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Most workers in Afghan brick kilns are bonded child labourers - UN-backed survey
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Most workers in Afghan brick kilns are bonded child labourers - UN-backed survey
A new United Nations-backed survey has found that most workers in Afghanistan’s brick kilns are bonded child labourers, and calls for a strategy that will both provide relief to bonded families and help them escape the cycles of debt, dependence and poverty.Read Full Article ...
 
Kirchner threat gets short thrift from UK
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Kirchner threat gets short thrift from UK
Britain has dismissed Argentina's threat to complain to the United Nations over the disputed Falkland Islands, saying it will not negotiate and that the UN cha...
 
Kenya tops in drive against female ‘cut’
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Kenya tops in drive against female ‘cut’
Kenya has achieved the greatest rate of reduction in female genital mutilation among 15 black African countries, the United Nations Population Fund has announc...
 
Russia will veto any unacceptable Syria draft
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012
Russia will veto any unacceptable Syria draft
Russia will use its veto power in the United Nations Security Council to block any resolution on Syria that it considers unacceptable, Russia's UN envoy said o...
 
UN chief "deeply concerned" about armed conflict in Mali
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Wednesday, 08 February 2012
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UNITED NATIONS, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Wednesday said that he is "deeply concerned" about the fighting between Tuareg rebel gr...
 
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