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    Jordan- Nurses receive training on treatment of breast cancer patients
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    In addition to designing the localised nursing curriculum, ONS donated its comprehensive text on breast cancer care, "Site Specific Cancer Series: Breast Cancer, for use and adaptation by the US-Middle East Partnership" The text has been translated into Arabic and will be made available on the partnership's website (www.bcpartnership.org) for workshop participants and other nurses in the region to have as a resource. Full Article at Middle East North Africa Financial Network
    Site Specific Cancer Series: Breast Cancer, for use and adaptation by the US-Middle East Partnership
    SOURCE: Middle East North Africa Financial Network 4 weeks ago

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  1. A worker dries fish at a processing facility on the outskirts of Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, December 7, 2009. The dried fish, which weighs around 5 kg (11 lb) each, costs 56 yuan (about 8.2 USD) per kilo, local media said.
  2. A North Korean soldier looks south as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (not pictured) visits the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from the South in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul December 7, 2009. The United States, Japan and South Korea are working on a road map for ending North Korea's nuclear arms plans that could be on the agenda for a U.S. envoy's visit to Pyongyang this week, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported. Stephen Bosworth, the first envoy sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the North, is expected to arrive in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a three-day stay where he will likely meet top North Korean officials but not leader Kim Jong-il.
  3. A North Korean soldier looks south as Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper (not pictured) visits the truce village of Panmunjom in the demilitarized zone separating North Korea from the South in Paju, about 55 km (34 miles) north of Seoul December 7, 2009. The United States, Japan and South Korea are working on a road map for ending North Korea's nuclear arms plans that could be on the agenda for a U.S. envoy's visit to Pyongyang this week, Japan's Asahi newspaper reported. Stephen Bosworth, the first envoy sent by U.S. President Barack Obama to the North, is expected to arrive in Pyongyang on Tuesday for a three-day stay where he will likely meet top North Korean officials but not leader Kim Jong-il.
  4. Vehicles are on fire after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. A suicide bomber struck outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing people in a fiery reminder of the threat militants pose to the U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country.
  5. People carry an injured man to a hospital, after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. A suicide bomber struck outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing people in a fiery reminder of the threat militants pose to the U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country.
  6. Japan's Ai Fukuhara serves the ball as she and Kasumi Ishikawa (not seen) play against Hong Kong's Lin Ling and Zhang Rui in the women's doubles table tennis semifinal match at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 7, 2009.
  7. An activist dressed as a crocodile is being carried through a traffic jam on a busy street during a march demanding world leaders to take action to stop climate change in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata December 7, 2009. The biggest climate meeting in history, with 15,000 participants from 192 nations, begins in Copenhagen on Monday seeking to agree curbs on greenhouse gas emissions and raise billions of dollars for the poor in aid and clean technology.
  8. Chairman of the Czech Social Democratic Party Jiri Paroubek (R) and Chairman of German Social Party (SPD) Sigmar Gabriel stand in a tram as they take public transport to attend the opening session of the PES Congress in Prague, December 7, 2009.
  9. WORKINGTON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: School children walk over the newly completed Barker Crossing across the River Derwent, flanked by a guard of honour from the Royal Engineers, who built the bridge, on December 7, 2009 in Workington, England. Workington's new Barker Crossing, built by the Army, is named after Pc Bill Barker who died when nearby Northside Bridge collapsed. He had been trying to clear people from the unstable bridge at the height of floods on 20 November. The town of Workington was split in half by the floods when bridges collapsed and buckled under the torrential rain but has now been reconnected by the Royal Engineers built footbridge.
  10. WORKINGTON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: A school boy walks over the new completed Barker Crossing across the River Derwent, flanked by a guard of honour from the Royal Engineers, who built the bridge, on December 7, 2009 in Workington, England. Workington's new Barker Crossing, built by the Army, is named after Pc Bill Barker who died when nearby Northside Bridge collapsed. He had been trying to clear people from the unstable bridge at the height of floods on 20 November. The town of Workington was split in half by the floods when bridges collapsed and buckled under the torrential rain but has now been reconnected by the Royal Engineers built footbridge.
  11. Injured people are seen at a roadside after a suicide bombing in Peshawar, Pakistan on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. A suicide bomber struck outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing people in a fiery reminder of the threat militants pose to the U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country.
  12. People wait for ambulances to rush the injured after a suicide bombing in Peshwar, Pakistan on Monday, Dec. 7, 2009. A suicide bomber struck outside a court building in the main northwest city of Peshawar, killing people in a fiery reminder of the threat militants pose to the U.S.-allied, nuclear-armed country.
  13. Incumbent President Traian Basescu holds a flag while waving to supporters at the end of the presidential elections runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Incumbent President Traian Basescu was slightly ahead in a tight presidential runoff in Romania, election authorities said Monday, in an election Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years. With 95.7 percent of the vote counted, election authorities said centrist Basescu polled 50.43 percent of the vote, while former foreign minister Mircea Geoana received 49.57 percent.
  14. WORKINGTON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 07: School children walk over the newly completed Barker Crossing across the River Derwent, flanked by a guard of honour from the Royal Engineers, who built the bridge, on December 7, 2009 in Workington, England. Workington's new Barker Crossing, built by the Army, is named after Pc Bill Barker who died when nearby Northside Bridge collapsed. He had been trying to clear people from the unstable bridge at the height of floods on 20 November. The town of Workington was split in half by the floods when bridges collapsed and buckled under the torrential rain but has now been reconnected by the Royal Engineers built footbridge.
  15. A replica of tyrannosaurus rex stands behind exhibition officials, during a media event of the "Playing with Dinosaurs" exhibition at the National Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Monday, Dec. 7, 2009, in Taipei, Taiwan. The exhibition starts from Dec. 12, 2009 to Apr. 5, 2010.
  16. PERTH, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Anthony Morabito of the Dockers runs during a Fremantle Dockers AFL training session at Santich Park on December 7, 2009 in Fremantle, Australia.
  17. ADELAIDE, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Chris Gayle of the West Indies leaves the field undefeated on 155 at the end play on day four of the Second Test Match between Australia and the West Indies at Adelaide Oval on December 7, 2009 in Adelaide, Australia.
  18. PERTH, AUSTRALIA - DECEMBER 07: Casey Sibisado of the Dockers runs during a Fremantle Dockers AFL training session at Santich Park on December 7, 2009 in Fremantle, Australia.