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ACR Weekly Newsletter Vol.2, No.39 (24 September 2003)

NEPAL: Terror Striken children Marks Plea for Permanent Peace [News]
Although the much-awaited Hindu festival Dashain formally begins tomorrow, most of the people are not in a festive mood. The reason - they have witnessed gruesome killings of their kith and kin, which...

INDONESIA: Selling Death to Teenagers is Big Business [Feature]
How do you kill close to 1,100 Indonesians a day? Dead easy. You don't even need a bomb -- use cigarettes. How do you sell a poison that causes 5.5 million Indonesians on average to be very, very s...

ARMED CONFLICT: UNICEF Praises Afghan Child Soldier Innovation [News]
UNICEF has hailed Afghanistan's formal ratification of an international agreement to curb the recruitment of child soldiers. At a United Nations ceremony tomorrow Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, Afghanistan...

PAKISTAN: TThe State of Domestic Child Labour [Conference Report]
The Society for the Protection of the rights of the Child (SPARC) held this two-day conference on September 6 and 7, 2003. It was inaugurated by the Federal Minister for Information, Sheikh Rashid Ahm...

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