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UN unveils global campaign to end use of child soldiers in Government forces by 2016

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Source: Office of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and...

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Civilian protection stressed as Security Council mulls UN force in Central African Republic

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A group of Central African Republic refugees on arrival in N'Djamena, Chad, after being evacuated...

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Progress for children in Philippines after typhoon; long road ahead

Four months after Super Typhoon Haiyan ripped through the central Philippines on 8 November 2013, a growing sense of recovery is notable in the reopening of health centres, clean water flowing again through community taps, children back to learning in...

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NATO Airstrike Kills 5 Afghan Soldiers

A NATO airstrike killed five Afghan soldiers and wounded at least eight others early Thursday in the eastern province of Logar.

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