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Syria & Iraq: The Chemical Weapons Curse
11 Sep 2015 News
Reports have emerged of continues of chemical weapons use across the Syrian - Iraq border, by both the  Islamic State militant group and the Syrian government.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Sexting boy's naked selfie recorded as crime by police
7 Sep 2015 News
A boy who sent a naked photograph of himself to a girl at school has had the crime of making and distributing indecent images recorded against him according to the BBC.
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CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: UN inquiry into child rape claim
12 Aug 2015 News
The UN mission in the Central African Republic (CAR) has launched an investigation into allegations its soldiers raped a 12-year-old girl.
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TRAFFICKING: Young African footballers 'trafficked' to Laos
21 Jul 2015 News
Boys from West Africa as young as 14 have been 'trafficked' to an unregistered football academy in Laos, where they are given no salary and made to sleep in 'deplorable' accommodation. One NGO, Culture Foot Solidaire, estimates that 15,000 teenage footballers are moved out of West Africa every year - many of them illegally. 
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DENMARK: 'How I was deradicalised'
6 Jul 2015 News
Article covering a Muslim teenager's experience in Denmark's programme to dissuade young people from going to fight for al-Qaeda or Islamic State.
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SPORTS: Children's commissioner wants more rights for footballers as young as 10
30 Jun 2015 News
Scotland's commissioner for children and young people has told lawmakers that professional football clubs are exploiting children as young as 10 by tying them to binding legal agreements and treating them as financial commodities.     
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AUSTRALIA: Government faces asylum court challenges
14 Oct 2014 News
Australian government is facing two challenges in court over its policies towards asylum seekers.
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UNITED KINGDOM: Witchcraft and ritual child abuse cases rise in London
9 Oct 2014 News
The number of ritual child abuse cases linked to witchcraft being investigated in London is increasing. A total of 24 cases were passed to the Metropolitan Police in 2013, 19 in 2012 and nine in 2011.
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HEALTH: Ebola outbreak - 'Five people infected every hour'
2 Oct 2014 News
A leading children's charity has warned that a rate of five new Ebola cases an hour in Sierra Leone means healthcare demands are far outstripping supply.
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MOLDOVA: The plight of Moldova's orphanage children
19 Sep 2014 News
More than 7,000 children have been placed in state-run institutions in Europe's poorest country, Moldova, and only 2% are orphans.
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