Scores killed in Russian plane crash

A Russian passenger jet carrying hockey players to their first match of the season crashed near the city of Yaroslavl, killing at least 43 people.
Initial reports said 37 people were on board the plane. But officials at Russia's Emergency Situations Ministry have corrected the figure since, saying 45 passengers were on board the plane, only two of whom survived.

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Deadly explosion outside high court in Delhi

A bomb apparently hidden in a suitcase has exploded outside the high court in New Delhi, India's capital, killing at least 11 people and wounding 45 others, officials said.
"This is a cowardly act of a terrorist nature," said Manmohan Singh, India's prime minister, who is currently on a visit to Bangladesh.
"We will never succumb to the pressure of terrorism. This is a long war in which all political parties, all the the people of India, have to stand united so that this scourge of terrorism is crushed."
Addressing parliament on Wednesday, Palaniappan Chidambaram, the country's interior minister, said: "We are determined to track down the perpetrators of this horrific crime and bring them to justice."

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Haiti - Social : Martelly working on a fund project for street children

The Social welfare and Research Institute (IBSR) and the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) have launched on Monday the week of the Haitian children in the presence of President Michel Martelly and the First Lady Sophia Martelly.

"Respect our rights, this is what us, children we ask" (Respekte dwa nou, se sa nou menm timoun nou mande) is the theme chosen for the week devoted to the situation of children in Haiti. Awareness activities on children's basic needs such as education, health, and nutrition will be held throughout the week.

The different actors have the goal to attract the attention of Haitian society about the importance of ensuring the rights of children who need to be protected and preserved from all forms of abuse. "Stop being tolerant, we must protect the child against all forms of exploitation" declared Françoise Gruloos-Ackermans, UNICEF's representative in Haiti.

The President Martelly has promised to pay special attention to the small Haitian during his mandate, renewing his willingness to ensure free access to school to every Haitian children. "...I want to say to the children of the streets, is that even when I was campaigning, I always talked about you. [...] I tell you, I have plans for you, until yesterday I worked on two projects to make enter funds, in the same way I did it for the National Fund for Education (FNE), I want to do a fund that will provide money for street children, to remove you from the street because the street is not for you, is for cars."

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