Half the world&#39;s children threatened by extreme poverty: UNICEF
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ROME - Extreme poverty threatens the lives of more than a billion children around the world, according to a report from the United Nations children&#39;s agency.
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Lack of power for women in the home increases poverty and harms children, says the Unicef annual report.
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ISLAMABAD: Poverty affects around one billion children across the globe, the United Nations International Childrenâs Emergency Fund (UNICEF) revealed in its 2005 report on the state of the worldâs children.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - The head of the U.N.  Children's Fund said there were probably fewer orphans than  originally thought in Asia's tsunami-hit areas, and efforts  should be directed toward uniting children with family members.
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ONE in 12 children worldwide died before their fifth birthday, with half of all such deaths in sub-Saharan Africa, the United Nations reported yesterday in its annual survey of infant mortality.
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Millions of children live in poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia despite economic growth, a UN report says.
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UNICEF said Tuesday that it was providing urgently needed aid for 50,000 people caught up in an upsurge in fighting in Congo.
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The UN highlights the plight of children orphaned by the tsunami disaster, some of whose lives are at risk.
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Thousands of children are suffering because of a severe shortage of foster carers, a charity warns.
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Marked divisions in children's well-being  in 21 industrialised countries are  highlighted in a Unicef report.
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Children in Gaza and Zimbabwe desperately need help to ensure they have food, clean water and schooling, and international aid is running short, a senior United Nations official said on Monday.
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Today, even a world grown weary of shocking statistics and bad news will receive a number that jolts: half of all children in the world are deprived of the essentials for survival and are suffering a brutal childhood as a result.
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At least 110 million children live in poverty in Latin America, according to a global report issued Thursday by the United Nations Children&#39;s Fund (UNICEF).
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Five thousand children die every day globally because they do not have access to clean toilets, health experts said on Tuesday.
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More than half the world&#39;s children are suffering extreme effects of poverty, war and HIV/Aids, denying them a healthy and safe childhood, according to a report published today.
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&quot;While under-nutrition continues to be a key concern, particularly in developing countries, many children in all regions of the world have poor eating habits and are not getting enough exercise,&quot; she added.
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Up to 1.5 million women and children are at risk of &quot;acute malnutrition&quot; after Bangladesh&#39;s worst floods for six years, two UN agencies said yesterday.