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New Efforts Target Child Agricultural Labor in U.S.

The Obama administration has increased enforcement efforts against illegal use of children as farm laborers. This article by Erik Eckholm in the New York Times describes the particulars of children and teenagers working in blueberry fields in North Carolina, as well as reform efforts under consideration in Congress:

Child Soldiers in Somalia

Jeffrey Gettleman reports on the continuing use of child soldiers in the conflict in Somalia, noting that they are also used and recruited by the Transitional Federal Government, which is supported by the United States. See Children Carry Guns for a U.S.

Veiling

See this piece in the Style Section of the New York Times by Lorraine Ali: Behind the Veil (with an accompanying slide show).

CIS and the Sham Marriage Question

Nina Bernstein has a series of articles this weekend in the New York Times, available online with this link to the agency fraud worksheet used by U.S.

Iceland Approves Gay Marriage

Here’s the story from Reuters: Iceland Passes Gay Marriage Law in Unanimous Vote.

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