News tagged with child soldiers
Child soldier trauma in Uganda shares similarities with Northern Ireland
Psychology students at Queen's University have discovered similarities between child soldier trauma in Uganda and those children caught up in Northern Ireland's Troubles.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 11, 2011 |
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Studies explore effects of war on former child soldiers
Despite international bans, more than 250,000 children fight as soldiers in 86 countries across the globe, almost half of them in Africa. Two new studies explored how these children adjust after they return to their homes. ...
Jul 15, 2010 |
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Acceptance, social support, and educational access provide safety net for former child soldiers
The Child Soldiers Global Report 20081 estimates that more than 300,000 children are engaged as soldiers around the globe, and more children are recruited every year in ongoing and new conflicts. Although a number of multinational ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 01, 2010 |
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Ubisoft assembling Avengers for game
(AP) -- Now that they've saved the world on film, "The Avengers" are teaming up for a motion-control video game.
May 10, 2012 |
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Lost tale of a forgotten shipwreck discovered
A lost book, revealing the story of a forgotten shipwreck, has been discovered by an expert at the University of St Andrews.
Aug 03, 2011 |
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Disease claims young victims in Ivory Coast crisis
(AP) -- Kneeling family members bent in prayer over two little bodies wrapped in sheets on the grass in the hospital grounds. Then two women among them released heart-rending wails.
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Apr 22, 2011 |
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Civilians 'suffer first, last and in the middle' during wartime, Stanford scholar says
(PhysOrg.com) -- Civilian casualties in war have proliferated despite the international courts, laws and tribunals meant to protect them. What do we do?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jan 24, 2011 |
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Jobless youths in Tunisia riot using Facebook
(AP) -- In the cruise ship brochures, Tunisia is a land of endless sandy beaches, warm Mediterranean waters, ancient ruins and welcoming bazaars.
Jan 11, 2011 |
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New equation calculates cost of walking for first time
Why do tall people burn less energy per kilogram when walking than shorter ones do, and how much energy does walking require? These are basic questions that doctors, trainers, fitness buffs and weight-watchers would all like ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Nov 12, 2010 |
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PTSD interrupts lives long after trauma
Throughout much of her young adult life, Terry Hatcher was living in a disassociated state, disconnected from the world -- zoned out. She tried to commit suicide at age 21.
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2010 |
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X-rays linked to increased childhood leukemia risk
Diagnostic X-rays may increase the risk of developing childhood leukemia, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley's School of Public Health.
Oct 04, 2010 |
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Early childhood education important for sustainable development
Early childhood education can play a key role in relation to change when the world fails to adopt a sustainable approach economically, ecologically and socially.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Sep 13, 2010 |
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Adult industry sees iPorn potential in new phone
(AP) -- It's a maxim of technology: Invent the newest gadget and the porn industry will find a way to cash in.
Jul 29, 2010 |
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