Different News

When I saw the headline I assumed it was more global warming:

Girls at U.N. meeting urge global action

So the first lines didn't make sense to me:

*A 16-year-old Nepalese girl burst into tears describing her work in a match factory to help support her mother.
*A Jordanian teen spoke out about violence against girls in rural areas.
*A former child soldier from Congo cried when she recalled her suffering as a sex slave.

So where was:

* A high school student from Ohio said she really sweat a lot last August, "what with George Bush making it warmer, and all."

What was there makes me glad I live in America. From the child working in the match factory:

"The most important message is that governments should ensure that every working child gets a free education," said Sunita Tamang, lamenting that in her community in Nepal "people think that if you educate a girl child, it will only embarrass you."

Every working child? How sad.