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Human-rights organizations say an International Megan's Law would be a step in the right direction. "If we know someone is committing serious crimes at home or overseas, we want to accurately identify them," says Karen Stauss of the Polaris Project, an organization dedicated to combating human-trafficking. Amanda Bissex, UNICEF Thailand's chief of child protection, agrees that H.R. 1623 would benefit vulnerable children. "We need to improve law enforcement and the economic welfare of children," says Bissex, "but we also need to address people's attitudes and create an environment where there is zero tolerance for abuse...
...matter how mature a 13-year-old she is, the psychological effects would be enormous," says Amanda Owens, a London-based sports psychologist, who worries that Dekker's planned journey could leave her emotionally stunted. "At that age, two years is a big chunk of her life to spend alone. Plus, she wouldn't yet have the coping strategies to deal with the emotional trauma that can - and would - happen." (See the top 10 sporting moments...
...supportive and helpful as a Seeing Eye dog. She is pleased by her growing mastery of French cooking, but what she's really exultant about is the growing number of comments on her blog. She has followers, the contemporary dream. After the New York Times's Amanda Hesser writes about her, Julie returns home to 65 messages from assorted agents, publishers and reporters and delightedly tells Eric, "I'm going to be a writer!" By then we know her ambition well enough to be surprised she's not crowing, "I'm going to be famous...
...Great Depression but in some ways worsened it. TIME contributor Peter Beinart, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, looks at how Roosevelt understood that he could not lead Americans into war until they understood that their vital interests were at stake, while fellow TIME contributor Amanda Ripley shows how Eleanor Roosevelt's agenda differed from her husband...
...Amanda Knox has finally spoken. Ever since the 21-year-old American student was arrested in Italy in late 2007 and charged with the grisly murder of her British roommate Meredith Kercher, tabloids on both sides of the Atlantic have bubbled with scandal and speculation. Was she, as Italian and British reports suggest, a promiscuous party girl who lived like a slob and took strange men back to the house? Did she, as Italian prosecutors allege, cut Kercher's throat after she refused to take part in group sex with Knox; Knox's boyfriend at the time, Raffaele Sollecito...