Underage child recruitment on the increase

THE Human Rights Commission of Sri Lanka is deeply concerned to note the dramatic increase in child recruitment by the LTTE reported from our offices in the North and East. Despite the recent Security Council Resolution on Children and Armed Conflict adopted on July 26, 2005, and the decline in numbers of underage recruits post-tsunami, recent reports indicate that the LTTE is again recruiting significant number of children.

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British comics laugh in the face of terrorism

KNOW how to spot a suicide bomber on the subway? Ask him where he's going. If he replies "Armageddon", get off the train. Fast. Jokes, told in the right way, can take the terror out of disasters such as the July 7 attacks on the London subway and a double-decker bus, or the September 11, 2001 atrocity in the United States, comedians say.

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