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...hurt by it but her boys can. Above all else, Diana was a mother.' ROSA MONCKTON, a friend of Princess Diana, saying images of the princess's crash featured in a forthcoming Channel 4 documentary in the U.K. are insensitive and designed to boost TV ratings...
...choice. "Of course we still come. Our children are innocent. How could we not come?" In December 2005, fed up with the lack of response, four relatives bypassed the petition office and marched straight to the red gates of Zhongnanhai, the Communist Party headquarters. Fu Yuru, mother of He Guoqiang, who is serving a suspended death sentence for the crime, held aloft a banner calling for her son's freedom. The gesture cost the then 56-year-old 14 days in detention before she, like the others, was shipped back to Zhuangtouying with a warning to stick to established procedures...
...mother, I regularly grapple with two related questions: How soon should I talk about child predators to my kids, and how should I couch such a conversation? I have two daughters, ages 10 and 5, and they interact with adults of all sorts-coaches, teachers, friends, relatives and, in Asia, household help. I want to prolong the innocence with which my children view the world, yet warn them of its dangers. This is tricky, particularly in Asia, where children are welcomed and cherished with a delight that is as genuine as it is-from a Western perspective at least-threatening...
...Having returned with her kids from Cannes, Jolie may actually get a break from the unruly local paparazzi, whose attention has now turned to homegrown stories. First, there's the story of an eight-year-old boy allegedly locked up naked and tied by his own mother. "Two beauties from Hollywood can't match something this heavy," Hoeppner remarks matter-of-factly...
...concerns about endangered wildlife and loss of habitat are smokescreens for pro-immigrant sentiment. "The real issue for people who live on the border is that cattle are being killed, cars are being broken into and water lines are being cut," said Michelle Dallacroce, a self-described Arizona mother and U.S. Air Force veteran who heads Mothers Against Illegal Aliens (MAIA). "What's more important than a human life...