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The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: Background and Policy Issues, Luisa Blanchfield, Specialist in International Relations, December 2, 2009 “U.S. ratification of the United Nations (U.N.) Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereafter referred to as CRC or the Convention) may be a key area of focus during the 111th …
Cars and Climate: What Can EPA Do to Control Greenhouse Gases from Mobil Sources – James E. McCarthy, Specialist in Environmental Policy, December 9, 2009. “EPA has received 10 petitions asking that it make endangerment findings and proceed to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases. Nine of the 10 petitions address mobile sources, including motor vehicles, …
“Each week CDC analyzes information about influenza disease activity in the United States and publishes findings of key flu indicators in a report called FluView. During the week of December 20-26, 2009, certain key indicators decreased, others increased, and still others remained the same compared to the previous week. Below is a summary of the …
Pew Research Center: End of Communism Cheered but Now with More Reservations – The Pulse of Europe 2009: 20 Years After the Fall of the Berlin Wall “Nearly two decades after the fall of the Berlin Wall, publics of former Iron Curtain countries generally look back approvingly at the collapse of communism. Majorities of people …
