<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>UNICEF: News &amp; Videos about UNICEF - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/UNICEF</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about UNICEF from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:23:58 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>UNICEF: News &amp; Videos about UNICEF - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/1.0/logo/cnn.logo.rss.gif</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/UNICEF</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about UNICEF from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>Huge numbers of stunted children, says UN report</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/19/stunting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/11/19/stunting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Almost 200 million children under the age of five in the developing world suffer from stunted growth, according to a new U.N. report. But surprisingly, in the Middle East, wealthier countries have more of a problem than some poorer nations.</description><pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:53:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Counting the world's 'invisible' children</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/16/birth.registration.plan/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/11/16/birth.registration.plan/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Most people take their birth certificates for granted, but for millions of people around the world, they simply do not exist, causing them to miss out on fundamental rights, including access to free health care and education services, according to the Britain-based international charity Plan.</description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF: Poor nutrition is killing children, stunting growth</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/12/world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/12/world.hunger/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hunger is stunting hundreds of millions of children in the developing world, and more than 90 percent of them live in Africa and Asia, UNICEF says.</description><pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The mission to reclaim Sudan's lost child soldiers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/sudan.unicef.child.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/11/03/sudan.unicef.child.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>June 3    We arrive in the steamy small town of Awiel, with the various U.N. aircraft bringing us to this remote spot becoming progressively smaller with each segment of the trip. Now we will embark upon a multi-day road trip that will take us through three states in southern Sudan and close to the troubled areas of South Darfur in the north of Sudan.</description><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:04:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>How UNICEF became a Halloween treat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/29/tea.leoni.unicef/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/OPINION/10/29/tea.leoni.unicef/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>I grew up under the impression that I was the best trick-or-treater in the whole wide world, because my grandmother invented it!</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indonesian school deals with quake aftermath</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/indonesia.earthquake.school/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/10/05/indonesia.earthquake.school/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The first school assembly since the earthquake was charged with emotion and grief.</description><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 04:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Child tobacco farmers 'exposed to toxic levels of nicotine'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/25/child.tobacco.picking/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/25/child.tobacco.picking/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Hundreds of thousands of children worldwide are thought to be working full-time on tobacco farms, suffering from toxic levels of nicotine exposure and abusive labor conditions.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 11:42:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Behind the U.N. hoopla, a new agency for women emerges</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/24/UN.women/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/09/24/UN.women/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A parade of world leaders took the lectern at the United Nations on Wednesday. But days before the speeches on a host of issues, the global body quietly undertook an issue that often flies under the radar: Women.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 07:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>State-run media: Yemeni military kills 150 rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/20/yemen.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/20/yemen.violence/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Yemeni forces killed about 150 Shiite rebels Sunday in northwestern Yemen after the rebels tried to take over the presidential palace in Saada, breaching a recent cease-fire, state-run media reported.</description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Yemen military to probe report of deadly strike on civilians</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/18/yemen.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/09/18/yemen.airstrike/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Yemen's military opened an investigation Friday into reports that an airstrike intended for Shiite rebels mistakenly struck and killed displaced Yemeni civilians, a Yemen Embassy spokesman in the United States said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Concern over conditions in Sri Lankan camps</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/sri.lanka.camps/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/11/sri.lanka.camps/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Camps housing Sri Lankans displaced this year by fighting between the government and Tamil Tiger rebels are seriously overcrowded and at risk with the coming monsoon season, a British charity director said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF official ordered to leave Sri Lanka</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/08/sri.lanka.unicef.expulsion/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/08/sri.lanka.unicef.expulsion/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The expulsion of a U.N. official from Sri Lanka is final and he has to leave the country by September 21, the government has told the agency.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sri Lanka expels UNICEF official, agency says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/06/sri.lanka.unicef/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/09/06/sri.lanka.unicef/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Sri Lankan government has ordered a UNICEF official to leave the country, accusing him of spreading propaganda supporting Tamil rebels, the agency -- the United Nations Children's Fund -- told CNN Sunday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2009 07:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Despair, devastation in war-ravaged Swat Valley</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/pakistan.swat.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/07/25/pakistan.swat.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Gen. Nadeem Ahmad swirls the helicopter over Pakistan's ground zero. Below is the Swat Valley of North West Frontier Province.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jenna Hager: Key to Marriage Is Being Supportive</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20293616,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20293616,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The former first daughter also says her parents have slowly joined generation Blackberry</description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Brooklyn teens still on mission to serve</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/20/bia.journey.for.change.june/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/20/bia.journey.for.change.june/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Several of the kids who participated in "Journey for Change," a youth empowerment program founded by activist Malaak Compton-Rock, were asked to blog about their experiences last August when they traveled to South Africa. They have continued to blog about their journey and share what they've learned from their experiences after they returned home to Bushwick, Brooklyn.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF to reopen Baghdad office</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.unicef.reopens/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/30/iraq.unicef.reopens/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United Nations Children's Fund is reopening its office in Baghdad six years after leaving because of the conflict in Iraq, the agency announced Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Zimbabwe faces new cholera crisis</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/04/cholera.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/06/04/cholera.zimbabwe/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The worst cholera outbreak in Africa in 15 years has killed more than 4,000 Zimbabweans, and the crisis threatens to worsen when the rainy season hits, the U.N. Children's Fund said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. demands full access to Sri Lanka refugees</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/sri.lanka.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/05/19/sri.lanka.refugees/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United Nations is demanding full access to refugee camps that are home to an estimated quarter of a million people fleeing war in Sri Lanka, the United Nations Children's Fund said Tuesday.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2009 13:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sri Lankan army claims key rebel strongholds</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/sri.lanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/28/sri.lanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Sri Lankan army overran two Tamil Tiger rebel positions in the country's north on Tuesday, the military reported on its Web site.</description><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Sri Lankan army renews attack on Tamil rebels</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/srilanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/asiapcf/04/20/srilanka.fighting/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Sri Lankan army launched an operation against Tamil rebels in the country's north early Monday, the military said, claiming to have rescued thousands of civilians trapped in a government safe zone.</description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 01:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>African villages denounce female circumcision</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/15/niger.mutilation/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/04/15/niger.mutilation/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Ten villages in western Niger have publicly denounced the practice of female genital mutilation, according to a UNICEF report.</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>UNICEF 'deeply concerned' about marriage of 8-year-old</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/04/14/saudi.child.marriage/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The head of the U.N. 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It's a disease that affects the bowels and in its most severe form is characterized by acute watery diarrhoea that can lead to immediate death through severe dehydration and kidney failure.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jan 2009 18:31:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Improvements seen four years after the Indian Ocean tsunami</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/tsunami.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/12/25/tsunami.anniversary/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Four years since a 9.0-magnitude earthquake spawned massive walls of water that swept across the Indian Ocean, leaving more than 230,000 dead according to a United Nations estimate, improvements can be seen in many of the devastated areas, humanitarian groups said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 26 Dec 2008 04:42:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N.: Gunmen kill woman while trying to rape girl at camp</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/congo.camp.killing/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/11/21/congo.camp.killing/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Armed men entered a Congolese camp for displaced people Friday to kidnap and rape a girl, but when the girl screamed, the gunmen fired shots, killing a 20-year-old woman, a U.N. spokesman said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 21:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Some Pakistan Quake Victims Still Waiting for Aid</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855718,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1855718,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Relief workers are still finding mountain villages destroyed in the earthquake in southwestern Pakistan that have yet to receive aid</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Woman: 'They wanted to destroy my body and spirit'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/15/congo.women/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/15/congo.women/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Eve Ensler can't find the right words to describe what she's seen and heard.</description><pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 10:40:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gunmen kill UNICEF worker in Somalia</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/20/unicef.worker.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/10/20/unicef.worker.death/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Three gunmen shot and killed a United Nations staff member in southern Somalia on Sunday, the U.N. Children's Fund said Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 18:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Salma Hayek Leads Fight Against Tetanus</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20230761,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20230761,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>The actress lends her name to a UNICEF health campaign for mothers and babies</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Salma Hayek: Actress, Tetanus Crusader</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1846695,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,1846695,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>Hollywood mom Salma Hayek is lending her star power to a UNICEF campaign to eradicate tetanus</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Giving something back</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/25/charity.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/TRAVEL/09/25/charity.travel/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Making donations to charity is becoming an integral part of business travel. 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   who die before the age of five has declined by 27 percent over the
   last two decades, and the rate is expected to continue falling</description><pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2008 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indian flood victims face food shortages</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/india.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/31/india.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The piercing wails from little lungs fill the air at this makeshift relief camp in Bihar's flood-ravaged Purnia district.</description><pubDate>Mon, 01 Sep 2008 01:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Aid agencies scramble to help flood victims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/india.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/08/29/india.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The grinding misery triggered by the massive floods in a downtrodden part of northeastern India and across the border in Nepal persisted Friday, with government 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hindering relief efforts in Myanmar as humanitarian agencies attempt to get aid into the cyclone-ravaged country, a UNICEF spokesman said on Monday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 13:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Logistics hamper Myanmar relief</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/myanmar.relief/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/05/30/myanmar.relief/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Logistical challenges have kept help from reaching much of Myanmar's cyclone-ravaged Irrawaddy delta region, relief agencies reported Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2008 15:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Food costs strain efforts to save starving Ethiopian children</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/20/ethiopia.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/05/20/ethiopia.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>A year of drought and soaring food prices has threatened the lives of tens of thousands of Ethiopian children.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 10:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kidnapped kids going back to families</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/07/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/03/07/chad.children/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The 103 Chadian children whom six French charity workers were convicted of attempting to kidnap will soon be reunited with their families, the United Nations' children agency said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Gwyneth Paltrow Records PSA to Prevent the Spread of HIV</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180688,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20180688,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>Gwyneth Paltrow has filmed a public service announcement for UNICEF to help raise money to prevent children being born with the HIV virus.</description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 14:25:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>David Beckham 'Humbled' by Africa Visit</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20173803,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20173803,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>David Beckham's trip to West Africa made a profound impression on the soccer star.</description><pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:05:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>David Beckham Visits Sierra Leone for UNICEF</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20172948,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20172948,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>David Beckham made a secret trip to West Africa's Sierra Leone last weekend on behalf of the international children's charity UNICEF.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 21:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>All About: Water and Health</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/eco.about.water/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/12/17/eco.about.water/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The next time you fall sick and someone suggests it's because of something in the water, they could be right. According to the World Bank, 88 percent of all diseases are caused by unsafe drinking water, inadequate sanitation and poor hygiene.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:36:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Deadly cholera threatens Iraq's children</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/11/29/iraq.main/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Cholera deaths at a Baghdad orphanage and deteriorating water and sewage systems are spurring fears of a larger outbreak of the killer disease, the United Nations children's agency said.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Congo militia releases 232 child soldiers </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/17/congo.child.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/11/17/congo.child.soldiers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 200 children recruited to serve with militias in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been released by the fighters and are being returned to their families, an official for the U.N. children's agency said Saturday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 17 Nov 2007 19:16:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Britney Spears Raising Money for UNICEF</title><link>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159728,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</link><guid>http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20159728,00.html?xid=rss-fullcontentcnn</guid><description>While Britney Spears battles for custody of her own kids, she wants to help the rest of the children of the world by auctioning off a signed copy of her latest CD, Blackout.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N. reports cholera outbreak in northern Iraq </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.cholera/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/08/29/iraq.cholera/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>More than 2,000 Iraqis in the northern part of the country have contracted cholera, U.N. officials say, citing local authorities.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 08:54:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Jenna Bush to Wed Former Rove Aide
</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1653645,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description> President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush announced Thursday that their daughter Jenna is engaged to Henry Hager of Virginia</description><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Millions face flood disease threat</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/floods.health/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/07/floods.health/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The United Nations is warning of a massive "health crisis" in southern Asia, where 30 million people have been overwhelmed by the monsoonal rains and flash flooding sweeping across India, Nepal and Bangladesh.</description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 08:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Millions flee 'worst ever' floods</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/soasia.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/08/03/soasia.floods/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Monsoon rains in South Asia have driven millions from their homes and caused what the United Nations says is the worst flooding in living memory.</description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 01:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Iraqi kindergarten: Smiles and vows to fight</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.children/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/05/22/iraq.children/index.html</guid><description>At a recent kindergarten graduation ceremony, young girls smiled behind their brightly colored princess dresses and the boys showed off their best dress shirts. They sipped on juice boxes, played on swings and jumped on and off seesaws.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2007 20:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>PROBLEM NO. 2: HUNGER AND MALNUTRITION</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401350/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2007/03/05/8401350/index.htm</guid><description>THE BACKGROUND More than 850 million people live in a state of hunger. Malnutrition kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The majority of the hungry live in the ... </description><pubDate>Mon, 05 Mar 2007 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Problem no. 3: Hunger and malnutrition</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/24/magazines/business2/Prob3_HungerMalnutrution.biz2/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2007/01/24/magazines/business2/Prob3_HungerMalnutrution.biz2/index.htm</guid><description>The background: More than 850 million people live in a state of hunger. Malnutrition kills more people annually than AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis combined. The majority of the hungry live in the developing world, especially in India and sub-Saharan Africa.</description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2007 19:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Measles deaths down worldwide </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/19/world.measles/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/01/19/world.measles/index.html</guid><description>The number of people who died worldwide from measles has fallen 60 percent since 1999, a decrease being called an incredible achievement in global public health.</description><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>World's women work to find a better way</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/10/worlds.women/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/americas/10/10/worlds.women/index.html</guid><description>In Africa, 40 first ladies have banded together to use their positions to fight HIV and AIDS.</description><pubDate>Tue, 10 Oct 2006 19:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mideast crisis aid groups</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/help.center.int/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/07/19/help.center.int/index.html</guid><description>The following are links to aid group Web sites who are assisting civilians in the Mideast crisis (some sites may respond slowly due to increased traffic):</description><pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2006 13:38:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cause celebre: Celebrities and their causes</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/20/celeb.causes/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Movies/06/20/celeb.causes/index.html</guid><description>Refugees. Underprivileged children. Soldiers. Breast cancer. AIDS. Animal cruelty. Multiple sclerosis. Famine. Homelessness.</description><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2006 21:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to help: Refugee agencies</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/16/refugeeday.agencies/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/06/16/refugeeday.agencies/index.html</guid><description>The sixth annual World Refugee Day is Tuesday. The United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution in 2000 to remember refugees on a special day each year.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 16:27:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Indonesia quake: Where to donate</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/indo.quake.aid/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/28/indo.quake.aid/index.html</guid><description>International aid organizations are accepting donations to help victims of the earthquake in Indonesia. The groups include:</description><pubDate>Sun, 28 May 2006 07:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rocket kills 2 U.N. workers in Afghanistan</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/afghanistan.rocket/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/05/12/afghanistan.rocket/index.html</guid><description>Two UNICEF workers were killed and another seriously wounded in a rocket attack Friday in northwestern Afghanistan, an employee of the United Nations Children's Fund said.</description><pubDate>Fri, 12 May 2006 20:22:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quake zone goes to school</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/quakezone.schools/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/quakezone.schools/index.html</guid><description>Putting education first is common in Kashmir.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Apr 2006 22:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Schools get priority in quake zone</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/quake.schools.safety/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/04/03/quake.schools.safety/index.html</guid><description>Spring is on its way, emergency operations in the South Asian quake zone are slowly winding down and relief workers are shifting focus to reconstruction and recovery.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Apr 2006 02:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Search called off in Guatemala town</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/11/guatemala.flooding/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/americas/10/11/guatemala.flooding/index.html</guid><description>Guatemalan authorities called off the search Tuesday for bodies in Panabaj, where between 600 and 1,000 people may be buried under a mudslide that obliterated the town five days earlier.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Oct 2005 04:06:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Relief effort under way for quake victims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan.assistance/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/10/08/quake.pakistan.assistance/index.html</guid><description>The U.N. secretary-general has praised the international community for its response in assisting earthquake victims in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.</description><pubDate>Sat, 08 Oct 2005 12:30:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>On the trail of the celebrity activist</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/11/quest/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/08/11/quest/index.html</guid><description>(CNN) -- This month Richard's quest takes him on a journey to uncover the celebrity activist.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 14:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Exec. Director of UNICEF Carol Bellamy TalkAsia Interview Transcript</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/talkasia.bellamy.script/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/04/11/talkasia.bellamy.script/index.html</guid><description>Airdate: March 19th, 2005</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 09:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>'Too soon' for Tsunami adoptions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/06/tsunami.adoption/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/01/06/tsunami.adoption/index.html</guid><description>Government and aid agencies say it is too early to consider adopting children who may have been orphaned by the tsunami disaster.</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2005 14:32:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>The most vulnerable victims</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/overview.children/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/05/overview.children/index.html</guid><description>The children gather at a temple in Batapola, Sri Lanka -- laughing, playing and trying to forget.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 20:15:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Internet aids tsunami recovery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/01/05/tech.tsunami/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/01/05/tech.tsunami/index.html</guid><description>The Internet has played an unprecedented role supplying aid, money and information in the aftermath of the Indian Ocean tsunamis.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2005 14:44:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Traffickers threaten Aceh orphans</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/indonesia.children/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/asiapcf/01/04/indonesia.children/index.html</guid><description>Indonesian authorities have taken steps to protect displaced or orphaned children from traffickers after last week's tsunami disaster, barring people from leaving the country with children under 16 from its hard-hit Aceh province.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2005 23:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Tsunami death toll tops 118,000</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/30/asia.quake/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/12/30/asia.quake/index.html</guid><description>The death toll from Sunday's tsunamis has jumped to more than 118,000 after Indonesia reported nearly 80,000 people were killed in that country alone.</description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Dec 2004 06:41:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Corporate tsunami relief effort</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/29/news/fortune500/corporate_aid/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/29/news/fortune500/corporate_aid/index.htm</guid><description>Corporations around the world were reaching into their pockets Wednesday to help victims of Sunday's earthquake-triggered tsunamis in southern Asia, donating millions of dollars, supplies and services.</description><pubDate>Wed, 29 Dec 2004 23:47:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>U.N.: Millions of children in poverty</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/13/child.poverty/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/10/13/child.poverty/index.html</guid><description>A new UNICEF report finds that millions of children in Eastern Europe and Central Asia still live in poverty, despite economic progress being made in the region.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2004 10:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Flood health crisis looms in Dhaka</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/southasia.floods/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/07/29/southasia.floods/index.html</guid><description>A massive health crisis is looming in Bangladesh as sewage mixes with floodwaters swirling through Dhaka, the capital of the South Asian country.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2004 23:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>showbuzz</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/05/07/showbuzz/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2004/SHOWBIZ/05/07/showbuzz/index.html</guid><description>It didn't require much 007 derring-do, but former James Bond actor Roger Moore came to Queen Elizabeth II's rescue Friday, helping out when technical trouble prevented the monarch from unveiling a plaque.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2004 20:12:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Keep the Change!</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/05/01/367309/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/moneymag_archive/2004/05/01/367309/index.htm</guid><description>Our first reaction to this fund-raising appeal: Why'd UNICEF waste nickels that "could save a child's life"? A spokeswoman says it grossed $110,000 from the 275,000-nickel mailing. "More often than...</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2004 04:01:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>ARE YOU (MORE THAN) READY FOR A PAY RAISE? YOU PROBABLY HAVEN'T SEEN A SUBSTANTIAL ONE FOR SOME TIME, EVEN IN THIS BUOYANT ECONO</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234898/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/12/08/234898/index.htm</guid><description>What a splendid time this should be for you--and your paycheck. The economy is in the seventh year of a robust expansion, corporate profits are expanding at a rapid clip, and you, the great America...</description><pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 1997 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item></channel></rss>