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RIGHTS-US: School Recruiting Could Violate Int'l Protocol
Jim Lobe

WASHINGTON - Pressed by the demands of the "global war on terrorism", the United States is violating an international protocol that forbids the recruitment of children under the age of 18 for military service, according to a new report released Tuesday by a major civil rights group that charged that recruitment practices target children as young as 11 years old.
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ECONOMY: U.S. Woes, Anti-Immigrant Moves Hit Latin America
Abid Aslam
WASHINGTON - Economic woes and hostility against immigrants in the United States are having a financial impact thousands of miles away, in the communities to which migrant workers send their hard-earned savings.
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DEATH PENALTY-US: Catch-Up Wave of Executions Feared
Adrianne Appel
BOSTON - Anti-death penalty activists are bracing themselves for a wave of executions across the U.S. after the state of Georgia moved swiftly to end the life of William E. Lynd following the Supreme Court's ruling that lethal injection was not a violation of the constitution.
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Bush at War Part II
In Focus: Iraq
 
 
Economy and Trade
> U.S. Woes, Anti-Immigrant Moves Hit Latin America
> Loggers, Owls Not Out of the Woods Yet
> Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains "Surge"
> For U.S., No News Seems Good

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Politics
> School Recruiting Could Violate Int'l Protocol
> U.S. Woes, Anti-Immigrant Moves Hit Latin America
> Catch-Up Wave of Executions Feared
> Bush Tour Diminished by Hezbollah Show of Force

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Civil Society
> Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves
> A Contest for the Biggest Loser
> Govts Ever More Draconian, Group Says
> Anti-War Grannies Arrested Trying to Enlist

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Environment
> Sugarcane Alcohol Tarnished by U.S. Maize Ethanol
> Loggers, Owls Not Out of the Woods Yet
> Poll Finds Deep Concern Among Hispanics
> Taking on the Two-Party Monopoly

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Development
> Sugarcane Alcohol Tarnished by U.S. Maize Ethanol
> Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains "Surge"
> Sunny Today, Cloudy Tomorrow
> New Gov't Needs Aid, Leeway to Address Terror Front

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Human Rights
> School Recruiting Could Violate Int'l Protocol
> U.S. Woes, Anti-Immigrant Moves Hit Latin America
> Catch-Up Wave of Executions Feared
> Washington Rallies Behind Embattled Lebanese Gov't

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Health
> Vets Await Verdict in Class Action Lawsuit
> Vets' Lawsuit Opens Door on Suicides, Poor Care
> "We Wanted to Know How a Corn Cob Gets into a Pepsi"
> Vets Press McCain to Back Greater Benefits

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Media & Communications
> Lawmakers Seek Probe of "Media Generals"
> Major Climate Campaign Hits U.S. Airwaves
> Media Wrong on Rev. Wright, Critics Say
> U.S. Image Improved Slightly in 2007

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Multilateralism Under Siege
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More than 300 million strong, the world's indigenous peoples are beginning to make themselves heard, in international arenas like the new United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, and at the national level, where their growing numbers are translating into political muscle. Via its local writers, IPS endeavours to transmit these indigenous voices and untangle their issues for a global audience