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Saturday, August 29, 2009

Court Takes Dutch Teenage Girl From Parents to Block Her Solo Voyage


The world record-breaking journey, which had her parents' approval, would have taken Laura Dekker out of the classroom next week and through some of the world's most dangerous waters for the next two years.

But judges in Utrecht ordered the state child care authorities to take responsibility for the teenager over the next two months while an independent child psychologist assesses her capacity to undertake the risky voyage.

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