UNICEF report shows child poverty in rich nations
A UNICEF report says one in six children in OECD nations live in poverty with the United States and Britain among the worst. It ranks Sweden Norway and Finland as best, notes high absolute poverty in Poland Hungary and the Czech Republic, and questions links between unemployment and child poverty while praising Nordic job support.
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Unicef
London
United States
Britain
U.N. Children’s Fund
Organization For Economic Cooperation and Development
Mit
Innocenti Research Center
Torence
Italy
Mexico
Turkey
Ireand
Sweden
Norway
Finland
U.S
Poland
Hungary
Czec
Spain
Japan
Pro-West leaders claim victory in Montenegro
Pro Western faction led by Milo Djukanovic wins 28 of 54 Podgorica municipal seats, gaining control of the capital as Montenegro remains divided within Yugoslavia. In Herceg Novi, Bulatovic’s bloc claims 19 of 35 seats, while results in that city are unofficial pending final tally. OSCE observers deemed the vote orderly and peaceful under tense conditions.
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Yugoslavia
Montenegro
Serbia
Slobodan Milosevic
Milo Djukanovic
Podgorica
Djukanovic
Momir Bulatovic
Flerceg Novi
Bulatovic
Herceg Novi
Milosevic
The
Election Commission
Herce Novi
Milosévic
Organization For Security and Cooperation In Europe
Julian Peel Yates
OSCE
Europe
Merceg Novi
Former Yugoslavia
Kremlin taps pro Moscow cleric to lead Chechnya admin
The Kremlin named Mufti Akhmad Kadyrov to head Chechnya's administration, aiming to win local support amid rebellion. Critics view him as Kremlin backed. he survived assassination attempts and his son was wounded in a bomb attack blamed on rebels. Putin seeks a provisional, directly controlled administration to quell the conflict.
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Maznan
Russia
Kremlin
Chechnya
Vladimir Putin
Mufti
Akhmad Kadyrov
Yegor Stroyev
Kadyrov
Putin
Khattab
Shamil
Basayev
Russian Federation
Sierra Leone children discharged from war operation Waterloo
Pro government troops repelled a rebel attack on Lunsar as a Sierra Leonean militia handed over 138 mainly child fighters to aid workers. The youths, ages 8 to 16, included boys and girls forced into roles as porters and sex slaves by rebels. Some described cycles of abduction, fighting, and escape, with calls to return to school.
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Waterloo
Sierra Leone
Lunsar
Freetown
Edmond Bangura
Bangura
Vaticari
MISNA
Kabata Junction
Port Loko
Mariama Mansaray
Revolutionary United Front
Civil Defense Force
Kamajors
Lansar
Jordanian U.N
Masiaka
Mansaray
Mohamed Conteh
RUF
Mohamed Kargbo
Kargbo
Drug summit notes threat of traffickers to democracy
At a major anti-drug conference in Port of Spain attended by Attorney General Janet Reno, Trinidad's Ramesh Maharaj warned that drug traffickers endanger democracy in small nations and global stability. He cited U N estimates of a $500 billion annual illegal trade, surpassing oil and gas.
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Trinipap
Americas
Janet Reno
Trinidad
Atty
Ramesh Maharaj
Maharaj
U.N
South America
U.S
Caribbean
United States
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