News Archive
UK lauded for investment in world education
Tuesday 22. of April 2008By: The Guardian
World charity leaders last night singled out the UK for its generosity in helping the poorest children receive an education.
Brussels wants better warnings on violent video games
Wednesday 23. of April 2008By: EUobserver.com
The European Commission on Tuesday (22 April) said all EU countries should use the same age-rating system when it comes to video games and make that system known to citizens.
Poverty may impair growth of brain
Tuesday 22. of April 2008By: News-records.com
Poverty can have negative effects on child and adolescent brain development, a report out today concludes.
10 million children die without basic health care
Tuesday 06. of May 2008By: Boston.com
More than 200 million children worldwide under age 5 do not get basic health care, leading to nearly 10 million deaths annually from treatable ailments like diarrhea and pneumonia, a U.S.-based charity said Wednesday.
Despite damage, many schools reopen in Myanmar
Monday 02. of June 2008By: Yahoo News
As students filed into Middle School No. 1 on Monday for the first day of classes since the cyclone hit Myanmar a month ago, all eyes stared skyward — at the gaping hole in the roof.
Boy wanders New York alone
Thursday 12. of June 2008By: CBBC Newsround
A row's broken out in America because a nine-year-old boy was allowed to travel the city of New York all by himself.
Children, 12 and 13, treated for addiction to mobile phones
Friday 13. of June 2008By: The Guardian
Two Spanish children are being treated for addiction to mobile phones, in what is thought to be first case of its kind in the country. The children, 12 and 13, were admitted to a mental health clinic by their parents because they...