David Cameron speaks at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Moroccan government changes a law which allowed rapists to marry their victims, and plans are underway to build giant wind turbines across the Irish countryside
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Eleven E.U. countries decide to impose a financial transactions tax, India’s police force are often part of the problem for rape victims and the Taliban condemn Prince Harry’s comments
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Air pollution in the Afghan capital is caused by congested traffic rather than fecal matter, British woman sentenced to death in Bali for drug smuggling, and Japanese Finance Minister believes the country’s elderly should die and …
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North Africa’s Islamic extremists pose a formidable threat to Western countries, more than 140 countries pledge to fight mercury pollution and Iran is stepping up its number of public hangings in a bid to cut crime
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Venezuela faces a shortage of staple foods, Romanian orphanages fail to provide life training for children and the artistic director of the Bolshoi Ballet is injured in an acid attack
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China invests hundreds of billions of dollars to educate its young workforce, the world makes unprecedented progress against neglected tropical diseases and cell phones are part of the fight against illegal logging in Brazil’s …
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A helicopter crash in central London, mercy killing of the elderly is a socially accepted practice in southern India and Chinese officials try to borrow orphans from a temple to cover up their failure to open an orphanage
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Russia’s muddled policy toward migrant workers deters integration, China added 51 million new Internet users in 2012 and Tokyo is having some troubles with a tower
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Greece approved environmentally-risky mining to raise cash, Beijing orders government cars off the roads to curb pollution and why the French president could soon begin to enjoy a stronger image
Caught in the International Adoption Slowdown
On a September day in 2008 Gabrielle Shimkus was driving home when her husband Frank called with the good news. They have a son for us, he told her. Later that day, a picture of the boy—a tiny, two-and-half-month-old orphan in …
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A million Syrians are going hungry amid the civil war, and French women are still struggling for gender equality
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The Chinese government plans to end its labor camp system, Japan’s nuclear cleanup is criticized and Iceland continues to rebound
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Serious air pollution sweeps over the capital of Iran, illegal drug use in China rises dramatically and the Russian Orthodox Church tells its followers to adopt orphans.