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Indian 14yo signs government contract to make anti-landmine drones

A 14-year-old Indian boy has signed a deal to commercially produce anti-landmine drones. The child prodigy, who has already developed a prototype, says the idea came to him after...

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‘An educated girl is only worth five cows!’ RT documentary investigates child marriages in Tanzania

More than a third of all Tanzanian women are married before the age of 18, with many forced into wedlock as young as 11. The country’s High Court recently imposed strict penalties...

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Gastric bypass may offer teens lasting weight loss

Extremely obese teens who get surgery to help shed excess pounds may achieve long-term weight loss, but some may also face additional operations and vitamin deficiency, two new...

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Do rude parents mean worse care for babies?

 The stress of having a sick baby in the hospital can be enough to make even the nicest parent take some of their fears and frustrations out on the doctors and nurses.

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Save the Children demands higher U.N. budget to tackle crimes against children

The head of Save the Children International Helle Thorning-Schmidt on Thursday demanded increased U.N. funding to investigate crimes against children, as she condemned violations of...

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Indian tailor confesses to sexually assaulting "hundreds" of schoolgirls

 A tailor in India has confessed to abducting, molesting and raping "hundreds" of schoolgirls over the last decade, said Delhi police, uncovering what may be one of the biggest...

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Cognitive therapy improves behavior issues in kids with night terrors

Young children who receive cognitive behavior therapy to help them cope with night terrors may have fewer behavior problems tied to poor sleep than kids who receive therapy that...

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Indian government to ally with charities to combat child porn online

India's ministries focusing on children, health, education and technology plan to join forces with charities and police to stem a surge in images of children being sexually abused...

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Bangladeshi law proposing child marriage in 'special cases' is a step backwards

Bangladesh will be taking a step backwards in efforts to end child marriage if parliament approves changes to a law which would permit girls below 18 to be married in "special cases...

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Malaysian communities in denial after major paedophile case

More than six months after Richard Huckle was sentenced to life in jail for sexually abusing scores of children, most of the families in the Malaysian communities where he lived are...

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Yemen: 1,400 children died Since the escalation of the conflict in 2015

 “One girl is confirmed dead and four others injured in two attacks this morning near a school in the Nihm district outside the Yemeni capital, Sana’a. “This is the latest example...

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'Early Moments Matter' for children’s brain development, UNICEF

UNICEF launched #EarlyMomentsMatter, a new campaign supported by the LEGO Foundation to drive increased awareness about the importance of the first 1,000 days of a child’s life and...

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Scotland: Systematic child abuse claims published

Dozens of accounts of systematic abuse in Scottish schools, residential homes and hospitals have been published. The allegations released by the National Confidential Forum include...

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Israel declassifies 200,000 pages of documents on 1950s ‘kidnapped babies’ scandal

After decades of silence, Israel has moved to bring some closure to the hundreds of parents whose children went missing under mysterious circumstances. Some argue the database on...

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Nearly 200 children freed from south India brick kiln in one of biggest rescues

Indian police rescued nearly 200 children, most of them under the age of 14, who had been found working in a brick kiln in the southern state of Telangana in one of the biggest...

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