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Blueberry Grower Shunned Over Child Labor Charges
Source: Associated Press

Wal-Mart and two other top retailers said Friday they are suspending business with a large southwestern Michigan blueberry grower after investigators found children as young as 6 working in the grower's fields.

What is the Vatican, exactly?
Source: Salon.com

The article is two pages long. If you prefer to view it on one page with fewer graphics, click here. [Archbishop Silvano Tomasi] seemed totally oblivious to the fact that the reason he was called on the U.N.

When Freedom Is a Dirty Word
Source: The Huffington Post

When right-wing evangelical Christians say they fear government death panels and a "takeover of medicine" by the federal government it seems strange to me that what they fear the federal government might do would be to save people like this child's life.

Social Workers take legal action to stop 13-year-old from sailing around the world on her own
Source: BBC News

Social workers in the Netherlands have taken legal action to try to stop a 13-year-old girl from sailing around the world on her own.

A Child With A Black Eye

How does a person look at the innocent, trusting face of a child, ball up his fist and smash that child in the face? What is a person thinking when she blacks a toddler's eye? Today a young woman and man came into the store with a child of about 5 years who had a black eye.

Israeli troops 'ill-treat kids'
Source: BBC News

"A former Israeli military commander has told the BBC that Palestinian youngsters are routinely ill-treated by Israeli soldiers while in custody, reports the BBC' s Katya Adler from Jerusalem and the West Bank.

Child labor used in cosmetics industry
Source: The Times

The article is on two pages. If you prefer to view it on one, click here.

Judge tells parents who refused chemotherapy for 13-year-old, "Take your child to a cancer doctor"
Source: Telegraph

A judge in Minnesota found that Daniel Hauser had been "medically neglected" by his parents, Colleen and Anthony Hauser, who belong to a religious group that believes in using only natural healing methods practised by some American Indians.

UK's 12 year old YouTube singing sensation in court fight with mom over US television invitation
Source: Telegraph

An 11-year-old [Scottish] schoolboy who has been asked to appear on a television talent show in New York has taken his mother to court in a bid to force her to hand over his passport. [...]

Hillary - Embarrased At Our Unpopularity
Source: CNSNews.com

The the U.S. takes it's time before jumping on the UN Convention on the Rights of The Child and Hillary gets embarrassed that we just can't be like everybody else. Then she promised to review the Treaty.

Summary of Obama Actions Against Life, Family, Faith in First 50 Days of Presidency
Source: Life Site News

Here is a review of our Prsident's track record for his first 50 days in office.

Family in 11th-hour legal battle to halt brothers' adoption by gay couple
Source: the Mail online

Two young brothers face adoption by a gay couple despite the desperate protests of their mother, grandparents and extended family.

Home school custody battle turns on religious freedom :: WRAL.com
Source: wral.com

Judge Ned Mangum released his ruling Tuesday in a custody case that has become a cause célèbre in the homeschooling community, saying three children must go to public school next year.

Wake judge orders home schoolers into public classrooms :: WRAL.com
Source: wral.com

A judge in Wake County said three Raleigh children need switch from home school to public school. Judge Ned Mangum is presiding over divorce proceeding of the children's parents Thomas and Venessa Mills.

Boxer Seeks to Ratify U.N. Treaty That May Erode U.S. Rights
Source: FOXNews.com

Senator Barbara Boxer is urging the U.S. to ratify a United Nations measure meant to expand the rights of children, a move critics are calling a gross assault on parental rights that could rob the U.S. of sovereignity.

Yowza! Cost of raising 14 kids: At least $1.5M
Source: msnbc.com

What are the true costs - both financial and emotional - of raising octuplets and six other children until age 18? One conservative estimate reveals that the price tag will be at least $1.5 million. And the emotional costs could prove to be the most severe, experts say.

The Fight Over Gay Adoption Heats Up
Source: TIME

Gay rights supporters scored another major victory in court Tuesday, when a state judge in Miami tossed out a statute that had for more than 30 years barred gay people in Florida from adopting children.

anonymums
Source: Web site

Its about the human rights atrocities in the family court against mothers and children.

Activists celebrate Iran's ban on juvenile executions
Source: humanrights-geneva.info

Of the five countries that still permit the execution of juveniles, Iran has been responsible for the most executions in recent years.

Iran urged to stop executing juveniles
Source: msnbc.com

Human Rights Watch on Tuesday called on Iran to fulfill its promise to outlaw the execution of minors, charging it has been sending children as young as 16 to the gallows.

International Campaign Against Honour Killings › News › Tiny voices defy child marriage in Yemen
Source: stophonourkillings.com

One morning last month, Arwa Abdu Muhammad Ali walked out of her husband's house here and ran to a local hospital, where she complained that he had been beating and sexually abusing her for eight months.

Childrens Rights, Protective Parents, and the System...
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We must bring awareness to these issues so children are better protected from abuse and abuse by the system. When a child is removed from a protective parent then the system has abused and has caused secondary abuse.

The Shadow Sexual Revolution - The Push to Legalize Pedophilia

There is no law against being a pedophile. You can legally have a sexual interest in children. It is the action of that interest that is illegal.

Poland to probe if Teletubbies are gay (seriously)
Source: The Washington Post

Poland's conservative government took its drive to curb what it sees as homosexual propaganda to the small screen on Monday, taking aim at Tinky Winky and the other Teletubbies.

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