China suspends officials after 11 kids die in road wreck A city in east China suspended 12 officials Wednesday, including a vice mayor, policemen and education administrators, after 11 children were killed in a road wreck involving an overloaded vehicle.
27 December 2012
Obama asked to retaliate over Russia adoption ban Tens of thousands of petitioners are calling for US President Barack Obama to escalate the diplomatic feud that led Moscow to propose a law barring Americans from adopting Russian children.
24 December 2012
Santa receives unwanted sack after outburst A British Father Christmas has been suspended after allegedly telling children that Santa was not real and mentioning the recent US school massacre.
22 December 2012
Internet 'moment of silence' to mark US school tragedy US tech leaders and celebrities have joined a call for an "Internet moment of silence" Friday to remember the victims of last week's massacre of 26 people at a Connecticut elementary school.
22 December 2012
US adoption groups voice concern over Russia ban US adoption agencies expressed deep concern Thursday after President Vladimir Putin backed legislation making it illegal for Russian children to be adopted by Americans.
22 December 2012
US boy, 11, brings gun to class after massacre An 11-year-old boy has been charged with possessing a deadly weapon after bringing a gun to school, claiming he was worried about a massacre like Connecticut's.
19 December 2012
US gun laws vary widely The horrific shooting that has left 20 young children and six adults dead in rural Connecticut revived the familiar US gun law debate, where restrictions vary widely between different states.
16 December 2012
Iran sympathises after 'tragic' US school shooting Iran was quick on Saturday to express condolences after the "tragic" shooting rampage that left 26 people dead, including 20 small children, at an elementary school in the United States.
15 December 2012
20 kids, 6 adults massacred in US school A heavily armed young gunman slaughtered 20 small children and six adults at a school in an idyllic Connecticut town on Friday, in one of the worst mass shootings in US history.
Beer is good for you: study finds anti-virus powers Consuming large quantities of a key ingredient in beer can protect against winter sniffles and even some serious illnesses in small children, a Japanese brewery said citing a scientific study.
New York nanny pleads not guilty to kid slayings A Manhattan nanny accused of stabbing to death two small children in her care before trying to commit suicide pleaded not guilty Wednesday in a hospital court hearing.
30 November 2012
China arrests 90 over child abductions: state media Police have arrested 90 gang suspects across China and freed 28 children who were allegedly kidnapped from the far west and taken to various cities to steal, the China Daily said on Thursday.
23 November 2012
47 children killed in Egypt school bus tragedy: officials Forty-seven school children were killed on Saturday when a train smashed into their bus in central Egypt after a railway signal operator fell asleep, officials said, prompting protests and resignations.