Center helps children used as camel jockeys in UAE
A Dubai rehabilitation center opened to aid 16 underage jockeys from Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Sudan. The project, quietly supported by the government, offers medical care and education while addressing a practice tied to camel racing and child labor, with plans to reunite or place the boys in schools and jobs.
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Abu Dhabi
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Gulf
Sheik Zayed
Ansar Burney Welfare Trust
Massachusetts man helps Mexican town battle rats
In Atascaderos, Mexico, Stephen Petren a 71 year old retiree from Holliston Massachusetts uses hand signals to teach locals a vermin control method after rats ravaged barns and corn stores. Local officials and residents hope his plan will curb the rodent plague and protect crops.
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Chihuahua City
France
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Haiti Violence Surges as Prison Riot Sparks Deaths
U N peacekeepers patrol Port au Prince after a prison riot and shootouts killed more than a dozen and wounded scores during a Powell visit. Gardener James Hipolito, 24, was killed near the National Palace as U N troops fired in response to gunfire. Latortue faces pressure while promises of elections loom amid ongoing political violence with former soldiers demanding reinstatement of the army.
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U.N
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Latortue
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South Africa
Bus driver fired for stem cell comment in New York
GRAND ISLAND NY A elementary school bus driver Julianne Thompson 42 was fired after sharing a stem cell statistic with students and urging them to tell parents about it She cited Mel Gibson who supposedly said embryonic stem cell research had not produced a human cure in 23 years Parents complained and officials terminated her contract Thompson may pursue legal action
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