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INDIA: New child abuse bill draws critics
15 Jun 2012 News
Summary: Despite aiming to protect children from sexual abuse, the bill criminalises all sexual activity involving a child...
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RUSSIA: Spate of teen suicides causes alarm
23 Apr 2012 News
Summary: The teen suicide rate in Russia is three times higher than the world average with 22 per 100,000. And in the...
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INDIA: Maid’s cries cast light on child labour
11 Apr 2012 News
Summary: India is reported to have more child labourers than any other country in the world. ...
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UNITED STATES: Seeking a Softer Justice System, Closer to Home, for New York’s Juvenile Offenders
27 Mar 2012 News
Summary: Under a new proposal, New York City would take custody of hundreds of low-level juvenile offenders in so-called...
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UNITED STATES: Minnesota school district reaches agreement on preventing gay bullying
7 Mar 2012 News
Summary: After years of accusations that it had failed to stop antigay bullying and a spate of student suicides, Minnesota...
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SYRIA: UN panel on Syria claims orders to kill protestors came straight from the top
23 Feb 2012 News
Summary: “The commission received credible and consistent evidence identifying high- and mid-ranking members of the armed...
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EGYPT: Charges against US aided groups come with history of distrust
8 Feb 2012 News
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UNITED STATES: New York City to mandate sex-ed
23 Jan 2012 News
Summary: New York City middle and secondary schools will introduce sex-education as part of its curriculum as of September...
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UNITED STATES: A free legal clinic that opens when class is over
20 Jan 2012 News
Summary: “They associate legal problems with being arrested. Half of what we do is telling people what their rights are,”...
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TURKEY: Airstrikes kill cigarette smugglers mistaken for Kurdish separatists
10 Jan 2012 News
Summary: Most of those killed were between 17 and 20 years old. ...
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