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Angelina Jolie helps launch an advocacy group for orphans

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AP Entertainment Washington DC - 26 April 2007 1. Wide shot of actress Angelina Jolie entering news briefing 2. Wide shot of briefing 3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Angelina Jolie, actress: "I am no policy expert as you all know. And I will not...
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Former political proxy of defeated Tamil Tiger rebels sweeps northern provincial election

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A former political proxy for Sri Lanka's defeated Tamil Tiger rebels swept the country's northern provincial election, according to results released on Sunday, in what is seen as a resounding call for wider regional autonomy in areas...
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War crimes court hands down first sentences

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1. Alex Tamba Brima seated 2. Brima Bazzy Kamara seated 3. Santigie Borbor Kanu seated 4. Judge Julia Sebutinde delivering verdict 5. Wide shot of all defendants sitting with guards in court 6. Judge Julia Sebutinde delivering...
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UN on evidence of atrocities, MSF on numbers of injured treated

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South Sudan's political and military leaders should be held accountable for war crimes committed in the country, a senior United Nations official said on Friday. UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights, Ivan Simonovic, said the...
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Sierra Leone court sentences militia leaders to less than 10 years

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1. Exterior of Special Court 2. People walking into court 3. Court building seen through barbed wire fence 4. Close-up of United Nations flag 5. Defence team walking into court 6. Wide of judges inside courtroom 7. Defence team seated in...
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Assis. Dep Sec of State Boucher meets Sri Lankan president, presser

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1. Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse shaking hands with members of the US delegation 2. Rajapakse and US Assistant Secretary of State Richard Boucher seated, pan to Sri Lankan delegation 3. US Ambassador to Sri Lanka and US...
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State of the World's Children report on 20th anniv of CRC; Lucy Liu

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1. Wide of news conference 2. Cutaway of cameraman 3. Mid of actress and child advocate Lucy Liu (right) seated next to former Ugandan child soldier Grace Akallo 4. SOUNDBITE (English) Ann Veneman, UNICEF (United Nations International...
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Hong Kong action star visits Myanmar on Unicef mission

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Hong Kong action star Jackie Chan on Saturday concluded a three-day mission to combat child trafficking in Myanmar, in his role as a UNICEF goodwill ambassador. In an exclusive interview with AP in Yangon, Chan admitted that his...
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CLEAN: Former child soldiers battle to adjust to normal life

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CLEAN: Former child soldiers battle to adjust to normal life
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Aid agencies work to protect children and reunite them with parents

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Kibati 1. Wide shot, people gathered for Sunday mass at Kibati refugee camp 2. People praying and singing, man leading service 3. Mid shot, children sitting 4. Men and women dancing 5. Various of children filling water containers from...
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SIERRA LEONE: CIVIL WAR: CHILD SOLDIERS FORCED TO FRONTLINES

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12/13 November 1995, Sierra Leone 1. Soldiers run-up with captured rebel 2. c/away soldiers 3. c/away rebel hands 4. SOUNDBITE: Rebel 5. Gov. troops scouring buildings for rebels 6. Various burnt buses/cars 7. Villagers scavenging scrap...
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Many boys remain in Myanmar's army despite efforts to reduce number of child soldiers

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While the United Nations and local rights activists say the recruiting of underage soldiers in Myanmar has gone down, many boys remain in the army - some taken in just the past few months. Former child soldier Min Thu disappeared when he...
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MYANMAR: "GOD'S ARMY" (2)

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Voice and effects Voiced by Vera Frankl One of Asia's strangest forces is fighting a jungle war against the Myanmar (formerly Burma) government. The force is called 'God's Army' and it's led by two 12-year-olds who, it's claimed, have...
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Sierra Leone - Child Soldiers Released From Army

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The United Nations children's fund, UNICEF, has freed 370 children under the age of 15, from the Sierra Leone government army since 1993. UNICEF is supporting several projects to help the former soldiers cope with the trauma of fighting...
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WRAP Rebel leaders found guilty of crimes against humanity ADDS file

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25 February 2009 1. Wide exterior of court 2. Wide of people walking into court 3. Interior of courtroom 4. Accused Revolutionary United Front (RUF) members entering court 5. Various of accused Issa Hassan Sesay shaking hands with...
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UK: CAMPAIGNERS SAY SUDAN USES ABDUCTED CHILDREN AS SOLDIERS

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English/Nat Two leading human rights organisation say the international community is not doing enough to save thousands of abducted child soldiers in northern Uganda. Backed by the Sudan Government, Ugandan rebels are believed to hold up...
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Syrians living in areas controlled by Islamic State group living in fear, says UN report

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The Islamic State group has denied food and medicine to hundreds of thousands of people and hidden its fighters among civilians since a US-led coalition began launching air strikes in Iraq and Syria, a UN panel investigating war crimes...
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Sri Lankan Cricket Captain Kumar Sangakkara talks about charity cricket game

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Stars of Indian cinema and Sri Lankan cricketers will play a celebrity cricket match on Friday (4 JUNE 2010) to raise funds for reintegrating former child soldiers into their communities. Bollywood stars Hrithik Roshan and Sunil Shetty...
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Abuse victims seek ICC case against pope and top cardinals

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1. Wide of members of Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests (SNAP) arriving at International Criminal Court 2. Wide of SNAP news conference 3. Close-up of presentation screen reading (English) "SNAP - Center for Constitutional...
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BURMA: CHILD SOLDIERS

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English/Nat Worldwide, an estimated 200-thousand children under the age of 15 are recruited as soldiers and face life and death on the frontline. The United Nations has asked UNICEF, its agency concerned with the plight of children, to...
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Ex-child soldiers leave Nepal camps after three years

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1. Entrance to camp for Maoist ex-fighters at Dudhauli, 200 kilometres (125 miles) southeast of Katmandu, with sign reading "People''s Liberation Army, 2nd Division" 2. Mid shot of armed guard 3. Mid of soldiers standing to attention ...
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Sri Lankan Tamils protest against alleged children recruiting by Tigers

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1. Protestors gathered and chanting 2. Banner reading: "Your war! Our lives. Federal Solution Now!" 3. Banner in Tamil reading: "We want Peace" 4. Various of protestors 5. Banner reading: "Liberators or Terrorists? The International...
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VICTIMS OF WAR DEMAND TOUGH SENTENCE FOR FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT

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Victims of Sierra Leone's civil war are calling for war crimes judges in the Hague to give convicted war criminal and former Liberian President Charles Taylor the stiffest possible sentence. In a landmark ruling in April, judges at the...
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SUDAN: CHILD SOLDIERS

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Rumbek, Marial Bai South Sudan 24-25 Feb 2001 1. Child soldiers singing and clapping 2. Various of child soldiers 3. Close up of child soldier singing 4. Wide shot of soldiers clapping 5. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Paulino Kol, child...