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  • Nepali soldiers wait in line to cast their ballots in the former Maoist stronghold of Rolpa. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Nepal begins release of child soldiers
    Hundreds of former child soldiers of the Maoists' guerrilla force on Thursday were released from the UN supervised camps in Nepal as part of the landmark 2006 peace process, which has been stalled due to the deepening political crisis in the country.
  • Children abducted from Lankan camps: Rights group
    The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers said it had received verified reports of child abductions from camps in the main resettlement area of Vavuniya, often by paramilitary Tamil groups.
  • Map of Sri Lanka
    Rebels abduct 16 children from orphanage in Lanka
    Tamil rebels abducted 16 children from a Catholic orphanage in northern Sri Lanka to be enlisted in their movement as fighters, the defence ministry said Monday, citing witnesses.
  • Sudanese security forces display vehicles they claim were captured from rebels. Photo Courtesy: AP
    Sudan says 80 Darfur 'child rebels' arrested
    Sudan said Thursday that 80 children, some as young as 11 and press-ganged into a Darfur rebel group, had been arrested in a security crackdown after an unprecedented attack on Khartoum.
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