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The purpose of this blog is to organize news items about street children by country. I am blogging these news items because I have found in the past that many news items are only available online for a few days. By posting them here in country-specific blogs I hope to build a database of news items that may be useful to anyone interested in the problems of street children and how they are perceived in the media. I am also including links to blogs that are about street children since these often contain valuable information and insight.

These country blogs will only contain news items and blog links. If you are interested in projects relating to street children take a look at the almudo.com street children links directory.
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Street Children of the World News
Erdla

This girl from the al-Jihad neighboourhood in Iraq is one today’s new arrivals at yet another new refugee camp in Baghdad. What she’s carrying is her belongings.

Erdla

After both leaders spoke to the crowd, Bush said: “Thanks for having us. Let’s go eat.”Someone handed Bush a long knife and fork and as he prepared to pierce the meat, members of another band lifted their horns and began to play on cue.

Bush cut several slices from the shoulder and Merkel did the same from a haunch, and the eating began.

“At a joint news conference with Merkel earlier in Stralsund, Bush kept mentioning a wild boar, slaughtered and roasted the traditional way, that he planned to share at the dinner.

“I’m looking forward to the feast you’re going to have tonight. I understand I may have the honor of slicing the pig,” Bush told Merkel.

A few minutes later — after discussing Iran, the Middle East, the merits of press freedoms in Russia and progress on the Doha round of free trade talks — Bush returned to the boar.

“Thank you for having me,” he told Merkel. “Looking forward to that pig tonight.”

Bush answered a few more questions but kept coming back to the boar for a third, then a fourth time.

Before tasting the boar the president enjoyed his favourite appetiser of raw baby brain .