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BURMA: CHILD SOLDIERS
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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
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
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
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
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...
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13 years on - the story of the child soldiers who fought in God's Army
They were icons for the new millennium: tiny 12 year old twins with assault rifles and their own ethnic guerrilla force called "God's Army" waging war from the Myanmar jungle.
But 13 years on from the media frenzy, whatever happened to...
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108 countries sign commitments on child soldiers
UNICEF's executive director on Tuesday said a new document released by the organisation underscored its commitment to ending child recruitment.Speaking at a conference in Paris, Anthony Lake said more resources are needed so that...
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Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya
CLEAN: Exterior shots of day-to-day life around the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya, set up by the UNHCR after the arrival of the 'Lost Boys of Sudan' on 3 April 2001 in Kakuma, Kenya
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Prosecutor news conference ahead of start of trial of Liberian ex-president
1. Wide exterior International Criminal Court (ICC)
2. Mid of ICC entrance
3. Close-up of ICC sign
4. Wide of news conference with Chief Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, Stephen Rapp
5. Cutaway journalist's notepad...
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Former LTTE child soldiers in government rehabilitation camps
1. Various of Gnanasekeran Vinojan, 17-year-old former LTTE (Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam) child soldier, putting shoes on
2. Teenagers at government rehabilitation camp
3. Various of teenagers working in skills workshop
4. Various...
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VICTIMS OF WAR DEMAND TOUGH SENTENCE FOR FORMER LIBERIAN PRESIDENT
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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COLOMBIA: GOVERNMENT FORCES CLASH WITH REVOLUTIONARY GROUP
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In Colombia government forces fought a fierce battle with rebels from the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia.
Six rebels were killed and one rebel soldier, who is only fourteen years old, was wounded.
It was a routine...
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CONGO: CONGOLESE REBELS REPORTEDLY CLOSING IN ON KINSHASA
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A Congolese rebel commander said Tuesday his 60-thousand troops were closing in on Kinshasa in a nationwide rebellion to topple embattled President Laurent Kabila.
The week-long uprising in the eastern Kivu province of the...
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SLanka president comments ahead of C'wealth leaders' summit, FMs' session
Sri Lanka's president has hit out at critics who question his nation's human rights record, saying its institutions were dealing with complaints of abuses committed during or after its bloody 27-year civil war.
Speaking to reporters...
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Refugees, UN on patrol, child soldier
May 21 2003
1. Wide shot, compound where refugees are staying
2. Mid shot, armoured UN APC on patrol
3. Wide shot, refugees filling jerry cans with water
4. Various, refugees leaving the compound
5. Wide shot, refugees unloading personal...
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Hollande urge protection for children of war
France's president and UNICEF are urging the international community to do more to protect more than 200 million children of today's conflict zones."The situation is as urgent as ever," French President Francois Hollande pleaded as he...
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Teen forced to fight returns to family in SSudan
A South Sudanese teenager has been reunited with his family more than three years after he was abducted and forced to fight by government soldiers.
In February 2014, a then-14-year-old James was forcibly recruited into...
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Former child soldiers help Uganda’s victims heal
UGANDA CHILD SOLIDERS
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Gulu Town, Uganda – 12 December...
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Former child soldiers help Uganda’s victims heal
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A group of former child soldiers in Uganda is helping to heal the scars of a brutal rebellion by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
During years of fighting, tens of thousands of children were...
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Former child soldiers help Uganda’s victims heal
LEADIN:
A group of former child soldiers in Uganda is helping to heal the scars of a brutal rebellion by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
During years of fighting, tens of thousands of children were...
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AP journalists win Pulitzer for Yemen coverage
A team of three Associated Press journalists won a Pulitzer Prize in international reporting on Monday for their work documenting torture, graft and starvation in Yemen's brutal civil war.
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SSudan negotiators meet Catholic group in Rome
A group of leaders from South Sudan visited Rome on Friday at the invitation of a Catholic group trying to help with the peace process in the country.
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Protest in Mumbai against new movie 'Madras Cafe' over its portrayal of Tamil groups in Sri Lanka
More than a hundred people protested in Mumbai on Wednesday (21AUG13) against the release of the Bollywood film "Madras Cafe."
Protesters are opposed to the movie for it allegedly portraying the outlawed Tamil group LTTE (Liberation...
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4:3 Man publicly flogged for theft in increasingly tough Shariah verdicts
In Timbuktu in northern Mali, the public punishment of people convicted by Shariah courts has become a common sight since the desert city fell to radical Islamist fighters earlier this year.
Footage filmed on Saturday showed a militant...