allAfrica.com: Liberia: Children education ensures better future

--"United States Ambassador to Liberia Donald Booth says prioritizing education for Liberian children is very important for securing a better future for the
country."

Stuff (NZ): Children aged 8 joining gangs

--Children as young as eight are joining gangs and arming themselves for protection as tensions rise in south Auckland, one Otara youth worker says.

allAfrica.com: Zambia: Samakai acknowledges youth unemployment

-- "The collapse of the mining industry and the escalation of the HIV/AIDS pandemic which has robbed many families of their breadwinners, have disadvantaged most families in Zambia," Samakai said."

Reuters: Afghanistan: Polio vaccination drive in violent south targets 120,000 children

allAfrica.com: Liberia: Unicef to Help Half a Million Children Through Vitamin A and Deworming Drive

Reuters: Maltreatment common for U.S. children

--" A substantial percentage of young U.S. adults say they suffered some form of neglect or abuse as children, researchers reported Tuesday."

International Herald Tribune: The lost children of Haiti

--"Haiti, founded two centuries ago by former slaves who fought to regain their freedom, has again become a hub of human trafficking."

ABC News: As market scatters, teen mags reinvent

--Teen magazines reinvent themselves as young consumers find new alternatives

Reuters: Exploitative Internet marketing fuels child obesity

--"Self-regulation in food and beverage marketing is being exploited and is failing to curb childhood obesity, research by a global obesity taskforce presented on Tuesday has found."