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Global Guidelines on Land Tenure Making Headway in Latin America
2016-04-07 01:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: Voluntary guidelines on land tenure adopted by the international community to combat the growing concentration of land ownership and improve secure access to land have begun to make headway in Latin America, a region that is a leader in the fight against hunger and that is taking firm steps towards achieving food security. "The guidelines are an absolutely political document, which helps even out the playing field," promoting dialogue and negotiation, said Sergio Gmez, a consultant with the...
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Railway Wi-Fi Suppliers Make Headway as Speakers Announced for Trains Communications Systems 2016
2016-02-17 16:54:00| Railway Technology
It's a sign of the times, two of the leading suppliers of Wi-Fi on train systems have this week cut deals that tie them ever closer to train operating companies.
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Volunteers in Detroit making headway on high school remodeling project
2015-06-13 12:32:10| Automakers - Topix.net
Detroit- A non-profit has gathered thousands of volunteers to overhaul a crumbling Detroit school and improve the surrounding area through the summer. Life Remodeled kicked off the project on Friday at Osborn High School.
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VA makes little headway in fight to shorten waits for care
2015-04-09 15:45:14| Apparel - Topix.net
In this March 11, 2015 photo, U.S. Army veteran Henry Banks, Sr., waits for prescription drugs in a pharmacy waiting room inside the Fayetteville Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Fayetteville, N.C. on March 11. The hospital's director since 2010, Elizabeth Goolsby, cites the VA's failure to expand quickly as a primary reason for why eastern North Carolina now has some of the longest waits for care in the country.
VA makes little headway in fight to shorten waits for care
2015-04-09 12:57:52| Footwear - Topix.net
A year after Americans recoiled at new revelations that sick veterans were getting sicker while languishing on waiting lists - and months after the Department of Veterans Affairs instituted major reforms - government data shows that the number of patients facing long waits at VA facilities has not dropped at all. No one expected that the VA mess could be fixed overnight.