UN Fears Gangs May Traffick in Tsunami Children
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The United Nations said on Tuesday it  was concerned children orphaned or separated from their parents  by Asia's tsunami may be falling prey to criminal gangs bent on  selling them into slavery.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. helicopters shuttled  injured refugees, many of them children, out of some of the  worst hit parts of tsunami-devastated Aceh province, even as  reports surfaced of trafficking in orphans from the disaster.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - Aid agencies have  prevented disease spreading through Indonesia's  tsunami-stricken Aceh, but the threat remained strong, the  United Nations said Friday as doctors reported children dying  from pneumonia.
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One million child survivors of Asia's devastating tsunami face major risks in the coming weeks from malnutrition, disease and human traffickers, the United Nations children's fund UNICEF warned.
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The United Nations warned on Monday of  epidemics within days unless health systems in south and  southeast Asia can cope after some 12,000 people were killed  and tens of thousands left homeless by giant tsunami waves.
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More than one billion children around the world face a brutal existence because of poverty, war and Aids, the UN children&#39;s agency reports.
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The United Nations said on Friday it had received reports Sri Lanka's Tamil Tigers were recruiting children displaced by Asia's tsunami and had told the rebels to leave under-age survivors alone.
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Fears that the Indian Ocean tsunami  could unleash epidemics which would double the death toll are  fading as access to clean water improves, the World Health  Organization (WHO) said on Thursday.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - U.S. helicopters shuttled  injured refugees, many of them children, out of some of the  worst-hit parts of tsunami-devastated Aceh province, as reports  surfaced of trafficking in orphans from the disaster.
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In a risky move that will determine the security of the country, U.N. forces are taking on the street gangs that have run Haiti for years.
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden  - Adoption hotlines around the  world have been jammed with callers since the Asian tsunami on  Dec. 26 orphaned thousands of children, but experts and aid  agencies are telling would-be parents they may be disappointed.
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The United Nations Children's Fund  confirmed a case in Indonesia of trafficking in children  orphaned or separated from parents by the Indian Ocean tsunami  as ravaged countries were warned to be on high alert for  kidnappers.
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GENEVA - The United Nations warned Wednesday that respiratory and waterborne diseases could break out in areas affected by southern Asiaâs tsunami disaster âin the next few days.
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The UN and human rights groups express concern over the number of people who disappear in Nepal.
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The scandal over a French group  suspected of trying to smuggle African children to Europe from  Chad may harm the image of foreign aid workers seeking to help  refugees fleeing violence, U.N. officials said on Monday.
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Aid agencies have prevented disease spreading through Indonesia's tsunami-stricken Aceh, but the threat remained strong, the United Nations said Friday as doctors reported children dying from pneumonia.
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Children may make up a third of those killed in the Asian tsunami disaster, with many more at risk from disease.