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Ikea recalls children's beds due to laceration hazard
The world's leading furniture chain Ikea on Thursday issued a recall of two models of children's beds after several reported cases of a broken metal rod that exposed sharp edges.
16 August 2013
Children of overweight women die younger: study
Children born from obese women were 35 percent more likely to die prematurely in adulthood, according to a study Wednesday that warned of a growing epidemic.
14 August 2013
Correctional camp for gilded youth opens near Astana
A camp for correctional education of Kazakhstan's gilded youth has opened up in some depressed village in Akmola oblast.
09 August 2013
265 thousand first graders to hit schools September 1 in Kazakhstan
More than 260 thousand children will go to the 1st grade at schools throughout Kazakhstan on September 1, 2013.
08 August 2013
Escaped python kills two young children in Canada
An escaped python killed two children in their sleep in eastern Canada.
06 August 2013
UN warns of plight of women, children in Syria's Homs
The UN sounded the alarm Saturday about the plight of women and children in Syria's Homs, urging all parties in the conflict to enable access to some 400,000 trapped civilians.
04 August 2013
Hunger costs Swaziland three percent of GDP
Around three in 10 young children in Swaziland are stunted by hunger, and 270,000 workers are also physically affected.
31 July 2013
Children paying high price of DR Congo fighting: UN
The United Nations warned Friday it had "worrying" evidence that a growing number of children are being killed or injured in the renewed fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
28 July 2013
Australian doctors call for ban on smacking kids
Australian doctors Friday called for the smacking of children by parents to be made illegal, saying it was too easy to blur the line between reasonable discipline and abuse.
26 July 2013
Most people in Kazakhstan want three kids: poll
A survey by Headhunter shows that 64% of childless respondents are planing to have three or more kids.
22 July 2013
British PM ups pressure on Internet firms over child porn
British Prime Minister David Cameron will on Monday demand Internet search engines take action to block queries about child sex abuse, threatening legislation if they fail to comply.
22 July 2013
U.S. reply to Kazakhstan about children at Ranch for Kids
The U.S. Embassy to Kazakhstan says that there are no Kazakhstan-born children at the Ranch for Kids at present.
19 July 2013
Russian Children's Rights Envoy calls Kazakhstan to ban foreign adoption
Russian Children's Rights Envoy Pavel Astakhov believes that countries should ban foreign adoption altogether.
17 July 2013
Russia passes information on Kazakhstan-born children at Ranch for Kids
Russian Children's Rights Envoy has passed information on Kazakhstan-born children at U.S. Ranch for Kids to Kazakhstan Justice Minister.
17 July 2013
20 children dead from school meal in India: official
Twenty children have died after eating a free lunch at a primary school in eastern India, with initial tests showing the food may have contained poisonous chemicals.
17 July 2013
UN envoy in Syria talks as child toll mounts
The UN's special envoy on children in war was in Syria for talks as concern mounted over the rising child death toll in the bloody two-year conflict.
16 July 2013
Russia to provide list of Kazakhstan-born children at U.S. Ranch for Kids
Russian Children's Rights Envoy Pavel Astakhov will visit Astana and provide Kazakhstan with a list of children from Kazakhstan kept at American Ranch for Kids.
15 July 2013
Children's football academy opens in Almaty
FC Kairat opened the Children's Football Academy in Almaty on July 1.
04 July 2013
US online child privacy rules set to get stricter
Toughened US regulations on online privacy for children take effect Monday, offering new protections amid the growing use of mobile apps and social networks by youngsters.
30 June 2013
Gene clues show which children will grow out of asthma
A gene scorecard may one day help predict which youngsters are likely to grow out of childhood asthma and which will have the disease in adulthood.
28 June 2013