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  <title>DEFENCE AND SECURITY - Articles from www.publicserviceeurope.com</title>
  <updated>2013-05-22T14:07:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Gangs, drugs, sex and violence - the pressures on young people]]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Despite the overall drop in UK crime rates, the British youth in inner city neighbourhoods still have to live within a landscape of violence, drugs and sexual harassment – writes Jenny Parkes]]></content>
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    <updated>2013-05-22T14:07:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Hungary has 'criminalised' homelessness in cleansing exercise]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3451/hungary-has-criminalised-homelessness-in-cleansing-exercise"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The Hungarian government  has decided to push homeless people completely out of the public space in order to make the problem disappear – without providing sufficient and appropriate accommodation to tackle the issue effectively – writes Samara Jones]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3451/hungary-has-criminalised-homelessness-in-cleansing-exercise</id>
    <updated>2013-05-09T10:32:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[EU-Canada trade agreement threatens European fracking bans]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3444/eu-canada-trade-agreement-threatens-european-fracking-bans"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[As European member states consider the implications of environmentally risky shale gas development, the proposed EU-Canada trade agreement could give energy companies new powers to challenge fracking bans through the back door – claims Pia Eberhardt]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3444/eu-canada-trade-agreement-threatens-european-fracking-bans</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T16:21:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[PIP implants scandal puts consumer protection on agenda]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3442/breast-implants-scandal-shows-need-for-eu-consumer-protection"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Scandals like the PIP breast implants debacle highlight the need for action, and the European Commission should start the process of better protecting EU consumers, writes Monique Goyens]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3442/breast-implants-scandal-shows-need-for-eu-consumer-protection</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T14:40:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Huge drug prices 'putting patients at risk']]></title>
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    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The patent system has ended up carving out areas of illness real estate that no-one else can come on to, keeping drug prices high – and this must change, writes Loz Kaye]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3441/huge-drug-prices-putting-patients-at-risk</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T12:00:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Better healthcare 'integral' to economic recovery]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3438/better-healthcare-integral-to-economic-recovery"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Real savings for the economy do not come from simply cutting the costs of healthcare systems, but by making sure that citizens are healthier and thus more productive, writes Annika Ahtonen]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3438/better-healthcare-integral-to-economic-recovery</id>
    <updated>2013-05-07T11:00:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Seven days - a week in the life of James Foyle]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3417/seven-days-a-week-in-the-life-of-james-foyle"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The recruitment and retention consultant at the UK's Fostering Network discusses the use of new technology, sharing best practice, raising awareness and the need for more carers]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3417/seven-days-a-week-in-the-life-of-james-foyle</id>
    <updated>2013-05-01T12:06:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Care for vulnerable children in UK needs 'rethink']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3415/care-for-vulnerable-children-in-uk-needs-rethink"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[The failings of the care system have long been recognised, but an inquiry has found that they are becoming increasingly urgent and require a fresh approach, writes Robert Tapsfield]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3415/care-for-vulnerable-children-in-uk-needs-rethink</id>
    <updated>2013-05-01T10:57:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[The power of lobbyists for pesticides 'harmful' to bees]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3318/the-power-of-lobbyists-for-pesticides-harmful-to-bees"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Strong-arm tactics are being adopted by multinational companies to avoid a ban on neonicotinoid pesticides, which could be causing the decline in the bee population, warns Martin Pigeon ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3318/the-power-of-lobbyists-for-pesticides-harmful-to-bees</id>
    <updated>2013-04-29T12:05:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[EU fiddling while oil burns - time for proactive biofuels policy]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3402/eu-fiddling-while-oil-burns-time-for-proactive-biofuels-policy"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Policies should focus on long-term approaches to a sustainable biofuels market development, rather than short-term reactive approaches - writes Francis X. Johnson]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3402/eu-fiddling-while-oil-burns-time-for-proactive-biofuels-policy</id>
    <updated>2013-04-29T10:35:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[The 'riddle of peacefulness': explaining falling UK crime?]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3397/the-riddle-of-peacefulness-explaining-falling-uk-crime"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Certain policies to tackle inequality and low educational opportunities as well as increased police numbers have emerged as critical factors in explaining the causes of crime although the recession may reverse the trend – writes Mirko Draca]]></content>
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    <updated>2013-04-26T15:05:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Discredited austerity policies remain in place]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3389/discredited-austerity-policies-remain-in-place"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Despite the overwhelming weight of evidence, both empirical and theoretical, many politicians continue to purse deficit reduction and public service cuts as if there is no alternative - writes Simon Tilford ]]></content>
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    <updated>2013-04-26T10:19:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Understanding individual patients key to better treatment]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3386/understanding-individual-patients-key-to-better-treatment"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Assigning the right treatment to the right patient requires a paradigm shift, but one example relating to Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease is a harbinger of what is to come, writes Dr Klaus Heumann]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3386/understanding-individual-patients-key-to-better-treatment</id>
    <updated>2013-04-25T14:49:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[Coping with ADHD - a blueprint]]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3360/coping-with-adhd-a-blueprint"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Unlike other neurodevelopmental disorders such as learning disability and autistic spectrum disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is missing from national and EU political agendas - writes Dr Susan Young]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3360/coping-with-adhd-a-blueprint</id>
    <updated>2013-04-20T20:37:00+00:00</updated>
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    <title><![CDATA[European health insurance system is 'on the verge of collapse']]></title>
    <link rel="alternate" href="http://www.publicserviceeurope.com/article/3346/european-health-insurance-system-on-the-verge-of-collapse"/>
    <content type="html"><![CDATA[Tourists travelling to the Mediterranean this summer should be aware that Europe's 40-year old public healthcare insurance scheme is close to breaking point, writes Justin Stares ]]></content>
    <id>tag:www.publicserviceeurope.com,2011-03-08:/3346/european-health-insurance-system-on-the-verge-of-collapse</id>
    <updated>2013-04-17T14:14:00+00:00</updated>
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