International organizations reported numerous human rights violations by both sides.

These haven t disappeared, of course, but they are proving to be indefensible outside of a framework capable of addressing common threats and opportunities.

Scholarly studies and research projects have established what common sense might already have told us if you educate a boy, you educate a person but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.

We blamed unusual wind conditions in the Arctic that year. But satellite data since then have proven us wrong.

A World Health Organization study established that in Africa, children of mothers who have received five years of education are 40 more likely to live beyond the age of 5.

Infection or inflammation of the prostate (prostatitis) may increase the chance for prostate cancer while another study shows infection may help prevent prostate cancer by increasing blood to the area.

With the collapse of the planned economy in 1991, Russia proved to be not so much a developed as a misdeveloped country, unable to sell most of its products in non captive markets.

Boko Haram, whose primary objective is to compel Nigeria to adopt Sharia law, has proved surprisingly resilient since declaring war on the government in 2009, in response to the military s execution of its leader, Mohammed Yusuf.

No action has been proven to do more for the human race than the education of female children. Scholarly studies and research projects have established what common sense might already have told us if you educate a boy, you educate a person but if you educate a girl, you educate a family and benefit an entire community.

In fact, most of the people studying bioluminescence today are focused on the chemistry, because these chemicals have proved so incredibly valuable for developing antibacterial agents, cancer fighting drugs, testing for the presence of life on Mars, detecting pollutants in our waters which is how we use it at ORCA.

One reason why the crisis in Ukraine has proved so difficult to overcome is that its roots stretch far outside the country s borders. Finding a genuine solution will require the resolution of a dispute between Russia and the West that dates back to the 1990s, before Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power.