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WEEKLY BULLETIN: 13 FEBRUARY 2015
In this issue:
• Girls switched at birth awarded damages.
• Children at sugarcane factory to attend school
• Children taken to UK to be returned to Australia
• Detention harms children and violates law
• Family loses wrongful death appeal
• How much does it cost to give birth
• Edmonton withdraws Games bid
• Cricket World Cup officially underway
• Sports profile: Sachin Tendulkar
• Cricket quiz

France baby-swap families win damages
(France)
As Hugh Schofield reports, the swap was only discovered when one of the girls felt she
did not look like her father. The families of two French girls who were accidentally
switched at birth 20 years ago have been awarded nearly €2m (£1.5m) in damages. The
clinic involved in the mix-up was ordered to compensate both girls - now women - their
parents and siblings. Both babies had been treated in the same incubator and were then
given to the wrong parents. Although the error was discovered 10 years ago, neither family
has wanted to swap the girls back. On Tuesday, the court in Grasse, southern France,
ordered the clinic in Cannes to pay €400,000 to each of the girls. Read the full story at :
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-31350550.
Project launched to ensure children of sugarcane
factory workers attend school.
(India)
When the kids are small and both the parents work, the kids are taken along and they lose
out on education. Pune division’s Women and Child Development department has recently
started a pilot project in Solapur to increase enrollment of children of sugarcane workers
in schools. The project includes making school leaving certificates easily available to
making local people take responsibility of the kids. The department intends to spread the
project to other districts too.“What we are trying to do is create an all-inclusive set-up of
Anganwadi sevikas, school headmasters and a special group of people called ‘bal mitra’
(friends of children) aware about the situation of these sugarcane factory workers. Once
the community in the area decides to help these people, then there will be better chances
of education among the students,” said R S Patil, deputy commissioner, Women and Child
Development. Read the full article at http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/projectlaunched-to-ensure-children-of-sugarcane-factory-workers-attend-school/.

Children taken to UK should be returned to Australia,
judge rules.
(Australia)
Man’s former wife, now dead, had specified in will that she did not want her two children
to return to live with their father. An English woman who did not want her two children to
live with her ex-husband in Australia has lost a fight from beyond the grave. The woman
had written a will and said “under no circumstances” did she wish the youngsters – a girl
aged eight and a boy aged seven – to return to their Australian father. Her parents and her
ex-husband, who is of Aboriginal descent, became embroiled in a British family court fight
over the children’s futures after she died late in 2014. A judge ruled in favour of the
woman’s ex-husband following a hearing in the family division of the high court in
London. Mr Justice Roderic Wood had been told that the pair had married a decade ago
and lived in Darwin, Australia. The the full article at
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/feb/11/children-uk-returned-australiajudge#img-1.
Australia asylum: Detention 'harms children and violates
law'
Australia's policy of detaining the children of asylum seekers causes them harm and
violates international human rights law, a report says. A third of detained children had
developed mental illnesses of such severity that they required psychiatric treatment, the
Australian Human Rights Commission (HRC) said. It called for all detained children to
be released immediately. PM Tony Abbott has called the report a blatant attack on his
government. Mr Abbott said the commission "should be ashamed of itself" for being so
partisan. Read the full article at http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-31432017.

Rachel Corrie's family loses wrongful death appeal in
Israel's Supreme Court
Family of US woman killed in Gaza 12 years ago had sought to hold Israel liable for her
death, but judges uphold decision of lower court in Haifa. Israel’s supreme court has
rejected the appeal by the family of Rachel Corrie – the US activist who was crushed to
death by a military bulldozer in Gaza 12 years ago – which had sought to hold Israel liable
for her death. The ruling, which followed a high-profile hearing before Israel’s top court
last year, appears to bring to an end – in the Israeli courts at least – years of effort by
Corrie’s family to hold the country’s military responsible for her death. Instead, the court
upheld the decision of a lower court, which invoked the “combat activities exception” that
the Israeli military cannot be held responsible for damages in a war zone. Read the full
article at http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/feb/12/rachel-corrie-family-appealisrael-court
How much do women around the world pay to give birth
Money should be the least of your concerns when you are in labour. But when I was about
to push my baby out I noticed that the epidural was running low, and before asking my
doctor to top it up I thought to myself: "Would that be another $500" Three days later I
was presented with three different hospital bills; one for myself, another for our baby
daughter and a third one, which I cannot even remember. Mine was five pages long,
detailing every item that I used during my two-night stay. Hers was not much shorter.In
total our first child's birth cost us just under $9,000 Singapore dollars ($6,650; £4,400). If
you include all the pre-natal check-ups, the bill was well over S$10,000. Read the full
article at http://www.bbc.com/news/business-31052665

Commonwealth Games 2022: Edmonton withdraws bid
(Commonwealth)
Canadian city Edmonton has withdrawn its bid to host the 2022 Commonwealth Games,
leaving Durban in South Africa as the only remaining bidder. A statement from the bid
team said financial reasons and a global fall in oil prices were behind the withdrawal. The
Games, which were held in Glasgow last year, were staged in Edmonton in 1978 and the
city has said they will bid again to host the 2026 event. Read The full article at
http://www.bbc.com/sport/0/commonwealth-games/31407098.
ICC CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015 IS OFFICIALLY
UNDERWAY
With thousands in attendance and millions watching around the world, the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2015 opened in spectacular fashion with star-laden events in both Christchurch
and Melbourne. Featuring sporting and entertainment icons, cultural performances and
impressive pyrotechnic displays, the Opening Events have ensured that the 2015 World
Cup has entertained even before a ball has been bowled. See more at http://www.icccricket.com/cricket-world-cup/news/2015/news/85460/icc-cricket-world-cup-2015-isofficially-underway.

SPORTS PROFILE
SACHIN TENDULKAR
One of the most decorated cricketers in the history of the game, Sachin Tendulkar played
in six World Cups (1992-2011). He is the most successful batsman in ICC’s pinnacle
event with 2,278 runs in 45 matches, including 482 runs in nine matches in India’s
successful campaign in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011. He is the leading run-getter in
ODIs with 18,426 runs in 463 matches. Tendulkar was the player of the ICC Cricket
World Cup 2003 when India finished runner-up to Australia.
SACHIN TENDULKAR: CHALLENGES FOR
BATSMEN IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
BATSMEN WILL HAVE TO BEWARE OF THE WINDY CONDITIONS DUE TO THE
GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS OF SOME OF THE VENUES, SAYS BATTING
LEGEND. READ THE FULL PROFILE AT:
HTTP://WWW.ICC-CRICKET.COM/CRICKET-WORLD
CUP/NEWS/2015/COLUMNS/85378/SACHIN-TENDULKAR-CHALLENGES-FOR-
BATSMEN-IN-AUSTRALIA-AND-NEW-ZEALAND
HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR CRICKET
Go to https://www.iccquiz.com/, take the quiz and see how many runs you reach!