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Countries press Japan on parental child abductions

TOKYO : Envoys of eight countries were due Friday to meet Japan's justice minister to press Tokyo to sign a treaty to prevent international parental child abductions, a diplomatic source said. ...full story at Channel NewsAsia

from Channel NewsAsia on Fri, Oct 16 2009

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