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Family planning, higher education are priorities globally, reveals survey

Family planning, higher education and quality time with loved ones are priorities for people around the world, according to a new global Nielsen survey focusing on lifestyle values released yesterday. The Nielsen poll of more than 29,000 people in 58 countries also showed that most people think women should have a say in important household ...        

Syria war imperils education of 2.5 million children-aid agency

* Syria worst in world for attacks affecting education * Save the Children calls for more aid for education * Report coincides with UN speech by Pakistani schoolgirl LONDON, July 12 (Reuters) - More than a fifth of Syria's schools have been destroyed or made unusable in more than two years of conflict, jeopardising the education of 2.5 million young people, Save The Children aid agency reported ...