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August 27, 1996
Web posted at: 4:30 p.m. EDT (2030 GMT)Conference opens on child-sex commerce
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (CNN) -- UNICEF opened a five-day conference Tuesday in Stockholm aimed at combatting the sexual exploitation of children.
Some 1,000 delegates from 130 countries are expected at the conference, which will look at such issues as child pornography and child prostitution. UNICEF says that one million children each year are forced into such activities.
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New apartments approved in West Bank
JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Israel's Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai has authorized 900 new apartments in the West Bank, an Israeli newspaper reported Tuesday. The apartments, to be built in the Kiryat Sefer settlement, will be reserved for Orthodox Jews.
Palestinians bitterly oppose the new settlements in the West Bank and Gaza Strip territories, which are considered occupied by the Israelis under international law. The new government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu favors expansion of settlements in those areas.
Food poisoning outbreak on cruise ship
IRAKLION, Greece (CNN) -- A third of the passengers aboard the cruise ship Costa Riviera were being treated for food poisoning Tuesday in the Greek port city Iraklion on the island of Crete.
Officials said none of the nearly 400 passengers -- including 15 children -- was in life-threatening condition. There was no word on the cause of the outbreak.
The Costa Riviera was traveling from Bari, Italy, to the Ionian Sea island Corfu and back to Bari with 1,300 passengers. The ship left Corfu on its return trip Monday.
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