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...Geneva Safety First Accidental injury kills more than 2,000 children worldwide each day, according to the World Report on Child Injury Prevention, released by the World Health Organization and UNICEF on Dec. 9. While around 95% of these fatal accidents occur in developing countries, unintentional injuries account for 40% of child deaths in the developed world as well. The report suggests that the number of deaths could be cut in half if proven prevention methods such as helmet and seat-belt laws were more widely adopted...
...last governor before Blagojevich to be charged with a felony was the last governor Illinois had before Blagojevich, George Ryan. Prior to taking office, the cigar-chomping wheeler-dealer served two terms as secretary of state, from 1991-1999. In 1994, a fatal truck accident outside Ryan's office inadvertently exposed a scheme to trade truck operators' licenses for political contributions. The subsequent investigation, called Operation Safe Road, took years to complete; when it was done, 79 people were charged, including Ryan. The former governor was found guilty on 18 felony counts, including racketeering conspiracy, mail fraud, tax fraud...
...Movement," as it came to be known, was a grass-roots effort to fight the ill effects of capital-driven globalization. Two years later, in 2001, the movement came to a head at the G-8 summit in Genoa, which was marked by three days of violence and the fatal shooting by Italian police of a 23-year-old protester. Only the attacks on Sept. 11, seven weeks after the chaos in Genoa, diverted the debate from global capitalism to global terrorism. Now, the so-called No Global protesters, feeling vindicated perhaps by the financial crisis and the coming wave...
...Falls:Everywhere in the world, this one is a killer - and everywhere, boys are at the greatest risk. Hazardous environments, low maternal education, caregiver stress and unemployment are highly associated with fatal falls, which claim 47,000 kids and teens annually, or 129 each day. And for every fall that proves lethal, there are an astounding 690 other kids who are hurt seriously enough to miss school or work. Those nonfatal falls are the most common reasons for visits to hospitals and for long-term disability. Childhood and public-information programs, redesigns of nursery furniture and playground equipment, and laws...
...incident is the first outbreak on a Hong Kong farm since 2002, when nearly a million birds were slaughtered after dozens died of the flu. No human cases were reported that year in Hong Kong, but two people died in mainland China from the virus in 2003. (Globally, 246 fatal cases have been reported to date, according to WHO.) Hong Kong has since taken aggressive measures to limit outbreaks by vaccinating birds against the virus and reducing the number of live-poultry sellers licensed to operated in the city...