China's Beijing and Shanghai cities and Guangdong Province on Sunday published plans to gradually allow migrant workers' children to enter senior high schools and sit college entrance exams locally.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday he saw no reason not to sign into law a bill banning adoption of Russian children by U.S. foster families.
Eight out of 23 children wounded in a knife attack in central China's Henan Province have been transferred to hospitals in neighboring Hubei Province to receive better treatment, doctors said Tuesday.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday renewed his call urging President Barack Obama and Congress to impose tougher restrictions on guns following a horrific shooting rampage an elementary school in Newtown, the U.S. state of Connecticut, Friday, which left 28 people dead, including 20 children aged 6 to 7.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Navi Pillay said she was "acutely concerned" about Palestinian and Israeli civilians caught up in the ongoing conflict in Gaza and southern Israel, spokesperson Rupert Colville said Tuesday.
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