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| Dec.23 |
 Congo |
Child kidnap 'surge' in DR Congo Recent fighting has led to a surge in child abductions by armed groups making children act as soldiers, sex slaves, porters and spies
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| Nov.5 |
 South Africa |
Oprah: School abuse scandal devastating Tiny Virginia Makopo, 27, harged with abusing students at Oprah Winfrey's school for girls appeared in court, looking overwhelmed
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| Oct.29 |
 Chad |
 Prison 'likely' in child row Chad's interior minister has said 6 French aid workers are likely to go to prison after attempting to fly more than 100 children out of Chad
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| Oct.22 |
 Malaysia |
Teen sent back to jail A 17-year-old boy, who was freed in July after serving 4 years for murder, was thrown back into jail after the court ruled that his imprisonment was constitutional
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| Sep.18 |
 Melbourne |
Abandoned girl sparks global hunt  Police in Australia, New Zealand and the US are searching for the parents of a 3-year-old abandoned at a train station
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| Sep.7 |
 Portugal |
 Police 'suspect Madeleine mother' | Portuguese police believe the mother of missing 4-year-old is involved in her death | | |
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| Aug.12 |
 Guatemala |
'Stolen' children found  46 children, believed to have been taken from their parents for illegal adoption abroad, have been found at a house in Antigua
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| Jul.15 |
 Kabul |
Pardon for child 'suicide bomber' A 14-year-old from Pakistan, caught while on a mission to blow up an Afghan provincial governor, was pardoned by President Karzai
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| Jul.10 |
Southern Afghanistan |
 Suicide blast kills 12 children| A bomber killed 17 Afghan civilian in an attack aimed at Dutch NATO troops patrolling a crowded bazaar | |
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| Jul.5 |
 Nigeria |
 Three-year-old seized | Margaret Hill, the daughter of a British expatriate worker, has been kidnapped by gunmen in the Niger Delta | |
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BBC reporter Alan Johnston freed
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| Jun.26 |
 CAR |
Children 'seized for ransom' Amnesty International: Armed gangs are seizing children for ransom payments in the lawless north of the Central African Republic
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| May.14 |
Portugal |
Search for girl focuses on villa Police searching for a 4-year-old British Madeleine McCann, sealed off a villa near where she is believed to have been abducted
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| Apr.21 |
Afghanistan |
 Taliban uses boy to behead 'spy' The Taliban have used a boy of around 12 to behead a man they accused of spying for the US. The video was broadcast on al-Arabiya TV
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| Apr.7 |
 London |
Weapon search after boy's murder The attack follows the killing of 5 other male teenagers in London in the past two months
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| Mar.20 |
 Baghdad |
'Children used' in bombing A vehicle stopped at a checkpoint was waved through because 2 children were seen in the back, but was then detonated
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| Feb.7 |
 Austria |
Huge global child porn ring found | Authorities have uncovered a major child pornography ring involving more than 2,360 suspects from 77 countries | |
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| Aug.16 |
 Thailand |
 Man detained over JonBenet death| 41-year-old US schoolteacher arrested in connection with the murder of American 6-year-old
child beauty queen | | |
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| May.29 |
 Italy |
 European police foil traffickers A child trafficking gang has been broken up following an investigation led by Italian police
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| Feb.4 |
 Utah |
'Child torture' couple arrested John and Linda Dollar went on the run after they were accused of torturing 5 children in their care
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| Sep.26 |
 Germany |
 Child porn ring smashed Police have broken up an international child pornography ring with links to thousands of people in 166 countries
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| Jul.7 |
New Jersey |
Arrests foiled teens' killing spree plot A failed carjacking was to be the first step to kill 3 classmates and then random others
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| Nov.15 |
Florida |
Brothers jailed for murdering father Derek King, 14, and his 13-year-old brother Alex were pleading guilty to killing their father with a baseball bat
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Chechen gunmen seize theater
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| Oct.18 |
Germany |
Teen gunman surrenders to police
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Russian diplomats leave U.S.
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| Mar.5 |
 San Diego |
Teen shoot 15, killing 2 Andy Williams, 15-year-old high school freshman brought a gun to school. He reloaded 4 times
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