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Sri Lankan rebels illegally recruiting child soldiers, UNICEF says

January 26, 2005 04:32:00 PM

UN Children's Fund officials have confirmed 40 cases of children being abducted or recruited as soldiers by Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebel group since December's tsunami disaster . According...

UNICEF says children in tsunami relief camps being recruited as child soldiers

January 13, 2005 10:52:00 AM

UNICEF spokesmen said Thursday that they have evidence that Tamil Tiger rebels in northern and eastern Sri Lanka have recruited children in tsunami relief camps as child soldiers to help their ongoing struggle for autonomy...

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