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UNITED KINGDOM: Legal challenge over arrests of 17-year-old teenagers
26 Feb 2013 News
Summary: A High Court challenge could change the way 17-year- olds in England and Wales are treated after being arrested...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Campaign reveals 'wide disparity' in UK child poverty
20 Feb 2013 News
Summary: Almost half of children in one parliamentary constituency live in poverty, according to a study comparing wealth...
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IRELAND: Irish Prime Minister issues apology for State's role in Magdalene laundries
20 Feb 2013 News
Summary: The Irish Prime Minister (Taoiseach), Enda Kenny, has formally apologised on behalf of the state for its role in...
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SAUDI ARABIA: Human rights activist calls for child abuse law
13 Feb 2013 News
Summary: A Saudi Arabian human rights activist has called for a child abuse law in the Saudi kingdom after a five-year-old...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Minister defends child smacking
4 Feb 2013 News
Summary: UK Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, has defended parents' 'right' to smack. A spokesperson for the children's...
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ICELAND: Girl wins right to name
31 Jan 2013 News
Summary: Authorities in Iceland, where there are strict rules on allowed names, had objected to the name Blaer given to a...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Child poverty - Take parental addiction into account, urges Minister
31 Jan 2013 News
Summary: The UK Government is reviewing how it defines child poverty. Iain Duncan Smith, the Secretary of State for Work...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Oxford 'child sex ring committed depraved abuse'
16 Jan 2013 News
Summary: The trial of nine men accused of being involved in an Oxford child sex-trafficking ring begins. They are accused...
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INHUMAN SENTENCING: Sri Lankan maid Rizana Nafeek beheaded in Saudi Arabia
10 Jan 2013 News
Summary: The maid's supporter say she was 17 when she allegedly smothered the baby under her watch. [9 January 2013] -...
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SYRIA: Unrest has killed 60,000, says UN
3 Jan 2013 News
Summary: More than 60,000 people have been killed since Syria's uprising began in March 2011, the UN has said....
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