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Children recruited by the armed Islamist group al-Shabab, at a training camp in the Afgooye Corridor, west of Mogadishu, southern Somalia, in February 2011.

Somali Children as Human Shields in Combat, Abused and Forced into Marriage: Rights Group

Somalia is not the only country known for inflicting such horror on children. During a period of intensified Palestinian–Israeli violence that started in 2000, gunmen surrounded themselves with children while shooting on Israeli forces. Various other reports have also suggested that the Taliban used women and children from their own communities as human shields against coalition forces around the year 2006.
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Syrians

Will U.S. Arm Syrian Rebels?

Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham threw the Syrian gauntlet down to President Barack Obama, saying that anti-Assad protesters should be armed by the U.S.
US Central Intelligence Agency

CIA to software vendors: A revolution is coming

The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency told software vendors on Tuesday that it plans to revolutionize the way it does business with them as part of a race to keep up with the blazing pace of technology advances.
Clinton Wears Green

Hillary Clinton Wears Green in G20 'Family Photo' While Others Sport White: Did She Miss The Memo?

In a strange mix-up, Hillary Clinton stuck out at a meeting of the G20 foreign affairs ministers in Los Cabos, Mexico this week. While the 30 other foreign secretaries and ministers wore crisp white shirts, Clinton stuck out sporting a lime green blouse. The informal meeting marked the first time the G20 Ministers of Foreign Affairs assembled together. The G20 members gathered in Mexico to discuss among other issues food security, sustainable development and the growing international economy.
EU and IMF

EU to Ask G20 to Back Increased IMF Funds

European Union leaders will call at a summit next week for the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) to agree in April to substantially boost funds available to the International Monetary Fund, draft conclusions of the meeting showed.
Drilling Rigs in the Gulf

North American Rig Counts Climbing

The number of working rigs for drilling oil is on the rise in North America, according to the latest figures released by Baker Hughes.
Standing in Formation

Veterans for Ron Paul 2012 March on the White House Twitter Photo Slideshow

The Veterans for Ron Paul march on the White House went off without a hitch on Monday. Here's a photo slideshow of some of the best pictures uploaded by veterans, soldiers and other Paul supporters who participated in the successful Ron Paul is the Choice of the Troops event on Feb. 20 in Washington, D.C.

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