The Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, issued an appeal to U.S. President George W. Bush requesting U.S. officials hand over Ali Hassan al-Majid , “Chemical Ali” , and two other former Iraqi officials sentenced to hang for war crimes. U.S. officials have been reluctant to hand the three officials over to the Iraqi's citing a […]
Love is the fuel that gives us life, that gives us the fight for one more day. The fuel that gives us hope and strength, which allows us to continue on the long hard journey. Love is food for the hungry, the main nourishment of a child.
The special screening was held in Washington DC last night for the acclaimed film, HOLLY, opened by Ambassador Mark Lagon, and was followed by a question and answer session, with Ambassador Lagon, Guy Jacobson, and Adi Ezroni. A young girl running desperately through the streets, being chased by two men, her tiny feet taking her […]
The chief investigator for the U.N. commission investigating the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri said the inquiry is developing new leads and “persons of interest.” Serge Brammertz, the Belgian prosecutor charged with investigating the assassination, issued his final report to the U.N. Security Council stating the investigation has produced new information. “The […]
Three buses carrying some 140 children leave Guinea-Bissau heading to Senegal, the children are not going on a school trip, but are being trafficked to work in the cotton fields of southern Senegal. Two of the buses where stopped, but the third was never found, the children's fate is grim. Only weeks before an unnamed […]
The Israeli Simon Wiesenthal Center embarked on a last ditch effort to hunt down surviving Nazis in South America. "The passage of time in no way diminishes the guilt of the perpetrators," the center's director, Efraim Zuroff, said. The group put out a $460,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and prosecution of Dr. […]
Are the children in the West Africa worse off than they where 15 years ago, despite legislations enacted to safeguard children's rights. According to a 6-8 November conference held in Burkina Faso, to assess the progress made by governments to implement the Convention on the Rights of the Child. After an assessment of governments in […]
A Sudanese minister said the government there launched legal challenge against a French charity accused of flying over a hundred children from Chad to families in Europe. Interior Minister Zubair Bashir Taha said Sudan planned to sue Zoe's Ark charitable organization for violating international laws by allegedly abducting children from villages and refugee camps in […]
The heads of government of the Commonwealth have just concluded their biennial meeting, having convened in Uganda. On the subject of climate change, they have put forth a unified position. It appears, however, that it is a watered-down position from what almost all of the 53 nations wished to say. Why? In the words of […]
The attempts by the U.S. military to bring charges against an Associated Press photographer is bringing condemnation from the press group. The U.S. military detained Bilal Hussein in Ramadi in April, 2006, alleging he had links to terrorist groups in Iraq. Hussein, a 36-year-old native of Fallujah, has been held in custody since then without […]
Here is a great link to photos of children in their daily lives in Cuba, The Children of Cuba If you are interested into a little insight into Cuba then you may be interested to see the 2005 film, Viva Cuba, in which Malu and Jorgito are in love, but their families don't see it […]
As we’ve officially entered into the holiday season, and for many the time of gift giving is quickly approaching. As you are running a muck in daze of lights and glitter, forget not the need of so many that plagues our own countries, and so many children across the world. While we can not single […]
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