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China Babies 'Taken for Adoption'
World  (tags: China babies 'taken, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', children )

Jackie
- 1 day ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Dozens of baby girls in southern China have reportedly been taken from parents who broke family-planning laws, and then sold for adoption overseas.
2 comments
Petition - Release Cynthia McKinney and Gaza Aid Ship SPIRIT OF HUMANITY and Lift the Siege of Gaza NOW!
World  (tags: death, children, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', crime, freedoms, israel, palestine, Refugees&Relief, war, world, ethics )

David
- 4 days ago - iacenter.org
RELEASE THE SPIRIT OF HUMANITY AND ALL ITS PASSENGERS IMMEDIATELY AND ALLOW ITS HUMANITARIAN MISSION TO GAZA TO PROCEED! END THE SIEGE OF GAZA NOW! Netanyahoo has gone too far but is stoppable. Sign the petition?
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Mexico Investigators Search for 9 in Day Care Fire That Killed 47 Children
World  (tags: government, Mexico City, Day Care fire, children, death, crime, Arrests, Wanted, Search, missing, corruption, investigation, dishonesty, sadness )

Dee
- 6 days ago - timesdispatch.com
MEXICO CITY -- Investigators on Tuesday were searching for nine officials wanted in a day care fire that killed 47 children in northern Mexico, a day after nine others were arrested on negligent homicide charges.
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Petition - IRAN: STOP THE CRACKDOWN
World  (tags: iran, crackdown, violence, democracy, democratic, petition, avaaz, humans, protesters, activists, death, fear, iranian, government, world, elections, corruption, HumanRights, freedoms, rights, children, conflict, ethics, humanrights, middle-east )

Robert
- 10 days ago - avaaz.org
No matter who won the elections in Iran, our hearts and hopes are with the democratic demonstrators facing uncertain levels of violence, while fighting for the future of Iran as well as for the rest of the world! PLZ Sign petition and send a clear message
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Mexicans Cry for Justice in Day Care Fire
World  (tags: Mexico City, Day Care, government, failed inspections, ethics, children, death, fire, crime, investigation, safety, corruption )

Dee
- 11 days ago - nytimes.com
MEXICO CITY-As smoke and fire filled the ABC day care center in northern Mexico, a neighbor moved quickly. Ramming his pickup truck into the concrete again and again, he gouged three holes in the front wall to clear an escape route for the children---
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Officials Charged in Mexico Nursery Fire
World  (tags: Mexico City, Mexican government, Day Care Fire, children, death, corruption, conflict, politics, responsibility, crime )

Dee
- 11 days ago - online.wsj.com
MEXICO CITY-Seven officials from the northern state of Sonora were detained on charges of negligent homicide, almost three weeks after a devastating fire at a day-care center which has claimed the lives of 47 children, Mexican officials said Monday.
5 comments
Clean Politics in India: The Children's Parliament
World  (tags: children, corruption, ethics, government, India, youth, parliament, world )

Karen
- 13 days ago - gii-exchange.org
The accountability system for politics in India is not at its best. About one quarter of all elected officials to government have been charged with committing crimes, including rape and murder. In a move to reintroduce clean politics...
11 comments
Landmines: War's Lingering Menace
World  (tags: asia, children, conflict, death, usa, violence, war, Vietnam War, terrorism )

Jillyanne
- 13 days ago - pbs.org
The Vietnam war ended over 25 years ago, but for many Vietnamese, the realities of the war still linger. In the years since the fall of Saigon, over 40,000 Vietnamese have been killed or injured by landmines and unexploded ordnance (explosives) left
27 comments
Zimbabwe Girls Trade Sex for Food
World  (tags: government, Zimbabwe, HumanRights, children, poverty, politics, conflict, corruption )

Dee
- 22 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
Growing numbers of children in Zimbabwe are turning to prostitution to survive, the charity Save the Children says.
5 comments
Sign Petition: Provide Water for the World
World  (tags: world, clean, water, sanitation, poor, health, prevention, protection, risks, safety, illness, health, humans, disease, children, rights, technology, science, government, obama )

Tom
- 23 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In his Inaugural Address, President Obama said, "let clean waters flow." With those words, he brought recognition to the suffering of 884 million people who do not have access to clean water and 2.5 billion without adequate sanitation.
17 comments
Take a Stand Against Wrongful Eviction
World  (tags: world, poverty, poor, shelter, homeless, water, sanitation, disease, suffering, health, harassment, corruption, discrimination, women, children, human, rights, safety, prevention, culture, humans, government )

Tom
- 23 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
For the more than 1.6 billion people suffering from some sort of shelter deprivation in the world, that future is bleak. Without access to adequate shelter, clean water or sanitation, upwards of 10 million people die each year from preventable diseases.
10 comments
Occupation, Colonialism, Apartheid
World  (tags: Isreali Apartheid, israel, middle-east, palestine, society, world, ethics, crime, conflict, corruption, death, 'CIVILLIBERTIES!', 'HUMANRIGHTS!', children, violence )

Pete
- 26 days ago - axisoflogic.com
The Human Sciences Research Council of South Africa (HSRC) has released a study indicating that Israel is practicing both colonialism and apartheid in the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT). The study is being posted for public debate on this website.
11 comments
Doctors Who Braved Bombs in Sri Lanka Imprisoned
World  (tags: 'HUMANRIGHTS!', children, ethics, crime, corruption, conflict, death, freedoms, humanrights, politics, Refugees&Relief, society, violence, war, world, sri lanka, war crimes )

Pete
- 28 days ago - independent.co.uk
Three doctors who struggled to help tens of thousands of civilians wounded in Sri Lanka's war zone could be held for up to a year before being charged with harming the country, the government has revealed.
13 comments
~Take Action~ 25,000 Children Are Forced Into Marriage Everyday
World  (tags: children, abuse, corruption, crime, culture, education, government, humans, rights, sadness, safety, society, politics, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', world )

Barb
- 32 days ago - care2.com
Building on the conference's success, our goal now is to make sure every member of Congress becomes a supporter of the child marriage law. Please, send a quick note to your elected officials encouraging them to stand up for girls' rights. That action...
8 comments
Last Survivor of the Titanic Dies
World  (tags: millvinadean, titanic, titanic international society, death, children, humans, interesting, news, society, world, europe )

Melinda
- 34 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
The Titanic International Society says Millvina Dean the last survivor of the sinking of the Titanic has died in her sleep, she was 97. Dean was just over two months old when the Titanic hit an iceberg on the night of April 14, 1912 .
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Sign Petition: Provide Water for the World
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Take a Stand Against Wrongful Eviction
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Petition - Release Cynthia McKinney and Gaza Aid Ship SPIRIT OF HUMANITY and Lift the Siege of Gaza NOW!
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