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Region unites for millions of “invisible” children |
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Wednesday, 29 August 2007 |
 Governments, the UN and civil society organizations from across the Latin American and Caribbean region are meeting to address the alarming problem of children whose legal identity is not recognized due to the lack of birth registration.
Throughout the region, one in six children do not legally exist because they were not registered at birth and have no formal or official identity. That means a staggering two million of the 11 million births in Latin America are not registered. Without a birth certificate millions of children are excluded from basic services such as health and education and face daily exploitation and risk. |
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Last Updated ( Tuesday, 28 August 2007 )
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Zimbabwe: Catholic Leaders Criticize Regional Heads for Mugabe Support |
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Written by CISA
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Tuesday, 28 August 2007 |
 Southern African leaders' support for Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is "sickening," a South African bishop said.At the same time a priest in Zimbabwe said the region's governments are more interested in clinging to power than working for the common good.Mugabe was given a standing ovation at an August 16-17 Southern African Development Community (SADC) meeting in Lusaka, Zambia, where regional leaders failed to pressure him into enacting political and economic reforms. |
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Last Updated ( Monday, 27 August 2007 )
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Religious communities notice more young women open to religious life |
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Written by Andrea Slivka - CNS
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Friday, 24 August 2007 |
 Girls often dream of saying "I do" at the altar to their future spouse.Katrina Gredona hopes she'll be saying those words to Jesus as a religious sister."When I look at a community of religious women, I see women who contribute fruitfully to the church and to the world in a very special way and in a very essential way, and I think that's exciting," said Gredona, a student at Seton Hall University in New Jersey. |
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 23 August 2007 )
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Young Americans find happiness in family and God |
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Written by CNA
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Thursday, 23 August 2007 |
 The current generation of young Americans are conflicted over money, reveals a recent survey of 13- to 24-year-olds. Poll results were reported in an Associated Press article.
The overwhelming majority of the 1,280 young people surveyed did not place money at the top of the list when asked what makes them happiest. Friends and family, followed by God, pets and pastimes, like listening to music, topped that list. Only one percent named money as the thing that gives them the most joy.
However, the lack of money, and the pressures this can cause, was cited as a source of unhappiness. And while a majority is happy with the amount of money they and their families have, money ranks as their fourth-highest source of stress. |
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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 22 August 2007 )
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