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2006-06-20
Children 'face obesity timebomb'
BBC News, UK - 7 hours ago A survey of children's favourite foods showed some contain double the recommended dose of salt or fat. The Trading Standards Institute
Professor Graham MacGregor, Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine and Chairman of Consensus Action on Salt and Health (CASH), said: "I find it shocking that food manufacturers are still producing foods aimed at children that contain large quantities of salt. "We know that salt acts as a chronic long-term toxin, slowly putting up blood pressure as we grow older.

2006-06-19
54 percent of Arab children 'in danger and crisis'
Jerusalem Post, Israel - 12 hours ago Arab children in Israel are at a much greater risk of being uneducated, turning to violence, getting ill and even dying compared to Jewish children, said
Infant mortality among Arabs in Israel is twice as high as among Israeli Jews. Prof. Ilana Shoham-Vardi, of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Ben-Gurion University, said the problem is particularly acute among the Negev Beduin, a great number of whom live in unrecognized villages and therefore have less access to health services. More than 15% of Beduin babies die within one year, compared to 8.8% of all Muslim babies in Israel and 5.4% of Jewish babies.

2006-06-18
God gives best Father's Day gifts through our children
Gainesville Times, GA - 4 hours ago It is the responsibility to care and provide for the child or children that God has entrusted to them. Psalm 127:4 states that children are a reward from God.
Psalm 127:4 states that children are a reward from God. Whereas some people see children as a burden or an imposition, God sees children as a wonderful gift. We would do well to see them as he does.

2006-06-16
Coroner says no one to blame for children's car deaths
ABC Regional Online, Australia - 5 hours ago A coroner says the deaths of three children in a car fire in central Victoria last year was a tragedy beyond description. Four-year
Meanwhile, Sergeant Frank Peiffer, from Wedderburn Police, and Detective Sergeant Mark McClure, from Bendigo Criminal Investigation Unit, have received regional commendations for their roles in the incident.

2006-06-15
6 children removed from home where child suffocated
Chicago Sun-Times, United States - 10 hours ago The Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has removed six children from a Chicago home where a 3-month-old died from suffocation early Tuesday.
Janaya Pettis, of the 1500 block of N. Major Ave., died of suffocation by overlaying, meaning someone laid on the baby, according to a spokeswoman from the Cook County Medical Examiner�s office, which ruled the death an accident.

2006-06-14
Barnardo's calls for more services to help sexually-exploited
ic Wales, United Kingdom - 1 hour ago MORE support for children who are sexually exploited in Wales is needed, claims a major report into the vital role that specialist services play in tackling
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2006-06-13
YEMEN: Workshop to train young people on rights of children
Reuters AlertNet, UK - 21 hours ago SANAA, 12 June (IRIN) - A workshop devoted to children's rights began in Sana'a on Monday, timed to coincide with the International Day against Child Labour.
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2. Designer Children: Reconciling Genetic Technology, Feminism, and Christian Faith
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5. Teach the children well
With fun tech workshops on building robots, experimenting with animation and exploring the digital arts, kids might just grow up to change the world.