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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-21-06 02:55 AM
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Humanitarian experts: Iraq/Afghanistan in top 10 list worst place for kids
Heck of a job we're doing there, chimpass.

http://www.southasianmedia.net/cnn.cfm?id=308711&category=Human%20Rights&Country=INDIA

Sudan, Uganda and Congo are the world’s three most dangerous places for children due to wars that have brought death, disease and displacement to millions, a Reuters poll of humanitarian experts showed on Tuesday. After the first three they mentioned Iraq, Somalia, India, Palestinian territories, Afghanistan, Chechnya and Myanmar.

Of the world’s 218 million many child workers are in India, which came sixth in the poll. “About 60 to 115 million children are classified as working children — the highest number in the world,” said Anuradha Mittal, director of the Oakland Institute think tank. UNICEF says over 2 million children have died due to armed conflict in the past decade, and about 20 million have been forced to flee home.
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