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For-christie-an-inauguration-day-clouded-by-crisis. Continue reading the main story Video TRENTON — A subdued-looking Gov. Chris Christie, bedeviled by doubts about his leadership style and political tactics, took the oath of office on Tuesday at the lowest point in his governorship, determined to re-establish a bond with scandal-weary citizens of New Jersey and remind them of what it was they liked about him.

Amid subpoenas, investigations and allegations, Mr. Christie seemed to plead with his state to return to the moment, just 77 days ago, when he was re-elected by a huge margin, luring the bipartisan coalition he described in his speech as “suburbanites and city dwellers, African-Americans and Latinos, women and men, doctors and teachers.” He spoke of “trust” and “faith” and “unity,” asking New Jerseyans to recall once more “the bond we have created with each other over the last four years.” Aides were determined to put a celebratory face on Mr.

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LRA Africa. Forced abortion highlights abuses in China policy. Forced abortions are considered an acceptable way of enforcing China's population limits, but they are banned when the woman is more than five months pregnant. BEIJING — When her mind is clear, Gong Qifeng can recall how she begged for mercy. Several people pinned her head, arms, knees and ankles to a hospital bed before driving a syringe of labor-inducing drugs into her stomach.

She was seven months pregnant with what would have been her second boy. The drugs caused her to have a stillborn baby after 35 hours of excruciating pain. "It was the pain of my lifetime, worse than the pain of delivering a child. Since the abortion more than two years ago, Gong has been diagnosed with schizophrenia. Forced abortions are considered an acceptable way of enforcing China's population limits, but they are banned when the woman is more than five months pregnant. Observers believe forced late-term abortions are on the decline, though reports continue to surface. Join MSN News on social. Facts About Foster Care — Children's Rights. Ending Extreme Poverty. “...The United States will join with our allies to eradicate such extreme poverty in the next two decades by connecting more people to the global economy; by empowering women; by giving our young and brightest minds new opportunities to serve, and helping communities to feed, and power, and educate themselves; by saving the world’s children from preventable deaths; and by realizing the promise of an AIDS-free generation, which is within our reach.” – President Obama, 2013 State of the Union address For the first time in history, we have the tools, technologies, and approaches to end extreme poverty and its most devastating corollaries - including widespread hunger and preventable child death -- within two decades.

But if we're going to tackle this great challenge, we must take stock of what we know, assess what we don't know, and work together to apply new approaches to help us eradicate extreme poverty. What Will It Take to End Extreme Poverty in Our Lifetimes? A New Focus. Germany agrees to help destroy Syria's chemical weapons.

9 January 2014Last updated at 13:28 ET These ships are helping to transport the chemical weapons away from Syria Germany is joining international efforts to destroy Syria's stockpile of chemical weapons, the foreign and defence ministries have announced. The decision is in response to a request for help from the UN and OPCW, co-ordinators of the destruction plan. Ministers said waste from the destroyed weapons would be burned at a government facility in the town of Munster in line with environmental regulations. Germany has until now refused to accept chemical weapons onto its soil. But Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said Germany had "decided not to pull back from our responsibility".

"The destruction of Syria's chemical weapons could be the first, decisive step towards defusing the Syria conflict... He said Germany had the capacity and technology to undertake this task. The announcement was welcomed by Russia. Britain has also offered to help get rid of the waste. 1. The Fallacy of a “One Size Fits All” Education. US defends drone strikes as 'necessary and just' in face of UN criticism | World news. The US government has defended its use of drone strikes in Pakistan, Yemen and other countries in front of the UN, telling a chamber full of largely critical nations that in President Obama's view the deployment of unmanned aerial attacks against al-Qaida targets was "necessary, legal and just". Representatives from a slew of nations, including Brazil, China and Venezuela, lined up to berate the Obama administration for its intensive use of drone strikes.

But the US delegation told a plenary meeting of the general assembly in the UN building in New York the president had taken steps to introduce new guidance and standards, and to set out the legal rationale for unmanned weapons deployed in the fight against al-Qaida and affiliated threats. The UN debate marked the first time that member nations have come together to discuss the rapidly expanding militarised use of remotely piloted aircraft and the fraught international legal issues that it raises. Congress-restricts-drones-program-shift. What is Human Trafficking? Human trafficking is a modern form of slavery. It involves controlling a person through force, fraud, or coercion to exploit the victim for forced labor, sexual exploitation, or both. Human trafficking strips victims of their freedom and violates our nation’s promise that every person in the United States is guaranteed basic human rights. It is also a crime. Approximately three out of every 1,000 persons worldwide were in forced labor at any given point in time between 2002 and 2011.

Victims of human trafficking represent a range of backgrounds in terms of age, nationality, socioeconomic status, and education, but one characteristic that they usually share is some form of vulnerability. Victims who are undocumented immigrants often do not report abuses to the authorities out of distrust of law enforcement, and/or fear of arrest, injury to family members, deportation, or other serious reprisals. Definitions of Human Trafficking California Federal International Labour Organization (ILO) World Relief Spokane – HUMAN TRAFFICKING: Human Trafficking 101 The next human trafficking 101 class is on Monday, March 17th at 5:00 pm at the World Relief office. Please email us to reserve a place at race2endslavery@wr.org. Country Narratives -- Countries H through R.

HONDURAS (TIER 2) Honduras is principally a source and transit country for women, girls, and boys trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation. Honduran children are typically trafficked from rural areas to urban and tourist centers such as San Pedro Sula, the North Caribbean coast, and the Bay Islands. Honduran women and children are trafficked to Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, and the United States for sexual exploitation. Most foreign victims of commercial sexual exploitation in Honduras are from neighboring countries; some are economic migrants en route to the United States who are victimized by traffickers. Internal child labor and forced child labor for violent criminal gangs are serious concerns.

The Government of Honduras does not fully comply with the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking; however, it is making significant efforts to do so. Prevention The government made solid progress in prevention activities during the reporting period. Afghan boy dancers sexually abused by former warlords. Human Trafficking in afghanistan. Legalized Prostitution Debate. The I O C C Highlighting Human Trafficking in TAMPA BAY Florida.