China Turns Up the Heat on Taiwan With Live-Fire Drills
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The drills were the latest show of force by China, which claims Taiwan as
its territory and has protested Western support for the island.
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
Children - the silent victims of incarceration
The 'silent victims' of incarceration: Coping with parents in prison - CNN.com: ""I call them the silent victims of incarceration," Content said. "They're not the victim who the crime was committed against, but they are feeling the ramifications of their parents doing time." More than 2.7 million children in America have a parent in prison, according to a 2010 study (PDF) by The Pew Charitable Trusts. For the vast majority, there are few outlets for the kids. Children are left to be reared by grandmothers, aunts, moms -- themselves often already struggling below the poverty line. Sometimes, they fall into the hands of the state. In some countries, children actually grow up behind bars with their parents because no one else can raise them and there isn't a social safety net large enough to take care of them all. Pushpa Basnet, one of this year's top 10 CNN Heroes, runs a home in Nepal where dozens of these children can live a more normal life, even in their parents' absence. . .. ."
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