01/09/2009
UN: One-third of Gaza dead, injured are children (AP via Yahoo! News)
Palestinian children are dying at a heavy rate in the Israeli-Hamas fighting — about one of every three persons killed, according to Gaza statistics.
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01/09/2009
Spare Times: For Children (New York Times)
FOR CHILDREN.
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01/09/2009
Mozambique Floods Kill 15, Mostly Children, Noticias Reports (Bloomberg)
Jan. 9 (Bloomberg) -- At least 15 people, most of them children, have been killed by flooding in the central Mozambican province of Manica, Noticias reported, citing Mauricio Viera, the provincial governor.
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01/09/2009
257 children dead (Chicago Sun-Times)
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip -- As many as 257 children have been killed and 1,080 wounded in the war between Israel and Hamas, according to U.N. figures released Thursday.
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01/09/2009
Security stepped up at Government House Children's Day (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
Police have beefed up security at Government House to ensure the safety for children and participants in the National Children's Day events on Saturday after a home-made bomb was exploded at the drainage system of the compound. A pingpong bomb exploded on Friday as a worker was closing a manhole behind the Thai Ku Fa building, inside the Government House compound. No casualties were reported. ...
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01/09/2009
Eating Habits And Exercise Behaviors In Children Can Deteriorate Early (Science Daily)
School-age children may develop eating habits and leisure-time patterns that may not meet current recommendations and contribute to childhood obesity. In a study in the Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, researchers report that parents perceived that their pre-school children had relatively good eating habits and physical activity levels, but that parents of school-aged children (6 to ...
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01/09/2009
Children want to see end to rallies: poll (norsorpor.com)
The majority of children questioned in a poll conducted by Assumption University would like to see the end to political rallies as the present for Children s Day.About 60% of the children want to see the end to the protests, while 37.2% want to see unity in the country.
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01/09/2009
Fund loss staggers group giving laptops to poor children (Boston Globe)
The Cambridge foundation that sought to transform developing countries by giving free laptop computers to poor children suffered a devastating loss of revenue last year and has been forced to slash its staff in half.
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01/09/2009
UN: One-third of Gaza dead, injured are children (The Charlotte Observer)
(By JOHN HEILPRIN, Associated Press Writer) Palestinian children are dying at a heavy rate in the Israeli-Hamas fighting - about one of every three persons killed, according to Gaza statistics. As of Thursday, 257 children were among the approximately 760 reported dead in Gaza. There were another 1,080 children among the 3,100 injured in the conflict, according to statistics from Gaza's health ...
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01/08/2009
ICRC finds children, dead mothers at scene of Gaza fighting (AFP via Yahoo! News)
The Red Cross on Thursday accused Israel of failing to help wounded people in an area of Gaza where its rescuers found four small children huddling next to their dead mothers, too weak to stand up.
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