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POPSKenyan children abducted and terrorized- child soldiers and land conflicts ENDING OF ARTICLE: In the meantime, Kenya's land issues remain unresolved. And the powerful politicians that villagers and former fighters say lead the militia remain free. "The conflict in Mount Elgon is but the worst example of the poisonous relationship between Kenyan politics, land grievances and violence," said Ben Rawlence of New York-based Human Rights Watch. If the children are released, some can trace their families. Others have no parents left after murders by either the militia or the military. Peace and justice are far beyond the hopes of most families. Mothers say their ears still strain beyond the drumbeat of rain on a tin roof or wind rustling through cornstalks for the sounds of a vanished child's voice. Some scarred children will eventually limp home along the winding mountain trails. Others never will.
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POPS1-child policy has exceptions after China quake Though commonly called a one-child policy, the rules offer a welter of exceptions and loopholes, some of them put into practice because of widespread opposition to the limits. For example, in large parts of rural China, most families are allowed a second-child, especially if the first was a girl. Local officials often have wide discretion on enforcement, a fact that has made the policy susceptible to corruption. Many Chinese have shown interest in adopting earthquake orphans, and Monday's announcement says there are no limits on the number of earthquake orphans a family can adopt. The adoptions, or even a future birth to a family that adopts an orphan, will not face the limitations of the one-child policy. Officials estimated last week that the quake left about 4,000 orphans, but they warned they would make every effort to connect children with other family members.
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POPSParents claim racism in Harper Lee's Alabama hometown
"There are policies and practices that serve to criminalize youth and push them out of classes — primarily children of color," Kim said. Monroe County School system attorney Mark Boardman said the lawsuit's allegations were investigated and found to be "baseless." A review of discipline records showed no disciplinary disparity between races, he said, and the district is seeking to have the lawsuit dismissed. "Three other lawyers have been involved in this case and decided — after learning the facts — not to take it," Boardman said. Yates said her son's self-esteem has declined since he enrolled there as a sixth grader. Yates said she asked to attend her son's classes after he began having trouble and saw a black teacher telling students they were "lazy and slow." The same teacher also gave her son an 'F' on a project in which students were to design a futuristic pair of pants. The teacher told Yates' son his project "looks like something a slave would wear," the mother said
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POPSAftershock rattles China quake zone Friday May 16th 2008 The government said it would investigate why so many school buildings collapsed in the quake and severely punish anyone responsible for shoddy construction. Officials in at least six provinces promised to tear down dangerous school buildings to protect students, state media reported. The quake destroyed about 6,900 classrooms, not including those in the hardest-hit counties. China's education system is chronically underfunded. Building experts said the problem here, as in many other parts of the world, was a lack of commitment by governments to improve the quality of school buildings. "Schools should never collapse, and hospitals and fire stations should never collapse. These are all civic structures that are needed in a disaster," said Roger Bilham, a professor of geological sciences at the University of Colorado at Boulder. "So when I hear a school has collapsed, I point the finger at politics." More than 4 million apartments and homes were damaged or destroyed in Sichua
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