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Twenty years ago the United Nations adopted the Convention of the Rights of the Child. The CRC or UNCRC, is an international treaty setting out the civil, political, economic, social and cultural rights of children.
20/11/2009
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June 5In the morning, 200 Israeli fighter jets and bombers launch an attack on Egypt's air bases after the build-up of Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian troops along its borders.
19/11/2009
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Under the Lisbon Treaty, the European Union will soon appoint a president of the council of EU leaders to represent the bloc in the world and chair EU summits.
19/11/2009
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As leaders from around the Pacific Rim gather in Hanoi for the annual Apec forum and summit, a look at the organisation and its objectives:
15/11/2009
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THE SCENE IS SET: 1945- 1961
09/11/2009
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In the wake of a shooting spree by a US army psychiatrist at Ford Hood in Texas, below is a glance at some of the worst mass shootings in the US in recent years:
06/11/2009
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Chairman of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), president of the Palestinian Authority (PA) and a founding member of Fatah, one of the main Palestinian factions, Mahmoud Abbas is a former school teacher who has led Palestine during the hard...
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The re-election of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad after presidential polls on June 12 was heavily disputed by two defeated candidates, who claimed there had been mass fraud.
04/11/2009
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A surprised world has greeted the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Barack Obama, the US president, with a mixture of praise and scepticism.
10/10/2009
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The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the 2009 peace prize to US president Barack Obama. Thorbjoern Jagland, the head of the committee, gave the following address to announce the award.
09/10/2009
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Typhoons are some of the most powerful and destructive storms seen anywhere in the world.
07/10/2009
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The United Nations fact-finding mission on Israel's 22-day offensive on the Gaza Strip between December 2008 and January 2009 found evidence that Israeli forces committed serious war crimes and breaches of humanitarian law.
05/10/2009
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Iran first began experimenting with nuclear energy in the 1950s when it received US assistance to build the country's first nuclear reactor.
01/10/2009
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