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(The Times, By Philip Webster, Political Editor - London)

A lifeline for Iraq’s children

Jordan’s Queen calls on Blair for action now Queen Rania of Jordan today delivers a passionate appeal to Tony Blair and President Bush to make Iraq safe enough for aid organisations to enter and for casualties to be immediately evacuated.

Her rare foray into international politics comes in a letter to The Times , in which she calls on coalition forces to establish humanitarian air and land corridors to take badly injured people for treatment in Jordan and elsewhere.

(Office of Her Majesty, Press Department – South Africa) At the opening session of the World Health Organization's 8th World Conference on Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion in Durban, South Africa, Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah urged global leaders, physicians and citizens of the world, on Sunday, to "elevate humanity's primal instinct to shield loved ones into a global instinct to shelter and safeguard one another."

With 25 million babies born annually in India, ensuring they all have a safe and healthy start to life is a considerable challenge. This morning, I visited the Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, one of India’s oldest and most prolific vaccination strongholds.