U.N. report says Britain worst place for children
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Britain is the worst country in the industrialized world in which to be a child, closely followed by the United States, the United Nations Children's Fund said on Wednesday.
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Children are likely to be  undernourished in households where women are denied a voice in  family decisions like doctor visits, food expenditures and  trips to see friends and relatives, says a report by the U.N.  Children's Fund, UNICEF, released on Monday.
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BERLIN, Feb. 14 -- The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a U.N. survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed subjects from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.
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Technology is bad, m'kay Column The idea that Britain is the worst place in the developed world to be a child has been popping up in comment pieces ever since February this year, when The Children's Society announced its new website. This month for the first time, computer games were added to the list of demons tormenting British youth.â¦
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The state is failing children in care with most leaving without any qualifications, a report by a think tank has said.
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Some 1.6 million children in Britain are homeless or living in 'unfit' housing, says homelessness charity Shelter.
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A new UNICEF report puts Britain and the United States at the bottom of the table of the best wealthy countries for children.
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Some 2.6 billion people in the   world, mainly in Africa and Asia, lack access to basic   sanitation, increasing the risk of diarrhea and other diseases   fatal to children, said a U.N. report released on Thursday.
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Children are being subjected to rape and prostitution by UN peacekeepers in Haiti and Liberia, the BBC learns.
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UK emergency services for children are failing to meet minimum standards set five years ago, say researchers.
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BRUSSELS, Jan 15 (IPS) - Nearly one-fifth of children in the European Union  are living in poverty, a new report has concluded.
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Children from deprived areas are much more likely to have signs of tooth decay, official figures show.
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BERLIN -- The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a United Nations survey of child welfare in 21 wealthy countries that assessed everything from infant mortality to whether children ate dinner with their parents or were bullied at school.
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over half the children in the world - suffer extreme deprivation because of war, HIV/AIDS or poverty, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations Children&#39;s Fund.
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The United States and Britain ranked at the bottom of a U.N. survey released Wednesday evaluating the well-being of children in wealthy countries.
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Millions of children live in poverty in Eastern Europe and Central Asia despite economic growth there, a UN report says.
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More than one billion children, half of the world's population of children, suffer from poverty, violent conflict and the scourge of AIDS, the United Nations Children's Fund said in its annual report.