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Danish man charged with ordering rape of 346 children in ‘historic’ livestream sex abuse case

A 70-year-old Danish man has been charged with ordering numerous child rape and sex abuse livestreams from third-world countries, where each assault usually cost the predator no...

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Parents warned to destroy ‘hackable’ talking dolls over child safety fears

Germany’s Federal Network Agency has issued a warning to parents to destroy a talking doll because hackers can use an embedded bluetooth device to talk to and listen to children.

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Crayons and coloring books help boost India's child trafficking convictions

A Goa courtroom with pink walls, coloring books and no witness box has created a vital space for trafficked and exploited children to testify without fear, ensuring more convictions...

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In Mosul orphanage, Islamic State groomed child soldiers

When the boys first arrived at the Islamic State training facility in eastern Mosul they would cry and ask about their parents, who went missing when the militants rampaged through...

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Nearly 15,000 lost children seek parents in chaos of South Sudan's war

In the chaos of South Sudan's civil war, it took three years for Nyagonga Machul to find her lost children.

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Duterte targets Philippine children in bid to widen drug war

Before Rodrigo Duterte's bloody war on drugs had even begun, allies of the Philippines president were quietly preparing for a wider offensive. On June 30, as Duterte was sworn in,...

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Famine threat looms as children starve in Boko Haram-hit northeast Nigeria

 Slumped in his mother's lap in a health clinic in northeast Nigeria, three-year-old Hassan was too drained to cry or protest as the nurse wrapped a tape measure tightly around his...

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Penniless and alone, migrant children in Serbia sell sex to survive

Wrapped up in gray blankets, migrant boys, some as young as 10, warm themselves by a fire in a large, abandoned warehouse near the main railway station in Serbia's capital Belgrade...

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Sold into marriage - how Rohingya girls become child brides in Malaysia leftright 2/2leftright

The slight girl in a turquoise headscarf held back tears as she recalled what happened when she fled to Malaysia from Myanmar's violence-hit Rakhine state. Just 12-years-old at the...

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Keira Knightley, Coldplay and other stars urge Britain to save lone child migrants scheme

British celebrities including actress Keira Knightley, rock band Coldplay and former England striker Gary Lineker, urged the UK government on Tuesday to save a program to take in...

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Survival rates for extremely preterm babies improving in U.S.

 The first decade of the 2000s saw a small but significant increase in the survival of extremely premature infants without early neurodevelopmental problems, according to a study of...

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Preteens in chaotic households may miss out on sleep

Kids in homes with fewer rules and routines are more likely to be kept up at night by noise from other family members’ activities, according to a recent study.

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Limit teens’ Saturday-night driving, experts suggest

Drunk driving contributes to more than one in four motor vehicle fatalities for children, teens and young adults - and nearly half of these deaths happen at night or on weekends, a...

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One million Ukrainian children now need aid as number doubles over past year – UNICEF

As the volatile conflict in eastern Ukraine enters its fourth year, one million children are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance – nearly double the number this time last year...

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UN marks 20 years of work to improve protection of children affected by conflict

The senior United Nations advocate for children caught up in conflict is reaching out to parents, elders, and the entire international community to keep children away from armies...

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