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Indonesian palm oil company denies child labor claims, new allegations arise

2013-02-28 07:24:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Mongabay: PT Sinar Sawit Andalan (PT SSA), a palm oil plantation company in Indonesias West Kalimantan province, has denied allegations that the company employs children. PT SSA was responding to a video released earlier this month that showed school-age children carrying polybags at the companys work site in West Kalimantans Sintang district. A Sintang district government team has investigated the claim and released a progress report confirming the companys statements. However another resident of the...

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Tackling Child Labour in the Livestock Sector

2013-02-28 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News

GLOBAL - Child labour in the livestock sector is widespread and largely ignored, according to FAO, which has released the first global study on child labour issues related to livestock.

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UK Police Order Social Nets to Stop Outing Released Child Murderer

2013-02-27 19:51:00| TechNewsWorld

Police in the UK have ordered Google, Twitter and Facebook to remove photographs claiming to show the recently released murderer of James Bulger, who was killed in Liverpool 20 years ago. In addition to the injunction that bans the photos, authorities threatened Monday to take legal action -- in the form of fines or even jail time -- against individuals posting photos of the murderer.

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The Onion deletes offensive tweet about child Oscar nominee

2013-02-25 08:26:38| CNET News.com

The humor publication seems to have gone too far with a tweet that directed a term many consider deeply offensive at Best Actress nominee Quvenzhane Wallis. [Read more]

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