Somali 'child safety zones' call
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The UN calls for the creation of safe zones in Somalia for about 1.5m children caught up in the conflict.
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Security was stepped up across the Somali capital Mogadishu on Saturday ahead of a major peace meeting seen as the interim government's best hope of strengthening its legitimacy in the Horn of Africa nation.
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An estimated 30,000 to 50,000 Somalis need immediate relief aid in coastal towns devastated by waves whipped up by an earthquake in Asia, the United Nations said on Wednesday.
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BAIDOA, Somalia  - Somalia's government on Monday said it was lining up peacekeeping forces as the interim administration and Islamist rivals sought a diplomatic way to avert a war that many fear could engulf the region.
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Somalia's Islamic Courts militia says it will defend the country against what it calls Ethiopian violations of its territory.
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By Sian Powell  URGENT calls have been made to teach children water safety skills after a young boy drowned in a Nuneaton lake.
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- Fears of regional conflict soared as angry demonstrations against Somalia's radical Islamic militia grew into deadly violence yesterday in a southern port city, and the militia for the first time acknowledged getting help from foreign Muslims.
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Parents and teachers need to watch out more carefully for head injuries in children, a charity is warning.
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Somalia's prime minister urged the U.N. Security Council on Thursday to send peacekeepers to his country, but council members told him they wanted to see political progress toward peace first.
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A human rights organization has called for the creation of an international body to monitor Sudanese police in the war-torn Darfur region of western Sudan, following a recent police raid on a Darfur camp.
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Children in Pakistan are increasingly exposed to abuse, kidnapping and violence, a new report says.
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Somalis in the capital Mogadishu are more scared than ever of being targeted by the country's warring parties, who are recruiting children to fight in the conflict, a U.N. envoy said on Friday.
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Africa needs to coordinate vaccination campaigns for its children on a regional level, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade told a conference on immunisation and child health.
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At least 100 Somalis are feared drowned in the massive waves produced by Sunday&#39;s undersea earthquake off the coast of Indonesia.
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Two kidnapped foreign aid workers are believed to be safe and police are on the trail of the gunmen who abducted them, Somali officials said Friday.
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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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A road accident in northern Somalia killed at least 16 people and injured dozens more, including 20 children, officials said on Sunday.