Use of children reportedly triggered clash of captors
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Some of the hostage-takers who took over a school in southern Russia, leading to the death of more than 150 children, may not have known what they were getting
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Mothers of children seized by rebels at  a southern Russia school in 2004 threatened on Tuesday to use a  legal action brought by authorities against them to expose  President Vladimir Putin's role in the bungled rescue.
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Children are fighting in almost every major conflict, in both government and opposition forces, according to a report published today.
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DOHA, Qatar -- A new group of 10 people abducted in Iraq was paraded by their captors on Arabic television Thursday, as the Iraqi prime minister lashed out at &quot;repugnant&quot; kidnappers and criticized the media&#39;s handling of the hostage crisis.
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This was the scene recently at a children's home in Antigua, Guatemala, before police removed 46 babies, suspecting they had been kidnapped or coerced from their parents to be put up for foreign adoption.
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The International Committee of the Red Cross has accused the US military of using tactics &quot;tantamount to torture&quot; on prisoners at the US Navy base in Guantanamo Bay, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
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A fter a prisoner abuse scandal in Iraq, the International Committee of the Red Cross has reportedly found that prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay are subjected to interrogation methods that are &quot;tantamount to torture.
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As the death toll among former hostages climbed above 320 yesterday, there were conflicting accounts of how the three-day seizure of a Russian school erupted into its bloody denouement.
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Psychologists explain how the children involved in the Russian siege will need help to come to terms with the traumatic events they have witnessed.
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All people have tried to keep children out of harm&#39;s way because they represent the future. But the hostage-takers shattered the futures of so many children.
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Advocacy groups for immigrant families and the Department of Homeland Security are at odds over detention facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania that critics argue are inhumanely housing adults and young children in jail-like conditions.
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BESLAN, Russia -- The hostage standoff at a school near Chechnya ended tragically yesterday with more than 200 children and adults reported killed and hundreds injured in an afternoon of fighting.
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Â· Man had to be stopped, says commander Â· Agitation displayed by victim added to suspicion
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Fighting in eastern Congo this month  has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups who  force minors to fight, carry ammunition or become their sex  slaves, Save the Children said on Monday.
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People are being asked to report their concerns about children they think are at risk.
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Advocacy groups for immigrant families and the Department of Homeland Scurity are at odds over detention facilities in Texas and Pennsylvania that critics argue are inhumanely housing adults and young children in jail-like conditions.
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The story of a 6-year-old Afghan boy who says he thwarted an effort by Taliban militants to trick him into being a suicide bomber provoked tears and anger at a meeting of tribal leaders.