Tamil Tigers 'drafting children'
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Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels are recruiting child soldiers in coastal areas badly hit by December's tsunami, the UN says.
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Terrorism experts say radical groups are targeting teenagers as young as 14.
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Amnesty International called Tuesday for an immediate UN force to protect civilians from rising insecurity in the Central African Republic, where it said children were being kidnapped and ransomed.
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BANDA ACEH, Indonesia  - 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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Sri Lanka has vowed to wage more attacks against Tamil rebels but analysts warn it faces the prospect of devastating retaliation and risks international isolation over rising rights abuses.
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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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GALLE, Sri Lanka As many as half the victims of South Asia&#39;s quake and waves are believed to be children. And an official of the UN Children&#39;s Fund says the concern now is that children who survived the tsunamis may be at severe risk from their aftermath.
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Sri Lanka&#39;s Tamil Tiger insurgency is threatening to resume armed struggles unless the government accepts the rebels&#39; blueprint for self-rule.
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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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International and Sri Lankan human rights campaigners called for a United Nations inquiry into abuses against civilians by Tamil Tiger rebels and government forces on the strife-torn island.
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Human Rights Watch on the frontlines of the child labor battle.
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The case of the youngest detainee at GuantÃ¡namo Bay has implications as large as the growing ranks of child soldiers worldwide.
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Minority Tamils in Sri Lankan capital Colombo appeal to government for protection after a spate of abductions.
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Sri Lanka's military said on Sunday it had driven Tamil Tiger fighters from jungle camps in the island's restive northeast and inflicted heavy losses.
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Sri Lanka's truce with Tiger rebels has brought fear instead of the expected peace dividend because of the continued forced recruitment of thousands of child soldiers, a rights group said.
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Thousands of children across Wales are to be asked their views for an United Nations report on children's rights.
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COLOMBO - Legal snags are blocking renegade Tamil Tiger rebels from forming a new political party in Sri Lanka, officials said yesterday.