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China's first astronaut Yang Liwei, 38, a Lieutenant colonel of the People's Liberation Army, walks past a group of children as he boards the spacecraft 'Shenzhou V' at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in the northwestern province of Gansu, October 15, 2003. China's Long March CZ-2 F rocket, carrying the manned spacecraft blasted off on Wednesday making China the third country after the former Soviet Union and the United States to put a man into orbit. Chinese banner reads 'Salute And Learn From China's First Astronaut Yang Liwei'. Xinhua

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Pope John Paul II greets Sicilian children dressed during his weekly Wednesday audience in Saint Peter's Square at the Vatican October 15, 2003. Priests and presidents, pilgrims and politicians begin arriving the world over to fete an ailing Pope John Paul II as he marks the 25th anniversary of his historic pontificate. The Pope will hold his anniversary mass on October 16. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell

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Children play soccer at the main comercial street of La Paz, Bolivia on Tuesday, October 14, 2003. With stocks of food, gasoline and other basics dwindling, La Paz ground to a standstill. Leaders of labor unions and Indian groups called for more protests, a day after clashes between demonstrators and soldiers killed at least 16 people.(AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)

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Speakers at a workshop held in Quetta� have stressed the importance of protection of the rights of the children. The workshop on the "Convention on the Rights of Child," that concluded on Sunday , had been organized by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the United Nations Children's Fund with the collaboration of the Aurat Foundation. (U.S. Army )

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