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9 Million Ethiopian Children Forced Out Of School: How To End The Crisis
More than nine million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships.
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Lebanon Airport Flights Cancelled Or Delayed Amid Israeli Attack Fears
Flights to and from Beirut airport were cancelled or delayed on Monday as tensions escalated between Israel and armed political group Hezbollah after a strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers.
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UN To Add Israel To Human Rights Blacklist, Benjamin Netanyahu Reacts
The upcoming inclusion of Israel on a UN list of countries and armed forces determined to be failing to protect children in war prompted a furious Israeli response Friday.
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After UN Praise On India's Efforts To Protect Children, Government's Reply
The government was consistently making efforts to exclude India from the UN's annual report on the impact of armed conflict on children, the Women and Child Development Ministry has said after the country did not feature in the report for the first t
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"Worrying Trend" Of Children Being Recruited For Terror Activities: India At UN
India has expressed concern on the rising number of children recruited and involved in terrorism-related activities, terming it as a "dangerous and worrying trend" at the UN Security Council meet.
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Boko Haram Violence Forces 1 Million Children Out Of School: UN
The United Nations children's agency says attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than one million children out of school heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups.
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India Cautions United Nations Not to Give Legitimacy to Non-State Actors
India has cautioned that the UN should not give "political legitimacy" to non-state actors by bypassing national governments.
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Ukraine Conflict Hampers Recovery of Sick Children
Maria, a nine-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy, was able to stand and walk unsteadily on her own before the outbreak of armed conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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India Voices Concern Over Children's Involvement in Conflict
India has expressed deep concern over children increasingly getting involved in the "vicious grip" of armed conflict and said it is committed to addressing the impact of left wing extremist armed groups on its own children through law and robust policy initiatives.
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Heartbreak: Reporting on Gaza's Child Victims
This war in Gaza is not the first war I have covered, it isn't even the first war I've covered in Gaza. I've been to places like Syria and Libya, and seen some of the horrible things that are normal in armed conflict, and I've seen dead children before, but never like during this war in Gaza. Never so many, never so often.
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Over 4,000 Child Soldiers in Armed Conflicts: United Nations
The United Nations has documented more than 4,000 cases of children recruited and used in conflicts in 2013 and said in a report on Tuesday that thousands more are estimated to have joined armies and rebel groups around the globe.
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9 Million Ethiopian Children Forced Out Of School: How To End The Crisis
More than nine million Ethiopian children are currently out of school. They are caught in the crossfire of armed conflicts, natural disasters, tribal tensions and economic hardships.
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Lebanon Airport Flights Cancelled Or Delayed Amid Israeli Attack Fears
Flights to and from Beirut airport were cancelled or delayed on Monday as tensions escalated between Israel and armed political group Hezbollah after a strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights killed 12 children and teenagers.
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UN To Add Israel To Human Rights Blacklist, Benjamin Netanyahu Reacts
The upcoming inclusion of Israel on a UN list of countries and armed forces determined to be failing to protect children in war prompted a furious Israeli response Friday.
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After UN Praise On India's Efforts To Protect Children, Government's Reply
The government was consistently making efforts to exclude India from the UN's annual report on the impact of armed conflict on children, the Women and Child Development Ministry has said after the country did not feature in the report for the first t
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"Worrying Trend" Of Children Being Recruited For Terror Activities: India At UN
India has expressed concern on the rising number of children recruited and involved in terrorism-related activities, terming it as a "dangerous and worrying trend" at the UN Security Council meet.
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Boko Haram Violence Forces 1 Million Children Out Of School: UN
The United Nations children's agency says attacks by Islamic extremist group Boko Haram in northeastern Nigeria and neighboring countries have forced more than one million children out of school heightening the risk they will be abused, abducted or recruited by armed groups.
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India Cautions United Nations Not to Give Legitimacy to Non-State Actors
India has cautioned that the UN should not give "political legitimacy" to non-state actors by bypassing national governments.
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Ukraine Conflict Hampers Recovery of Sick Children
Maria, a nine-year-old girl suffering from cerebral palsy, was able to stand and walk unsteadily on her own before the outbreak of armed conflict between Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine.
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India Voices Concern Over Children's Involvement in Conflict
India has expressed deep concern over children increasingly getting involved in the "vicious grip" of armed conflict and said it is committed to addressing the impact of left wing extremist armed groups on its own children through law and robust policy initiatives.
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Heartbreak: Reporting on Gaza's Child Victims
This war in Gaza is not the first war I have covered, it isn't even the first war I've covered in Gaza. I've been to places like Syria and Libya, and seen some of the horrible things that are normal in armed conflict, and I've seen dead children before, but never like during this war in Gaza. Never so many, never so often.
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Over 4,000 Child Soldiers in Armed Conflicts: United Nations
The United Nations has documented more than 4,000 cases of children recruited and used in conflicts in 2013 and said in a report on Tuesday that thousands more are estimated to have joined armies and rebel groups around the globe.
