around the world: food, water, basic health care and sanitation. Spencer Platt, Getty Images U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks at the opening of the Millennium ...

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Published: 06/11/10

Melinda Gates on 350,000 Childbirth Deaths: 'We Can Prevent Most'

By  Sarah Wildman - Politics Daily
Melinda Gates on 350,000 Childbirth Deaths: 'We Can Prevent Most'

Ashley Judd. Former President Michelle Bachelet of Chile. Former Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zealand. Former Irish President and former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson. Journalist Christiane Amanpour. Model Christy Turlington. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon. Singer Annie Lennox. Philanthropist Melinda Gates. All in Washington to discuss one thing: No woman should die giving life. And yet they are dying, in droves. Some 350,000 women lose their lives each year giving birth or through complications of childbearing. It's a number that the 3,500 attendees, from ...

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