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More Than Half Of Syrian Children Out Of School: Report
About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children told AFP on Monday, calling for "immediate action".
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Gaza Rescuers Say 7 Children From One Family Killed In Israeli Strike
Gaza's civil defence agency reported that an Israeli air strike killed 10 members of a family on Friday in the northern part of the territory, including seven children.
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Family, Bride, Domestic Help: The Toll Of Israeli Strikes On Lebanon
Israel says Monday's strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons. Lebanon's health ministry said the attacks left more than 550 people dead, including at least 50 children and 98 women, in Lebanon's bloodiest day since the end of the 1975-90 Civil War.
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Over 11,000 Children Killed Or Maimed In Yemen's Civil War: UN
More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen's civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday.
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Sri Lankan Tamils Carry Scars Of Civil War, Search For Missing Relatives
Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags, and burning torches.
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Myanmar Air Strike On Thai Border, Troops Kill Dozens Including Children
Myanmar army fighter jets launched air strikes on Saturday on a village near the Thai border in territory controlled by an armed ethnic group, the group said, as fears grow of civil war following last month's military coup.
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Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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From Syria, A Haunting Photo Of Children Trying To Save Baby Sister
The picture went viral on social media networks: two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building.
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39 Including Children Killed In Arms Depot Blast In Syria's Idlib
An explosion at a weapons depot in a terrorist-held town in northwest Syria killed at least 39 civilians including a dozen children on Sunday, a monitor said.
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UN Issues Blank Statement On Syria, Says It Has Run Out Of Words
The U.N. children's fund UNICEF issued a blank "statement" on Tuesday to express its outrage at mass casualties among Syrian children in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta and neighbouring Damascus.
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Mother Drove Car Into Lake, Killed 3 Children, 4th Was Saved
A mother who fled conflict and admitted killing three of her children and attempting to murder a fourth by driving her car into a lake was jailed for 26 years in Australia on Tuesday.
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Trump Lauds Military, Defends Attack
President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the U.S. military for carrying out the missile attack on a Syrian airfield and struck back at mounting questions over whether it would help achieve a momentum shift in Syria's bloody civil war.
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South Sudan Gunmen Kills 28, Kidnaps 43 Children In Ethiopia
Gunmen from South Sudan have killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in neighbouring Ethiopia, a government official said on Wednesday, another demonstration of how Sudan's civil war threatens the region.
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Ivanka Trump Could Be The Most Powerful First Lady Ever
First ladies aren't always presidential spouses. In fact, two early uses of the title refer to the beautiful, popular Harriet Lane, niece of James Buchanan, the only lifelong bachelor president. She was an able hostess who, not long before the Civil War, arranged for Northern and Southern guests to be seated apart at a White House function in order...
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22 Children Killed In Air Strikes On Syrian School: UNICEF
Air strikes that hit a school in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Wednesday.
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More Than Half Of Syrian Children Out Of School: Report
About half of school-age children in Syria are missing out on education after nearly 14 years of civil war, Save the Children told AFP on Monday, calling for "immediate action".
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Gaza Rescuers Say 7 Children From One Family Killed In Israeli Strike
Gaza's civil defence agency reported that an Israeli air strike killed 10 members of a family on Friday in the northern part of the territory, including seven children.
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Family, Bride, Domestic Help: The Toll Of Israeli Strikes On Lebanon
Israel says Monday's strikes targeted Hezbollah weapons. Lebanon's health ministry said the attacks left more than 550 people dead, including at least 50 children and 98 women, in Lebanon's bloodiest day since the end of the 1975-90 Civil War.
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Over 11,000 Children Killed Or Maimed In Yemen's Civil War: UN
More than 11,000 children are known to have been killed or maimed in Yemen's civil war since it escalated nearly eight years ago, the United Nations said Monday.
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Sri Lankan Tamils Carry Scars Of Civil War, Search For Missing Relatives
Arumuga Lakshmi, tormented by questions about the fate of her two children, missing for years, marched through a town in northern Sri Lanka with a group of women, many holding up photographs, black flags, and burning torches.
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Myanmar Air Strike On Thai Border, Troops Kill Dozens Including Children
Myanmar army fighter jets launched air strikes on Saturday on a village near the Thai border in territory controlled by an armed ethnic group, the group said, as fears grow of civil war following last month's military coup.
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Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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From Syria, A Haunting Photo Of Children Trying To Save Baby Sister
The picture went viral on social media networks: two dust-covered Syrian girls, trapped in rubble, grab their baby sister from her shirt as she dangles from a bombed-out building.
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39 Including Children Killed In Arms Depot Blast In Syria's Idlib
An explosion at a weapons depot in a terrorist-held town in northwest Syria killed at least 39 civilians including a dozen children on Sunday, a monitor said.
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UN Issues Blank Statement On Syria, Says It Has Run Out Of Words
The U.N. children's fund UNICEF issued a blank "statement" on Tuesday to express its outrage at mass casualties among Syrian children in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta and neighbouring Damascus.
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Mother Drove Car Into Lake, Killed 3 Children, 4th Was Saved
A mother who fled conflict and admitted killing three of her children and attempting to murder a fourth by driving her car into a lake was jailed for 26 years in Australia on Tuesday.
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Trump Lauds Military, Defends Attack
President Donald Trump on Saturday praised the U.S. military for carrying out the missile attack on a Syrian airfield and struck back at mounting questions over whether it would help achieve a momentum shift in Syria's bloody civil war.
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South Sudan Gunmen Kills 28, Kidnaps 43 Children In Ethiopia
Gunmen from South Sudan have killed 28 people and kidnapped 43 children in neighbouring Ethiopia, a government official said on Wednesday, another demonstration of how Sudan's civil war threatens the region.
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Ivanka Trump Could Be The Most Powerful First Lady Ever
First ladies aren't always presidential spouses. In fact, two early uses of the title refer to the beautiful, popular Harriet Lane, niece of James Buchanan, the only lifelong bachelor president. She was an able hostess who, not long before the Civil War, arranged for Northern and Southern guests to be seated apart at a White House function in order...
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22 Children Killed In Air Strikes On Syrian School: UNICEF
Air strikes that hit a school in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children's agency UNICEF said on Wednesday.
