U.S. Opposition to Breast-Feeding Resolution Stuns World Health Officials – The New York Times

A resolution to encourage breast-feeding was expected to be approved quickly and easily by the hundreds of government delegates who gathered this spring in Geneva for the United Nations-affiliated World Health Assembly. Based on decades of research, the resolution says that mother’s milk is healthiest for children and countries should strive to limit the inaccurate…

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WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange’s Isolation Deepens – WSJ

Ecuador’s decision to pull the plug on Julian Assange’s internet connection has highlighted the isolation of WikiLeaks, the organization he founded to expose the inner workings of governments and other powerful institutions. Some former allies and observers say that after four years confined to the Ecuadorean Embassy in London, Mr. Assange is alienating former supporters…

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Ecuador Earthquake: State of Emergency Declared After at Least 272 Killed – NBC News

  The death toll from a powerful earthquake that shook Ecuador’s northwestern coast soared to 272 on Sunday, and hundreds more pepole were wounded, the office of the nation’s president said. Ecuador was in a state of emergency Sunday after the magnitude-7.8 earthquake flattened buildings and ravaged towns just before 7 p.m. (8 p.m. ET)…

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