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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Outrage over child soliders in Sri Lanka

The Tamil Tigers have long used child soldiers in their campaign against the Sri Lankan government. Now the large-scale hostilities in Sri Lanka have resulted in accusations that the Sri Lankan Army is also abducting children, some are as young as 11 years of age, to become soldiers. Human rights groups are outraged by the actions of both sides.

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