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Bjorn Lomborg on World Problems
- Watch this video from TED featuring Economist Bjorn Lomborg on HowStuffWorks. Lomborg makes a persuasive case for prioritizing the world's biggest problems. His recommendations controversially place global warming at the bottom of the list (and AIDS prevention at the top). See how AIDS and global warming work in this video from TED (www.ted.com)
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Adoption Plans for Angelina Jolie
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Watch this video about Angelina Jolie's adoption plans on HowStuffWorks. The Hollywood superstar has applied to adopt a child living in an orphanage in southern Vietnam. The adoption could take about four months to process but since Jolie has... More »
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Ashraf Ghani Talks About the United Nations
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Watch this video from TED featuring Ashraf Ghani on HowStuffWorks. Ashraf Ghani is the former Finance Minister of Afghanistan, and a candidate to succeed Kofi Annan as Secretary General of the United Nations. See how the United Nations works in this... More »
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Bono Talks on Lifting Africa Out of Poverty
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Watch this video from TED featuring Rock star and activist Bono on HowStuffWorks. Bono, the Grammy-award winning and pop icon, accepts the 2005 TEDPrize with a riveting talk about our moral obligation (and economic incentive) to help lift Africa out... More »
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Caring for Children in Georgia, from UNICEF
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Watch this UNICEF video about family structures in Russia on HowStuffWorks. Institutionalization of children was common in Georgia when it was a part of the former Soviet Union. Now UNICEF is promoting family centers and helping socially withdrawn... More »
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Childhood Soldier Looks Back, from UNICEF
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At the Free Children from War conference in France, former childhood soldiers Israel Beah discusses the challenges and problems with gangs and rival factions - even governments - recruiting children and youths to fight.
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Children with Disabilities Speak Up at UN
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Watch this UNICEF video about disabled children around the world on HowStuffWorks. Disabled children from around the world address the UN about issues affecting other similarly-affected children in their own countries. They lobbied world leaders to... More »
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Chinese Adoption Law
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Watch this video about China's new adoption laws. Because China has such a high demand from foreigners for adopted babies, China is tightening its adoption laws. See how adoption works in this news video from Reuters.
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Chinese Families in Poverty, from UNICEF
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Watch this UNICEF video about escaping poverty on HowStuffWorks. Children all over China are forced to drop out of school to help tend the fields, but thanks to a grant from the Government, some families are subsidizing farming families to allow... More »
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