ASIA ‘to eclipse’ US, Europe by 2030 - US report

US: Asia will wield more global power than the US and Europe combined by 2030, a forecast from the US intelligence community has found. Within two decades China will overtake the US as the world's largest economy, the report adds. It also warns of slower growth and falling living standards in advanced nations with ageing populations.

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UN announces MALALA PLAN

FRANCE: Pakistan and UNESCO have unveiled a new plan to get all the girls in the world into school by the end of 2015. Organizers named it the Malala Plan -- after Malala Yousafzai, the 15-year-old Pakistani activist who was shot in the head by the Taliban on October 9 for speaking out against the fanatics and promoting education for girls and women in her home region,

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