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2013-05-22: Religious intolerance on the rise
2013-04-26: Angry teachers in Mexico go on a riot
2013-04-24: Economic woes shrink Spain's population
2013-03-25: Children worrying about their body image
2013-03-19: Soccer player banned for life for Nazi salute
2013-03-13: EU bans sale of all animal-tested cosmetics
2013-02-07: Internet safety lessons for 5-year-olds
2013-01-26: U.S. allows women to fight in wars
2013-01-22: Girls and women worst hit by recession
2013-01-16: Celebrity deaths increase suicide in Korea
2013-01-12: Google boss tells N. Korea to use Internet
2012-12-29: UAE gas station strips & fires worker over $2 tip
2012-12-17: U.S. gun association silent on Newtown massacre
2012-11-17: IKEA 'deeply regrets' forced prison labour
2012-10-16: Malala Yousafzai flown to U.K. hospital
2012-10-10: Petrol bomb how-to in kids' magazine
2012-09-16: U.K. royal anger at topless Kate pics
2012-09-01: U.K. cancels visas of 2,500 students
2012-08-23: Americans waste 40% of their food
2012-08-20: Anger over Pussy Riot sentence
2012-08-11: Kidney for iPad trial opens in China
2012-07-30: Oxford Uni changes gender dress code
2012-06-24: Kenya bars maids going to Middle East
2012-06-12: UK PM leaves 8-year-old daughter in bar
2012-05-31: Balotelli to quit Euros if racially abused
2012-04-13: Boy, 5, takes bags of heroin to school
2012-03-11: Top newspaper scraps front-page nudes
2012-03-08: Internet campaign to arrest Joseph Kony
2012-02-28: Child poverty grows as cities expand
2012-01-23: Megaupload boss pleads innocence
2011-12-09: Thailand jails US man for insulting king
2011-11-18: Pope kissing imam ad outrages Vatican
2011-10-31: British aid to be linked to gay rights
2011-10-25: Population to hit 7 billion on Halloween
2011-10-16: 'Occupy' protests go global
2011-10-13: Child sacrifice in Uganda increasing
2011-08-17: Ecuador police to take lie detector test
2011-08-11: British leader to crack down on gangs
2011-08-08: Politicians holiday during financial crisis
2011-07-21: UN Declares Famine in Somalia
2011-07-15: FBI joins News Corp phone hacking scandal
2011-06-18: Women2Drive Day in Saudi Arabia
2011-05-31: Germany to close all nuclear power plants
2011-05-16: Are cellphones killing honeybees?
2011-05-01: Limits on non-white kids in French football
2011-03-23: UK axes quarter of student visas
2011-03-17: Police bust biggest ever paedophile ring
2011-01-28: Violence erupts across Egypt
2010-12-19: U.S. ends ban on openly gay soldiers
2010-12-04: WikiLeaks founder hiding from “superpower”
2010-12-01: Sydney turns red for World AIDS Day
2010-11-25: U.K. students in university fees protest
2010-11-10: Heavy texting – a new social problem
2010-11-07: German-French protests over nuclear waste
2010-11-01: Alcohol more harmful than heroin
2010-10-17: Merkel - Multiculturalism “failed” in Germany
2010-10-05: Vatican criticizes IVF Nobel award
2010-09-26: English speaking nations most overweight
2010-09-14: Kids need lessons on alcohol emergencies
2010-09-08: Strikes over pensions cause chaos in France
2010-09-05: U.N. calls emergency food prices meeting
2010-08-21: France continues to deport Roma
2010-08-06: Rapper to run for Haiti President
2010-07-28: Europe's population now half a billion
2010-07-04: Russian spy wants to stay in USA
2010-06-28: Calls for technology in soccer after ref errors
2010-06-25: UN says world shifting to synthetic drugs
2010-05-29: 40-a-day smoking baby shocks Indonesia
2010-05-02: Obama: BP must pay for oil spill clean-up
2010-04-29: Teacher on trial for attacking student
2010-04-08: Egypt calls for return of ancient treasures
2010-04-05: Murder heightens racial tensions in S. Africa
2010-04-02: Chocolate is good for your heart
2010-03-15: Countries vote on sale of ivory
2010-03-09: Internet access is a human right
2010-02-25: Australia’s curry protest against racism
2010-02-07: Tempers over Super Bowl abortion ad
2010-01-11: Togo to quit African Cup after fatal shooting
2009-12-30: U.S. missile shield arms talks obstacle
2009-12-18: Indian men volunteer to marry sex workers
2009-12-15: Ups and downs in Copenhagen
2009-11-18: Apology for the ‘Forgotten Australians’
2009-11-06: Blue light to stop Tokyo train suicides
2009-10-16: Arctic ice may disappear in a decade
2009-10-13: Children can “imagine” pain away
2009-09-28: Smacking kids lowers their IQ
2009-09-19: 3.8 million Kenyans in need of food aid
2009-09-07: Put more babies into care: UK charity
2009-08-29: California abduction: mystery deepens
2009-08-23: Australia may need extra seasons
2009-08-14: Alcoholism – Russia’s ‘national disaster’
2009-08-05: ‘Sexting’ craze increasing among children
2009-07-21: World population aging at record rate
2009-07-18: Brazil fury over Britain’s toxic waste
2009-06-30: Parents face fines in new school rules
2009-05-28: Canada leader eats raw seal heart
2009-05-19: Kuwait elects its first female politicians
2009-05-04: Pregnant Briton faces death penalty
2009-04-19: Court jails Pirate Bay file-sharers
2009-03-29: Thousands march ahead of G20 Summit
2009-03-26: Earth Hour - World prepares to save energy
2009-03-23: U.S. school let students fight in metal cage
2009-02-06: Indian couple escape jail for kissing
2009-01-25: China closes 1250 sites for healthier Web
2009-01-04: U.S. child guilty of mother’s murder
2008-12-26: Mexican beauty queen arrested
2008-11-29: Questions asked about Mumbai attacks
2008-10-03: World’s heaviest man plans to marry
2008-09-24: School tests harm science education
2008-09-21: Confidence in Chinese milk turns sour
2008-09-18: Rwanda - world’s first women-led country
2008-08-19: Australia mayor seeks ‘ugly’ women
2008-08-01: Ex-Thai PM’s wife guilty of tax evasion
2008-07-29: Toxic chemicals found in household products
2008-07-26: PlayStations banned in UK jails
2008-06-20: United Nations says rape is a war crime
2008-05-24: Children learn social skills in Web worlds
2008-03-22: Vietnam illegally logging Laos forests
2008-03-16: Paul McCartney fights for kangaroos
2008-02-27: Spiraling prices create world hunger crisis
2008-02-09: American rethink on waterboarding
2008-02-03: Australia to apologize to Aborigines
2008-01-28: Binge drinking deaths double in 15 years
2008-01-22: Cut-and-paste essays a problem in schools
2008-01-13: Divided-at-birth twins marry each other
2007-12-14: Malaysia crackdown on ethnic Indians
2007-12-08: Children cost 50 dollars a day
2007-12-05: Divorce is bad for the environment
2007-11-23: Data on 25 million Britons 'lost in post'
2007-11-20: NZ tells Japan's whalers to stay at home
2007-11-17: UN calls for death penalty abolition
2007-11-14: London set to ban plastic bags
2007-10-30: Gap Inc. launches sweatshop enquiry
2007-10-27: Japan’s biggest English school in trouble
2007-10-21: ‘Collapse of love’ in Sarkozy divorce
2007-10-18: Nets help cut malaria in Africa
2007-09-30: Rate of UK immigration rises sharply
2007-09-15: Models under 16 banned in London
2007-08-22: Top fashion model says Vogue is racist
2007-07-17: Nurse morale at all-time low in England
2007-07-08: Live Earth rocks 2 billion worldwide
2007-07-01: Cyber-bullying spreads in the US
2007-06-22: Ten Commandments for motorists
2007-06-07: Children into computers younger than ever
2007-06-04: US issues Chinese toothpaste warning
2007-05-29: Australian bar bans heterosexuals
2007-04-02: Divorce rate explosion expected in Japan
2007-03-27: Africans mark the end of the slave trade
2007-03-24: Study says alcohol more harmful than marijuana
2007-02-19: Rio carnival says “no” to violence
2007-02-07: Nations pledge to end the use of child soldiers
2006-11-01: Madonna defends Malawi child adoption

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