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UNICEF stories: 10 news summaries

UN Fights to Release Child Soldiers in Chad

Boys as young as 13 held captive by African nation's army

Jun 1, 09 6:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - The UN has obtained access to 80 child soldiers, some as young as 13, who have been taken prisoner in Chad near the Sudanese region of Darfur. UNICEF says that the children were captured and paraded before television cameras after a battle in early May between the Chadian army and... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Chad • UNICEF • child soldier • Chadian rebels • rebel fighters

(Newser) - Robert Mugabe has backtracked on his denial of the Zimbabwean cholera crisis, AFP reports. “He is acknowledging there is a problem,” said a UNICEF official who met with him today. “He recognizes there is a problem with the water and the sewer systems.” The admission comes... More »

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Africa • United Nations • Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • UNICEF • epidemic • cholera

OPINION

Ethical Gifts Ease Western Guilt, Not Third World Poverty

Condescending gifts will not eradicate poverty

Dec 25, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The trend of giving ethical holiday gifts couldn't be more pompous, writes Nathalie Rothschild for Spiked. "Rather than lifting people out of poverty, Oxfam and the rest are helping to sustain underdevelopment," she argues. And occupying a higher level of condescension is the organization Animal Aid, which opposes... More »

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ethics • UNICEF • charity • poverty • OXFAM • Third World • presents • Animal Aid

 Princes Go 
 Off-Road For Charity 

1,000 mile South African trek will raise money for children's charities

Oct 18, 08 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - Dapper duo Prince Harry and Prince William are setting off on a South African off-road motorbike ride to benefit charity, the BBC reports. The 1,000-mile trek is expected to raise about $450,000 for three charities, including Harry’s Sentebale, which focuses on children with AIDS in Lesotho. The... More »

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Prince William • UNICEF • Prince Harry • South Africa • motorcycle • charity • Nelson Mandela • British royals • trek • Sentebale

 Disease, Hunger
 Now Threaten
 Cyclone Survivors 

Tainted water, corpses pose grave danger

May 7, 08 3:45 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Burmese lucky enough to survive a catastrophic cyclone now face the threat of death by disease and hunger. Dirty water and rotting corpses pose a grave danger of cholera and diarrhea, and the devastated infrastructure is making it nearly impossible to deliver food to people who were hungry even... More »

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UNICEF • cyclone • Myanmar • Burma • Cholera • Cyclone Nargis

Humanitarian Relief is a Text Message Away

Social sites like Twitter, Facebook part of Google's new venture

Jan 17, 08 6:33 PM CST
(Newser) - A Google-funded website that uses technology to spread the word about emergencies launches today, CNET reports. The company's charitable arm has put $5 million into InSTEDD, which will use social software like Twitter and Facebook to alert humanitarian groups to crises and organize rescue operations. “Social networking in the... More »

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Google • Google Earth • UNICEF • Facebook • relief • humanitarian crisis • open source • inSTEDD • Twitter

Better 1st Kid: Chelsea or Jenna?

Ms. Clinton’s stock drops even as Ms. Bush’s rises

Nov 7, 07 3:03 PM CST
(Newser) - Conventional wisdom that puts Chelsea Clinton at the front of the class and Jenna Bush at the back is undergoing a makeover, as the current first daughter charms in public life while her predecessor hits the upper-crust party scene. The “closer I look, the more I like Jenna,”... More »

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UNICEF • Jenna Bush • New York Post • Chelsea Clinton • Nobu

Stressed Out at 7 Years Old

Kids fret about global warming, terrorism and friendships

Oct 12, 07 2:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Children as young as 7 years old are stressed out about issues such as global warming, violent crime and international terrorism, as well as personal problems, according to a new study in Britain. The research, based on 700 in-depth interviews with children aged 7 to 11, found that kids live... More »

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terrorism • global warming • UNICEF • children • Community Soundings • Cambridge University • Howard League for Penal Reform • Robin Alexander • Wolfson College, Cambridge • violent crime

Global Infant Mortality Rate
Lowest in Years

Public-health campaigns trigger
major advances

Sep 13, 07 3:10 AM CDT
(Newser) - Infant mortality rates have dropped to new lows worldwide, according to UNICEF. Vaccination drives, education supporting breastfeeding, and anti-malarial measures helped drive last year's death rate of children under 5 down to 72 per 1,000. It stood at 93 per 1,000 in 1993. "It could be  that... More »

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Africa • health • UNICEF • children • infant mortality • mortality

(Newser) - While the president has been busy assuring Americans that Iraq is a "noble" war, among those who haven't been listening are his wife, his children and his nieces and nephews, observes Kitty Kelley, who chronicled the Bush clan in 2004. The first family is AWOL on the war effort,... More »

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Iraq • War on Terror • Middle East • Barbara Bush • UNICEF • compulsory military service • Jenna Bush • Iraq war • George W. Bush

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