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TODAY'S HEADLINES:
> Global Partnership to Get Kids out of the Fields
> UN to Begin Second Phase of Monitoring Nepalese Maoists
> Afghan Conflict Deteriorating, Warns Red Cross
> Anger Over European Green Light For GM Food Traces
> Online Dialogue: Migration - How Free Is Our Freedom to Move?
> Ethiopia's High Court Convicts Editors and Publishers
> Sri Lanka Stalemated by the Logic of Violence
> India's High-Tech Jobs: The Pressures and Rewards
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GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP TO GET KIDS OUT OF THE FIELDS
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(13 jun 2007) A new global partnership was launched Tuesday to tackle
the worldwide issue of child labor in agriculture, considered by some
the worst form of child labor because of the perilous hazards
involved in agricultural work.
From: From: International Labor
Organizaton
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150202/7263/167841
UN TO BEGIN SECOND PHASE OF MONITORING NEPALESE MAOISTS
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(13 jun 2007) The UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN) plans to start the
second phase of monitoring Maoist army personnel to ensure that no
minors are serving. UNMIN teams had completed the first phase of
registering weapons and personnel in mid-February, when more than
30,850 Maoist personnel were registered and 2,855 weapons were
stored.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150221/7263/167841
From: United Nations
http://www.un.org/
AFGHAN CONFLICT DETERIORATING, WARNS RED CROSS
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(13 jun 2007) The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan is worse now
than a year ago, according to the director of operations of the
International Committee of the Red Cross.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150197/7263/167841
From: International Committee of the Red Cross
http://www.icrc.org
ANGER OVER EUROPEAN GREEN LIGHT FOR GM FOOD TRACES
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(13 jun 2007) A European Union ministerial decision to allow organic
food to be contaminated with genetically modified organisms is
condemned by a leading environmental group.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150196/7263/167841
From: Friends of the Earth England, Wales and Northern Ireland
http://www.foe.co.uk/
ONLINE DIALOGUE: MIGRATION - HOW FREE IS OUR FREEDOM TO MOVE?
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(13 jun 2007) Despite all the talk (and shouting), how much do we
really understand about what causes people to move from one country
to another? Get your questions answered by experts and advocates.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150191/7263/167841
ETHIOPIA'S HIGH COURT CONVICTS EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
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(13 jun 2007) Ethiopia's High Court has convicted four editors and
three publishers of now-defunct weeklies of anti-state charges linked
to their coverage of the government’s handling of disputed
parliamentary elections in 2005, according to local journalists.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150198/7263/167841
SRI LANKA STALEMATED BY THE LOGIC OF VIOLENCE
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(13 jun 2007) Compromise is the only way to settle Sri Lanka's
ethno-national war, but the logic of violence remains deeply rooted
in the country, says Sumantra Bose.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150195/7263/167841
INDIA'S HIGH-TECH JOBS: THE PRESSURES AND REWARDS
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(12 jun 2007) When the U.S. Congress placed a cap on the number of
highly skilled workers coming to the United States each year, many of
those jobs simply moved overseas. But in India, the pressures to get
an education -- to qualify for many of those jobs -- can be deadly.
http://us.oneworld.net/link/gotoarticle/addhit/150194/7263/167841
From: OneWorld US
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