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Digital production center for Costa Rican youth opens with MDG-F backing

The Center for Technology and Arts will train 60 at-risk youth in 3D animation and production at San Jose's Parque la Libertad cultural center.

UNDP head: It's time for Equity and Justice

Helen Clark lays out strategies for overcoming extreme inequalities worldwide and says sheer magnitude of disparities undermines progress on the MDGs.

China is first developing country to reach MDG of halving its poverty rate

Number of poor Chinese has decreased from 94 million in 2000 to 27 million.

Human Rights Watch urges Yemen to ban child marriages

Group cites political change as opportunity to set minimum age for marriage at 18.

UN praises G-20 decision to exempt food from export restrictions

WFP says declaration will ensure that vital food assistance continues to reach most vulnerable.

Norway at the top, DR Congo at the bottom of UNDP's Human Development Report

Norway, Australia and the Netherlands lead the world in annual ranking of achievements in health, education and income, while Democratic Republic of the Congo, Niger and Burundi are at the bottom of Human Development Index.

UNEP: Use of natural resources outpacing population growth

New report show global use of natural resources grew more than 40 % from 1992 to 2005.