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KAZAKHSTAN: New Year's party for children used as ploy to clear out protesting oil workers
21 Dec 2011 News
Summary: The practice of scheduling events for children, like fairs or circuses, in politically important public spaces...
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UNITED STATES: The Misuse of Life Without Parole
13 Sep 2011 News
Summary: From 1992 to 2008, the number in prison for life without parole tripled from 12,453 to 41,095, even though...
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UNITED STATES: Battle goes public on bullying of gay students in Minnesota suburb
13 Sep 2011 News
Summary: Six students have brought a lawsuit against school district officials for failing to stop relentless anti-gay...
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UNITED STATES: New deportation policies grant first reprieves
23 Aug 2011 News
Summary: White House officials and Congressional Democrats said the measures would lead to relief for virtually all young...
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USA: By Helping a Girl Testify at a Rape Trial, a Dog Ignites a Legal Debate
10 Aug 2011 News
Summary: Rosie, the first judicially approved courtroom dog in New York, was in the witness box here nuzzling a 15-year...
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BELARUS: Law drafted to ban standing together and doing nothing
1 Aug 2011 News
Summary: To stop recent youth protests from recurring, Belarusian authorities have drafted a law to ban people standing...
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AFGHANISTAN: Filling Classes With Learning, Not Fears
13 Jun 2011 News
Summary: Taliban insurgents are attacking fewer schools, easing the way for boys and girls to attend in larger numbers,...
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PHILIPPINES: Rebels agree to stop using child soldiers
11 Apr 2011 News
Summary: In what they called a breakthrough in the campaign to remove children from combat in the Philippines, U.N....
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UNITED STATES: Teacher, My Dad Lost His Job. Do We Have to Move?
31 Jan 2011 News
Summary: The effects of the recession on children include fear, stress, anxiety and disruptive behaviour. ...
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DISCRIMINATION: New dissent in Japan is loudly anti-foreign
1 Sep 2010 News
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