A standalone goal is also one of the 19 focus areas suggested by the UN open working group drawing up a set of post-2015 sustainable development goals.
Lt. Omer Ahmed of the Iraqi police said that the choice of targets in both Sunni and Shiite areas suggested that the bombings were the work of foreign militants who were trying to inflame sectarian tensions.
Commentary in newspapers and on airwaves in both Israel and the Palestinian areas suggested that what took place Sunday might serve as a dress rehearsal for the coming year, posing a serious challenge to Israel.
The government's own accounts, issued Friday, of confiscating large amounts of heavy weapons and explosives from Qudsaya and nearby areas suggested how deeply the rebellion had penetrated even into a Republican Guard stronghold.
Williams had the vision to see how the Wellcome Trust could support more research, not only in the areas suggested by Wellcome, but also in new and cutting-edge directions, and he had the energy and drive to foster new funding schemes.
A pilot scheme involving 5,000 children from the most disadvantaged areas suggested that, with intensive help, children at the age of six could gain 21 months in reading age in just four to five months of teaching - well over four times the normal rate of progress.
