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Spy tales: a TV chef, Oscar winner, JFK adviser

wtop.com     Aug 14, 2008   48 related          

In this Oct. 11, 2001 file photo, famous chef, cookbook author and television show host Julia Child, shares a laugh with students from her alma mater, Smith College in Northampton, Mass. They served in an international spy ring...                    

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Key feminist concerns regarding core labor standards, decent work and corporate social...

choike.org     Aug 15, 2008          

Reviewing the literature and discussions shows there is no unified feminist position on the inclusion of labour standards in trade policy. Feminists do, however, share common concerns around core labour standards, decent work...                    

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Uzbeks urged to end child labour

ft.com     Aug 15, 2008          

By Jonathan Birchall in New York The four biggest groups representing the US retail and clothing industry are calling on Uzbekistan to end the widespread use of child labour in the harvesting of the country’s cotton crop. The...                    

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Guinea: New Leader Should Address Rights Abuses

allafrica.com     Aug 14, 2008   4 related          

Posted to the web 14 August 2008 Guinea's new leader should put the country's chronic human rights problems at the top of his agenda, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Ahmed Tidiane Souaré made public today....                    

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8-year-old guitar wizard has the blues

newsday.com     Aug 13, 2008   38 related          

When Tallan "T-Man" Latz was 5, he saw Joe Satriani playing guitar on TV. Three years and countless hours of practicing later, 8-year-old Tallan is a blues guitar prodigy. An anonymous e-mail sent to state officials complained...                    

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Uganda: Children in a Traffickers' Paradise

newsblaze.com     Aug 14, 2008          

By Crespo Sebunya Alarmed that human traffickers have turned Uganda into a gangsters' paradise, the Ugandan government has proposed the Trafficking in Persons Bill, 2007, poised to be enacted in June this year. Ruth Visick...                    

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How Not To Have Boomerang Kids

nolimitsladies.com     Aug 13, 2008          

Did you know that 68% of baby boomers with kids are supporting an adult child financially? Yeah, scary, isn't it? Raising children, like growing wealth, is a long term thing. Even if your children are ankle biters right now,...                    

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Employers Massively Breaking Laws against Child Labor

badnewsfromthenetherlands.blogspot.com     Aug 13, 2008          

Among summer holiday workers who are employed to work on Sundays, 34% are under the age of 16. This is against the law on child labor, by which youngsters of that age are not allowed to work on Sunday. Furthermore, many young...                    

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Got Gold? Then You’re Supporting Child Labor in Africa!

impactlab.com     Aug 12, 2008   2 related          

Sere Traore, 7, sells gold for 5,000 Guinean Francs (approx. $1) to gold buyer Majan Djwara, in the region of the Fatoya mine, in Guinea on April 25, 2008. (AP Photo/Rukmini Callimachi) If you wear a gold ring on your finger,...                    

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Change Your Gold Standard From Child Labor and Environmental Destruction to Ethical and Sustainable

wordpress.com     Aug 12, 2008   1 related          

People of all cultures have always adorned themselves in some way, including with jewelry. As they say: If you wear a gold ring on your finger, write with a gold-tipped fountain pen or have gold in your investment portfolio,...                    

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