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HOLY SEE: Critic of Vatican refuses to step down from sex abuse commission
8 Feb 2016 News
A prominent and outspoken British member of a papal advisory commission on sexual abuse by the clergy on Saturday refused to step down despite a no-confidence vote, and said only Pope Francis could dismiss him.
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PAKISTAN: Man initially arrested as a teenager faces execution
28 Sep 2015 News
Pakistani authorities are set to hang a man who says he was 15 when arrested for a murder he says he did not commit, lawyers have said.
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منسق الامم المتحدة:الضربات التي تقودها السعودية في اليمن تخرق القانون الدولي
11 May 2015 News
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HEALTH: Babies feel pain 'like adults', first infant MRI study suggests
21 Apr 2015 News
The majority of babies who undergo painful procedures do not receive pain relief medication during surgery. The practice is based on the belief that babies’ brains are not developed enough for them to really feel pain. But this latest study suggests that babies are more sensitive to pain than adults. 
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YEMEN: US drone strike kills 13-year-old boy
3 Feb 2015 News
Mohammed Taeiman died this week on a remote Yemeni road, a casualty of a US drone campaign against the local branch of al Qaeda.
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NIGERIA: Boko Haram abduct dozens of boys from village
18 Aug 2014 News
Boys and men forcibly taken by militant group in north-east Nigeria, four months after kidnapping of schoolgirls.
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DISCRIMINATION: Children's books don't reflect cultural diversity, Laureate says
14 Jul 2014 News
"Very, very few picture books are published in this country that feature children of colour," said British Children's Laureate Malorie Blackman. 
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تعيين مندوب الأردن بالأمم المتحدة مفوضا ساميا لحقوق الانسان
17 Jun 2014 News
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UN: Jordan's UN envoy proposed as new UN human rights chief
12 Jun 2014 News
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has proposed that Jordan's UN ambassador, Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid al-Hussein, replace Navi Pillay as the United Nations' human rights chief.
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PAKISTAN: Nine-month-old baby accused of attempted murder
7 Apr 2014 News
Police in Lahore province charge baby with planning a murder, threatening police and interfering with state affairs.
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