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UNITED KINGDOM: Creationist groups win approval to open free schools
18 Jul 2012 News
Summary: Education secretary backs three schools run by groups with creationist views, raising concerns about levels of...
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DISCRIMINATION: Boy Scouts of America affirm ban on gay members and volunteers
18 Jul 2012 News
Summary: Critics call decision to keep gay men and lesbians from participating a 'missed opportunity of colossal...
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UNITED KINGDOM: Catholic church loses abuse liability appeal
12 Jul 2012 News
Summary: Appeal court rules that Portsmouth diocese is liable to pay for alleged wrongdoings of its clergy, paving way for...
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FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION: Google reports 'alarming' rise in internet censorship by governments
18 Jun 2012 News
Summary: Search engine company has said there has been a troubling increase in requests to remove political content from...
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HEALTH: Doctors raise questions over drug trials in developing countries
14 Jun 2012 News
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EUROPE: Spread of 'baby boxes' alarms UN
11 Jun 2012 News
Summary: UN says hatches in which unwanted newborn babies can be left contravene children's rights to know and be cared...
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SOUTH AFRICA: Lack of road safety forces children to run the gauntlet
11 Jun 2012 News
Summary: Notorious murder statistics in South Africa are almost matched by its road fatalities – and it's often...
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SYRIA: New massacre claims 100 victims
7 Jun 2012 News
Summary: Women and children are said to be among the dead as pro-Assad forces allegedly storm a small village near the...
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UNITED STATES: UN calls for investigation of school's shock treatments of autistic children
6 Jun 2012 News
Summary: The Massachusetts facility for children with learning difficulties is believed to be the only one in the world...
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MEDIA: BBC breached laws by identifying child convicted over London riots
31 May 2012 News
Summary: Trust's Editorial Standards Committee rules that 13-year-old was identifiable in news broadcast despite...
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