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Barack Obama prepares to hit ground running with experienced cabinet - Daily Telegraph
Mr Obama's supporters insist the change agenda that propelled him to victory after just four years in the Senate is still alive, but will best served by the experienced hands he is lining up for key positions. All of his major appointments ...
Read more...Vietnam plans return to two-child policy to tackle population growth - Guardian Unlimited
Faced with a new baby boom, communist Vietnam is planning to prohibit couples from having more than two children. The government in the nation of 86 million people - two thirds of whom are under 35 - fears a population explosion will knock its ...
Read more...Baby P: We need a return to child protection - Communitycare.co.uk
In 1994, the Department of Health promoted a shift in policy from child protection to family support. It was recognised that refocusing professional attention from children at high risk of harm to assessment of all children in need would lead to ...
Read more...Safe-haven law spotlights families' plight - Los Angeles Times
Reporting from Lincoln, Neb. -- First Melyssa Cowburn's 5-year-old child tried to bash in a baby's head with a hammer. Then he set the shower curtain on fire. The next day he plugged all the sinks and toilets in their apartment and flooded the place ...
Read more...SENEGAL: Weighing the benefits of solar stoves - IRIN
THIES, 19 November 2008 (IRIN) - Researchers have sold over 1,000 solar stoves to rural families in Senegal in a bid to prove that the ovens can improve child and maternal health and reduce household fuel consumption. Many institutions including the ...
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