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	July 14, 2011 | News covering the UN and the world Sign up  |  E-Mail this  |  Donate South Sudan is poised to become UN's 193rd member The UN General Assembly was scheduled to vote today to approve the Republic of South Sudan as the 193rd member of the world body. The powerful Security Council on Wednesday recommended admission for the world's newest country, in which 7,000 UN peacekeepers and 900 civilian police will be deployed. Bloomberg (7/13)      UN: Afghan civilian deaths are rising  ICRC: Somali malnutrition soars  Girls in Jordan learn science at camp  EU overhauls fishing rules  Bomb blasts terrorize Mumbai  Career Center  Skip to a section:  United Nations | Health & Development | Women & Girls | Climate and Energy | Peacekeeping and Security "Agencies Seek Immediate, Long-Term Solutions for Horn of Africa: http://ht.ly/5DHLd" @unfoundation "Mumbai is no stranger to such attacks. In 2008, Gunmen and suicide bombers killed 170 people in 10 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks throughout the city." UN Dispatch UN: Afghan civilian deaths are rising Civilian deaths in Afghanistan have reached their highest level since U.S.-led forces entered the country to dislodge the Taliban from power a decade ago, the United Nations Afghanistan mission says. The death rate rose 15% during the first half of 2011 as compared with the same period in 2010, which the UN attributes in part to increased ground combat and suicide attacks. AlertNet/Reuters (7/14)      Other News U.S. company is fined over bribes to win UN armor contract The Washington Post (7/13)      ICRC: Somali malnutrition soars The number of children facing death by starvation in Somalia has almost doubled since March and the country's child malnutrition rate is now the highest in the world, the International Committee of the Red Cross warns. Aid agencies have struggled to reach Somalis affected by drought due to security concerns across the conflict-ravaged country. AlertNet/Reuters (7/13)      Drugs can help prevent HIV/AIDS transmission HIV/AIDS drugs can be used to provide additional protection against infection as well as for treatment of those already affect by the disease, according to results of two studies conducted in Africa. Officials from UNAIDS and WHO hailed the findings, presented ahead of an international HIV/AIDS conference in Italy, as an important examination of the vital role antiretroviral drugs play in the battle against HIV/AIDS transmission. BBC (7/13)        CIA plot could undermine Pakistani vaccination programs Fears are spreading that the use by the Central Intelligence Agency of a covert vaccination program to try to obtain DNA evidence linking Osama bin Laden to a stronghold in Pakistan could fuel anti-vaccination conspiracy theories, resulting in children there, and elsewhere, not being vaccinated against polio, measles and hepatitis. The Guardian (London) (7/13)        Other News Researchers pursue hand-held malaria-detection device BBC (7/13)      Girls in Jordan learn science at camp Dozens of young Jordanian girls from poor families are participating SciGirls, a two-week science camp aimed at increasing participants' knowledge and confidence for university-level studies. Yara Sifri, a 17-year old Palestinian-Canadian girl who started SciGirls, hopes to make the summer camp an annual event. CNN (7/12)      EU overhauls fishing rules The head of fisheries for the EU, in a bid to ensure sustainable levels of fish on the continent by 2015, is proposing the biggest shake-up in 40 years of regulations governing rapidly declining stocks. Among the proposed reforms are targets and time frames to stop overfishing, as well as changes to the current quota systems. The Guardian (London) (7/13)      Scientists seek help against Indian Ocean piracy Navy forces from the U.S. and Australia will help climate scientists deploy measuring devices in the Indian Ocean to track climate and weather patterns. Scientists are looking to measure salinity and water temperatures there as part of a global network of tracking devices but have been unable to access the area due to pirate activity. AlertNet/Reuters (7/14)      Bomb blasts terrorize Mumbai Authorities in Mumbai, India, were sorting through evidence at the scenes of three coordinated bomb attacks for which there are no suspects, and no group has yet claimed responsibility. At least 18 people were killed, and 141 were injured, in what officials were calling terrorist attacks on a jewelry market, the opera house and a crowded neighborhood. The Washington Post (7/14), The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/13)        Talks are under way to extend U.S. troop presence in Iraq U.S. and Iraqi officials are quietly discussing the potential terms for U.S. forces to remain in country beyond a withdrawal deadline later this year in response to a string of deadly attacks by Sunni and Shiite militias. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (7/14)      Death of Afghan power broker complicates U.S. role The deadly suicide bombing today at a memorial service for southern Afghan leader Ahmed Wali Karzai, who was assassinated this week, appeared to signal the start of a violent struggle to fill the vacuum left behind by the power broker's death. The effect of Karzai's death on U.S. plans to keep order in the country's south, while withdrawing troops, was unclear. 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