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Microsoft-funded system to fight child pornography is launched

via Information Week | Sat April 09, 2005
Canada's Child Exploitation Tracking System was officially launched today, 27 months after a frustrated detective with the Toronto police department sent an E-mail message to Bill Gates requesting help with his department's effort to track down and prosecute child-pornography producers and consumers.

Indonesia Slashes Missing Count in Quake-Hit Aceh

via Planet Ark | Fri April 08, 2005
Indonesian officials have slashed by 60 percent their estimate of the number of people missing in Aceh province after the Dec. 26 earthquake and tsunami, because of better data collection.

Peace deal ends Ivory Coast war

via The Guardian | Thu April 07, 2005
The Ivory Coast's government, rebels and opposition leaders agreed in Pretoria yesterday to end the hostilities which have ravaged the world's top cocoa-producing state, killed thousands of people and left millions homeless since 2002.

Thirty passengers from PoK arrive in Salamabad

via PTI | GNN staff | Thu April 07, 2005
Thirty passengers, including five women from Muzaffarabad, arrived here to a rousing welcome here by the local population led by Jammu and Kashmir minister Taj Mohiuddin.

EU considers ban on child labour products

via The Financial Express | Wed April 06, 2005
In a move that could have major implications for India, a member of the European Parliament (EP) is proposing a ban on import of products stemming from child labour to the 25-member European Union.

Over 30,500 rescued from child labour

via IPP Media | Wed April 06, 2005
Officials have rescued or prevented 30,530 children from the worst forms of labour over the last three years, an official of the Tanzanian Ministry of Labour and Youth Development, said on Wednesday.

U.S. Navy Dispatches Vessels To Aid Earthquake Victims

via U.S. Department of State | GNN staff | Wed April 06, 2005
The U.S. Navy has dispatched two vessels to Indonesia's earthquake-stricken Nias Island, a Pentagon spokesman said March 30.

New Iraqi president pledges to consolidate national unity

via Xinhua | Wed April 06, 2005
The newly-elected Iraqi President Jalal al-Talabani pledged on Wednesday to consolidate national unity in the insurgency-plagued country.

Syria Pledges Complete Withdrawal From Lebanon By End Of April

via Radio Free Europe | Tue April 05, 2005
Syria's president has formally promised that all Syrian troops and intelligence agents will be withdrawn from Lebanon by 30 April. Syria also has agreed to allow UN monitors to verify the withdrawal.

UN steps up rehabilitation of war-torn southern Sudan following peace accords

via UN News Centre | Mon April 04, 2005
As peace takes hold in southern Sudan after an agreement between the Government and rebels ended Africa’s longest-running civil war, United Nations agencies are redoubling efforts to prepare for the return of 4.5 million refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) and lay the ground for social and economic development.

Annan, Assembly president remember Pope as ‘tireless advocate of peace,’ upholder of UN values

via UN News Centre | Sat April 02, 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today remembered Pope John Paul II as a "tireless advocate of peace," while the General Assembly President Jean Ping recalled how the pontiff made great contributions towards upholding the values of the world body.

China launches “green storm” against forest destruction

via People's Daily Online | Fri April 01, 2005
The State Forestry Administration (SFA) released a blacklist of 10 major cases of forest destruction since 2003 on Wednesday, unveiling a national campaign to crack down on deforestation.

Annan welcomes rebel Rwandan force’s intention to return home from DR of Congo

via UN News Centre | Fri April 01, 2005
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today welcomed a statement by Rwanda's main rebel group that it condemns the 1994 genocide in that country, renounces the use of force and will disarm, return peacefully to Rwanda from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and cooperate with the international justice system.

US pledges $80m for Afghan education

via The Peninsula | Thu March 31, 2005
US First Lady Laura Bush visited Afghanistan for the first time yesterday to promote education for women, which was forbidden by the Taleban government overthrown by US-led forces three years ago.

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