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UNHCR calls on EU Presidency to address statelessness

Sunday, 25 January 2015, 07:36 Last update: about 12 years ago

The United Nations has called on the European Union's Latvian Presidency to encourage the remaining EU member states that have not yet done so to accede to the 1954 Convention Status of Stateless...

Maltese actors with disability perform in Turkey

Sunday, 21 December 2014, 09:00 Last update: about 13 years ago Kevin Schembri Orland

Justin Spiteri, an autistic man with a passion for drama, has recently taken part in an international acting event held in Turkey. The project, which was called the 'Creative Way', saw Turkey...

A fresh setback for efforts to cure HIV infection

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 21:23 Last update: about 13 years ago Associated Press

Researchers are reporting another disappointment for efforts to cure infection with the AIDS virus. Six patients given blood-cell transplants similar to one that cured a man known as "the Berlin...

Irish face new abortion row over brain-dead woman

Thursday, 18 December 2014, 21:13 Last update: about 13 years ago

Ireland is debating its ban on abortion again as doctors keep a brain-dead pregnant woman on life support, awaiting a judge's verdict on what do to with the living fetus. Irish media reported...

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