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Child's Rights Law... Too Much Talk, Little Implementation
Society & Culture  (tags: children, abuse, crime, corruption, death, culture, education, ethics, family, freedoms, government, law, society, safety, violence, sadness, rights )

Kelli
- 7 hours ago - childwitches.blogspot.com
Tomorrow November 20, the world will celebrate 20 years of the Convention on the Rights of the Child. For many in Nigeria, it is an opportunity to look at the states that have passed the law protecting children and the level of implementation of the act.
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US Liable in Katrina Flood, Judge Says
Society & Culture  (tags: law, news, Katrina., GoodNews, rights, politics, government, ethics )

Cal
- 19 hours ago - boston.com
A federal judge ruled yesterday evening that poor maintenance of a major navigation channel by the Army Corps of Engineers led to some of the worst flooding after Hurricane Katrina. The ruling was a major victory for homeowners who suffered damage in the
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New York Toughens Drunken Driving Law
Society & Culture  (tags: law, government, drunk driving, society, politics, police, news, safety )

Cal
- 21 hours ago - cnn.com
t is now a felony in New York to drive drunk or under the influence of drugs with a child in the vehicle, and will require first-time driving-while-intoxicated (DWI) offenders to install an ignition interlock device in their vehicles.
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Help Create More Jobs and Start By.... Please Take Action!!
Society & Culture  (tags: women, government, jobs, pay, society, usa, children )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - womensrights.change.org
I have given this much consideration. Why aren't women paid to cook, clean, and take care of the children? Isn't that a job? Actually it's three jobs combined. Chefs get paid, maids get paid, and day cares get paid so why don't mom's?
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Urge Hillary Clinton to End Child Trafficking -Please Take Action !!
Society & Culture  (tags: children, government, sadness, safety, violence, child, abuse )

Tierney
- 2 days ago - planusa.org
This year 1.2 million girls and boys were victims of child trafficking. That means they were taken from their families. Sold into slavery. Forced to work 7 days a week with dangerous equipment. They endured beatings, malnutrition, and other abuse. Gi
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Visits Iraq - and Aims to Transfer Military Tactics to California
Society & Culture  (tags: culture, crime, government, police, obituary, interesting, society, rights )

Cal
- 2 days ago - timesonline.co.uk
The governor of California trots out his most famous one-liner wherever he goes but, at the Victory military base in Baghdad today, he apparently meant it.
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Hire a Lawyer, Avoid the Death Penalty
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, death, humans, government, rights )

Phyllis
- 4 days ago - criminaljustice.change.org
If you hire a lawyer, the chances are you won't be sentenced to death in Houston. If you are too poor for an attorney, to the electric chair you go.
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Zoom In: Focus on Executive Review
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Leonard Peltier, government, freedoms, culture, society, politics, ethics, news )

Kat
- 4 days ago - lpdoc.blogspot.com
A new campaign sponsored by the Leonard Peltier Defense Offense Committee (LP-DOC) with Friends of Peltier and the International Peltier Forum The United States courts have acknowledged that Leonard Peltier was the victim of official misconduct...
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A Risky Setting for NYC Trial of 9/11 Suspects
Society & Culture  (tags: politics, 9/11, society, law, crime, culture, death, government, media, usa, safety )

Cal
- 5 days ago - usatoday.com
In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.
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RCMP Sgt. Michael Harvey Criminalizes All Indians That Don't Pay Taxes.
Society & Culture  (tags: taxes, society, government, rights, culture, interesting )

Lone
- 5 days ago - akwesasnewomensfire.com
Because the RCMP violently attacks Indians that refuse to become tax-paying citizens of Canada, Indians are forced to operate on their waters and lands with no lights at night. The St. Lawrence River is a water highway within Akwesasne
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Dad in 'Balloon Boy' Case Turns Himself in
Society & Culture  (tags: crime, law, government, freedoms, children, abuse, dishonesty, ethics, media, news )

Cal
- 6 days ago - cnn.com
Authorities in Colorado have filed charges against the parents in last month's notorious "balloon boy" case, and the pair's lawyers say the two are expected to plead guilty on Friday
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Arizona's Gift to the Nation: Bald Eagles 'Crash' Christmas Tree Cutting Ceremony Saturday
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Bald Eagles, Christmas Tree, US Capitol, americans, government, interesting, GoodNews, society )

Kat
- 7 days ago - wmicentral.com
With a pair of bald eagles circling high overhead, crisp autumn air tinged with a touch of smoke and the sounds of Oh Christmas Tree being sung by the Round Valley Ambassadors Choir, hundreds gathered in a remote area of the Apache-Sitgreaves to be a...
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Apache Housing Authority Builds 10 New Homes
Society & Culture  (tags: American Indians, Native Americans, Apache Indians, HUD, culture, society, ethics, family, government, news )

Kat
- 7 days ago - wmicentral.com
McNARY - Ten families got to move into brand-new affordable rental homes in McNary last Friday, courtesy of government tax credits as part of the stimulus plan through the White Mountain Apache Tribal Housing Authority...
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The US Criminal Justice System Needs a Major Overhaul.- Please Take Action!! VIDEO
Society & Culture  (tags: us criminal justice system, rights, government, law, usa )

Tierney
- 7 days ago - change.org
In 2007, it cost taxpayers more than $26,000 per inmate to incarcerate an offender for a year in North Carolina. Prison rolls are swelling, non-violent offenders are taking up beds that could otherwise be used for violent offenders, and mentally ill inm
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THE NEXT BAIL OUT COMES TO US!-Take Action !!
Society & Culture  (tags: congress, government, obama, freedoms, americans, humans )

Tierney
- 8 days ago - homelessness.change.org
Well we have given the corporate pirates almost one trillion of our hard earned money. Or as the number two person in our country said we are not sure just how much has been spent!
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