'Vast imbalance' in child poverty
BBC News - UK... The United Nations children's agency Unicef has appealed to Eastern European and Central Asian governments to pay more attention to child poverty. Across South-East Europe and the former Soviet Union it found millions of children were living in extreme poverty despite a recent economic upturn.

Czech Interior Ministry decides to ban communist youth ...
International Herald Tribune - France... The Czech Interior Ministry decided to ban an organization of the country's young communists, saying its program violates the constitution, an official said Wednesday. The Union of Communist Youth's program violates the Czech constitution because it includes efforts to completely replace private property with state ownership, ministry spokeswoman Majka Masarikova said.