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In a country where brutal civil war raged just two decades ago, surprisingly little anger remains todayIt's hard to imagine a more tranquil place than Gaza: farmers taking their produce to market, women and children standing patiently at bus stops, towns crowded with shoppers, and along the almost empty sandy beaches no sou (Read More)
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Why does a bill to incorporate the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child into UK law stand little chance of being passed?All political parties say they want to improve life for children in this country. Conservatives say they want to make the UK the most "family-friendly country in the world", while Gordon Brown says, "O (Read More)
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• Young children seen as more vulnerable to H1N1• Parents urged to take up vaccine if given a chanceOwen BowcottHealthy children aged between six months and five years old will be vaccinated against swine flu from next month, the Department of Health has confirmed.The expansion of the government's inoculation programme com (Read More)
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• Stofile: 'Caster has been found innocent of any wrong'• 'Her future is in her own hands' claims sport minsterCaster Semenya, the South African athlete who was ordered to undergo gender verification tests following her victory at the World Championships in Berlin, will be allowed to keep the 800m gold medal she won accordi (Read More)
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• South African Runner remains eligible to compete, say IAAF• Organisation meeting to resolve decision on Semenya's futureThe International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) are conducting final discussions before announcing their decision on Caster Semenya's future as a female athlete.The organisation said progre (Read More)
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Uganda news round-up: Anti-homosexuality bill 'will harm country's fight against HIV/Aids'; first lady calls for men to better support their wives through childbirth; the World Cup comes to UgandaA Ugandan government bill that is advocating the death penalty for gay people will hinder the country's fight against HIV/Aids, l (Read More)
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• Wenger: 'We cannot accept that. France is embarrassed'• 'My thoughts were for Trapattoni' says sympathetic FergusonArsène Wenger claimed "France is embarrassed" over their progress to the World Cup, as the Premier League's leading managers forcefully criticised the failure to introduce video technology to the game.The Rep (Read More)
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Horticulturalists, doctors and lawyers among instructors after Michigan legalises drug as a medicineIt goes without saying that there's no smoking in class. But there is a good deal of sniffing of leaves, discussion of the finer points of inhaling and debate over which plant gives the biggest hit.Welcome to Detroit's cannab (Read More)
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Pay no attention to the Eurosceptics. Cathy Ashton's posting as EU 'foreign secretary' is a major post-Lisbon developmentThe chorus of ill-informed and patronising calls of "Who?" that have greeted the appointments of the Belgian prime minister, Herman Van Rompuy, as the new long-term president (really chairman) of the Euro (Read More)
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• 'Naturally I feel embarrassed at the way that we won'• 'I am not a cheat and never have been' insists HenryThierry Henry believes a replay would be the "fairest solution" to the continuing furore over the handball which led to his side's goal which eliminated Ireland from World Cup qualification, and stated that Ireland " (Read More)
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Twenty years after the launch of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, we must do more to listen to vulnerable childrenTo 13-year-old Mumo Katumo, the anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is an utter irrelevance. For the past year Mumo and her family have been struggling to stay alive in the d (Read More)
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Times and Sun publisher says database of 20 million people enables it to assess which are the most valuable customersA third of the UK population - around 20 million people - have a direct relationship with News International thanks to the publishers' customer database, a senior executive revealed today.Katie Vanneck-Smith, (Read More)
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Unicef's 2009 state of the world's children report tells us what it's like to grow up in the poorest - and richest - places in the world. Find out which is which• Get the data• Afghanistan's civilian casualtiesA UN official confirmed today what many already suspected - that Afghanistan is the worst place in the world for ch (Read More)
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Problem of biodiversity loss has been 'eased off centre stage' by focus on climate change, according to Prof Edward Wilson, the ecologist described as 'Darwin's natural heir'The diversity of life on Earth is undergoing an "immense and hidden" tragedy that requires the scale of global response now being deployed to tackle cl (Read More)