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Kids at work: child labor is on the rise as countries rush into the global economy

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The Canadian Labour Congress, the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, and others allege that the toy industry ignores the problem of child labor. The garment and rug industries also employ children. The Intl Labor Assn estimates that at least 100 million underage workers are employed worldwide.

Investigations, International aspects, Children, Employment, Labor law, Toy industry, Child labor, Labour law, Child labour

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Burundi on the brink: ethnic fighting sparks alarm over a new genocide

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Burundi suffers from the same ethnic rivalry as the one that plagues Rwanda, and aid workers in Burundi fear that a period of Hutu-Tutsi bloodletting in Burundi is imminent. Despite this, the international community has been slow to respond to the ethnic crisis in Burundi.

Political aspects, Ethnic relations, Burundi, Tutsi (African people), Hutu (African people)

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Fighting words: a poet forced into hiding by Muslim extremists still speaks out for oppressed women

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Nasrin, a physician and poet, lives in exile in Berlin, Germany, because a fatwa or death threat has been issued against her by Islamic leaders in Bangladesh. They object to Nasrin's depiction of violence against women and religious intolerance in her books.

Religious aspects, Women's rights, Islamic fundamentalism, Bangladesh, Poets, Nasrin, Taslima

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