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4,000 people from 110 countries delighted to receive Irish citizenship via @independent_ie

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4,000 people from 110 countries delighted to receive Irish citizenship via @independent_ie.

SOME had come looking for work and found love as well. Others had found love over the internet and crossed the ocean to settle in Ireland.   How all of the 4,000 people who officially became Ireland’s newest citizens yesterday came to set foot on Irish shores may have varied. Yet, they all had something in common, they had already become just a little bit Irish.

 

‘What lies ahead for us is uncertain’

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‘What lies ahead for us is uncertain’.

GENERATION EMIGRATION: This year’s journalism class at the University of Limerick began their course in 2008. Now, as they prepare to graduate, the students explain their plans for the future, and whether they will emigrate or remain at home

Banning the veil

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Banning the veil.

THE DANGEROUS folly of attempting to ban the public wearing of the veil has been highlighted by events in recent days in Belgium. The arrest of a young woman last week for breaching the country’s ban on the full face veil predictably provoked a riot, followed on Tuesday by an inflammatory intervention by the Flemish nationalist far right, certain to spark further violence. Vlaams Belang, a party with neo-Nazi roots, has offered a €250 reward to anyone who reports a veiled woman to the police.

Banning the veil

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Banning the veil.

THE DANGEROUS folly of attempting to ban the public wearing of the veil has been highlighted by events in recent days in Belgium. The arrest of a young woman last week for breaching the country’s ban on the full face veil predictably provoked a riot, followed on Tuesday by an inflammatory intervention by the Flemish nationalist far right, certain to spark further violence. Vlaams Belang, a party with neo-Nazi roots, has offered a €250 reward to anyone who reports a veiled woman to the police.

Britain moves on forced marriages

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Britain moves on forced marriages.

Forced marriage is “little more than slavery”, British prime minister David Cameron said as his government announced plans to make it a criminal offence.

Parents who force their children into a marriage will face jail in what Mr Cameron said was a “clear and strong message” that the practice would not be tolerated.

Euro’s survival needs shift in strategy | Irish Examiner

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Euro’s survival needs shift in strategy | Irish Examiner.

Rather than the austerity prescription Germany is promoting, the euro needs policies to promote growth and ease deficit targets to avoid sustained recession, writes Laura Tyson

FISCAL profligacy did not cause the sovereign-debt crisis engulfing Europe, and fiscal austerity will not solve it.

Saving the Lives of Mothers & Children

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Improving newborn health in EthiopiaCalling in a local birthing expertDelivering vaccines to more peopleKangaroo Mother Care in MalawiProtecting African children against AIDSTalking with mothers in India
Simple, inexpensive, life-changing medical techniquesSuccesses in infant health careReal lives, real progress, living proof.Mothers meeting in Uttar PradeshEnding mother-to-child HIV transmissionNew hope for the future
Looking forward to a healthy futureBehavior Change: Critical for Newborn SurvivalMelinda Gates' New Year’s Resolution: Help Deliver Effective, Inexpensive Health Services to Women and ChildrenA healthy start for every mother and childRapid and Remarkable: Rotavirus Vaccines Work Around the WorldThe Miracle of Vaccines
Groundbreaking Research Proves We Can Save Newborn Lives at ScaleSimple tools for healthy mothers and babiesSaving the youngest childrenMiracle of vaccinesSaving newborn lives in NigeriaLeadership + Innovation = Lives Saved

Africa on the Rise ~ L’Afrique à la hausse ~ A África em Ascensão ~ 非洲的崛起

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Developing seeds that meet the needs of local farmersProgress towards child health in GhanaEradicating polio one case at a timeProtecting cowpeas after harvestGreat progress against polio in NigeriaGrowing a better life
Thank You to All Global Health WorkersTurning coffee into cashLooking forward to a healthy futureGrowing a better future with sweet potatoes in Africa

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