In Western Europe, Poor Children Kept as Thieves
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The theft follows a simple pattern. A  little girl asks a customer in a shop for help reaching  something on a shelf, and while he or she is distracted another  child steals a wallet or cash from their pocket or bag.
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People in the UK are borrowing almost twice that of citizens in other western European countries, a report says.
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The brazen daylight theft of Edvard Munch&#39;s renowned masterpiece &quot;The Scream&quot; left Norway&#39;s police scrambling for clues and stirred a debate across Europe over how to protect art if thieves are willing to use deadly force to take it.
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Another two people are arrested as part of an international investigation into pictures of child abuse.
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Six properties believed to have been bought with money stolen from pensioners are seized.
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Children from the most deprived areas of England are falling further behind in school achievement.
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European prisoners held in Chad over alleged child smuggling are to be moved to ensure their safety.
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Embassy hostages kidnapped in Ethiopia released An abandoned vehicle belonging to the group of Europeans who were kidnapped in Ethiopia.Comment
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Clever poor children face being overtaken by less bright children from affluent homes, a study says.
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Children from poorer homes are up to a year behind their more privileged peers by the age of three.
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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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Sixty-three people are arrested  in Spain on suspicion of involvement with child pornography.
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BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Herzegovina  - An armed man seized his four-year-old daughter from her mother's home in northwestern Germany, then drove hundreds of kilometres across Europe with police in pursuit before surrendering in Bosnia, officials said Sunday.
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Missing marmosets, abducted alligators, purloined penguins: Thieves are targeting Europe's zoos and safari parks to supply animal collectors who want to own ever more exotic species.
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Â·  More than 10,000 pupils in poor areas to benefit Â·  English parents may get children's weight warning
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Police in Latvia were hunting for clumsy thieves who smashed their way into a supermarket in the western city of Liepaja, stole a cash machine (ATM) and then dropped it in their get-away, a police spokeswoman has said.
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COMPUTERS and overhead projectors worth thousands have been stolen by thieves targeting schools across Lichfield.   In the latest break-in nine laptops worth pounds 7,500 were taken by burglars raiding Friary School, in Eastern Avenue.