Attacks in the Iraqi city of Mosul have forced nearly 1,000 Christians, including 500 families, from their homes in just the past week, the governor of the northern Ninawa province says.

Reports quoted the cholera epidemic which has spread in a number of Iraqi areas linked to the corruption scandal behind them in the Iraqi government official who accepted bribes for the purchase of chlorine for disinfecting water expired from Iran.

"Restaveks" is the term for children of destitute Haitian families who are farmed out to the more affluent to act as servants & housekeepers in exchange for shelter, food & schooling. Activists, however, say these children are often treated as slaves.

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Ahtisaari guided Namibia towards a peaceful independence in 1990 after more than a decade of negotiations. He also oversaw the 2005 reconciliation between the Indonesian government and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels, ending a three-decade conflict.

An Iraqi official confirmed Wednesday the execution of more than 100 prisoners in a prison in a Shiite district of Baghdad, the same where Saddam Hussein was hanged, but denied an earlier report that the executions were illegal and clandestine.

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This is how Germans get the news! Take a look at how they see the world today....gossip is more important than the world news... Mainstream news in Care2? Do you need mainstream news in Care2? Or do You have that everywhere around you?

Cases of child prostitution involving dating-service cafes have been increasing sharply, prompting some local governments to take measures such as banning people under 18 from entering such establishments.