News/Feature word list--11/07/2013

If the dazzling sites of this golden Burmese city don’t take your breath away… then the searing temperatures certainly will.

Asiana 214: Plane evacuated 90 seconds after crash 

The evacuation began 90 seconds after the Boeing 777 skidded to a stop - only after a flight attendant spotted fire outside the wreck, the official said.

order passengers to evacuate.

[WHO] also confirmed some of the evacuation slides had inflated inside the aircraft as it bounced (rebound) along the ground, injuring a flight attendant and possibly hindering passengers' escape.

skewed sex ratio at birth

momentum: strength gained by events or motion/movement

impressive stride

set the divorce proceedings in motion

legal action: proceeding

expand access to / unlock the access to

live on less than 1.25 a day

we've asked the world what they want. here is a sneak peek.

Be part of it now:

quick facts on gender equality: 

poverty rates halved

target within reach

Where are we in making the world poverty free? Stay tuned for the new ‪#‎MDG‬ report coming out next Monday. ‪#‎MDGmomentum‬

destinations to try out  

JOIN THE DEBATE!

6th June - (9am – 1pm East Africa Time) In-depth Expert discussion on High Level Panel Report

WHOs are holding an expert roundtable to draw out the main issues arising from the Post 2015  Report. Does it meet the expectations arising from the thousands of consultations that took place in Africa and around the world?
Join us! Follow this event in live streaming on:
http://www.worldwewant2015.org/

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Join the discussion on Twitter using the hashtag ‪#‎POST2015HLP‬ and let us know your thoughts on [what] on the ... Agenda!

Watch live: Discussion of the 

on the agenda

Today marks the first-ever Intl Day

Watch this video and SHARE to help raise the awareness.

“We think too much and feel too little.
More than machinery, we need humanity.
More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness.”
- Charlie Chaplin

commit $40 billion on aid and development projects in Africa in the past decade.

share your priority issues 

which issues can help improve ____? VOTE and make your voice heard. 

call for an end to Syrian crisis

reinvent global decision-making

for the first time in history, the United Nations (UN) are engaging people all around the world in shaping a global agenda: the next development goals.

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