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The bodies of killed people lie on the ground in Houla (REUTERS / Shaam News Network/Handout) 26.05.2012 20:28 137 comments

Houla massacre ‘indiscriminate and unforgivable’ – UN mission chief

UN monitors have confirmed that the bloodshed in Houla has left at least 90 people dead, including 32 children. The Free Syrian Army has declared that it will no longer honor the ceasefire unless the UN takes "urgent steps to protect civilians."

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Photo from belmoresouthpublicschool.edublogs.org 26.05.2012 06:15 1 comment

US federal court OK's handcuffing teens at school

A US federal court has approved a lawsuit settlement banning public schools in a Mississippi school district from handcuffing students younger than 13, but still allowing them to handcuff teenage students.

Angela Merkel had a spot of trouble finding Berlin (Video from YouTube, uploaded by johankoss1 user) 25.05.2012 15:18 32 comments

Geography gone bad: Merkel moves Berlin to Russia (VIDEO)

One would assume the German Chancellor would have no trouble locating her own country, and its main cities, on a map. But as it turned out, Angela Merkel had a spot of trouble finding Berlin, finally placing it… in Russia.

 
KZD-6 nuclear-proof cradle 24.05.2012 21:41 1 comment

Nuclear-proof cradles to save VIP babies from apocalypse

More than 100 capsule cradles aimed at protecting officials' babies from a nuclear blast and chemical or biological attack have been ordered by Russia’s security service.

An Italian heart surgeon holds a tiny titanium pump, the world's smallest artificial heart, which was implanted in a baby, at the Bambino Gesu' Hospital in Rome May 24, 2012 (Reuters / Alessandro Bianchi) 24.05.2012 21:33 10 comments

World's smallest artificial heart saves a baby

The smallest artificial heart in the world, weighing only 11 grams, was enough to save life of an infant boy suffering a deadly disease. Italian doctors who completed the surgery say it kept the baby alive till a donor was found.

 
Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream 24.05.2012 16:42 1 comment

Parents protest Shakespeare play with 'rape and pedophile content'

Shakespeare's Midsummer Night's Dream has turned into a real nightmare after it was revealed what a Russian version of the classic comedy, staged in one of Moscow's theaters, was all about: a boy raped by a pedophile school teacher.

Children from a Moscow orphanage (AFP Photo / Natalia Kolesnikova) 23.05.2012 21:48

US Embassy urges Russia to avoid scandal over orphan’s death

The US Embassy in Moscow is trying to prevent a new adoption scandal, following the death of a nine-year-old Russian orphan in Nebraska.

 
An Afghan schoolgirl receives treatment at a hospital after being poisoned in Takhar province May 23, 2012 (Reuters/Wahdat) 23.05.2012 15:55 30 comments

More than 120 schoolgirls poisoned in Afghanistan

At least 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in Afghanistan, local police reported on Wednesday. The attack has been blamed on Taliban. The incident in the northern Takhar province is the second in several months.

Joe Raedle / Getty Images / AFP 21.05.2012 22:47 3 comments

Supreme Court: No inheritance for kids conceived after dad’s death

New Jersey twins born through artificial insemination following their dad’s death were finally stripped of their survivor status by the Supreme Court on Monday. The reason – their dad did not provide for them while he was alive.

 
Participants attending the Young Pioneer induction ceremony at Vladimir Lenin's Mausoleum on Moscow's Red Square (RIA Novosti/Ruslan Krivobok) 20.05.2012 21:02 69 comments

Soviet flashback: 5,000 children join Communist youth movement (VIDEO)

Over 5,000 boys and girls clad in red ties and side caps flooded onto Red Square in Moscow to be accepted into the ranks of the Pioneer Communist Youth League.

The Department of Homeland Security main office (Win McNamee/Getty Images/AFP) 20.05.2012 20:20 8 comments

Kids’ DNA collection? Possible with Homeland Security

The US Department of Homeland Security is considering collecting DNA from anyone fingerprinted, including children aged 14 and up, with the prospect of lowering the age limit, recent reports reveal.

 
Rachel Harrison 18.05.2012 23:23 56 comments

4-year-old Texas girl taken from parents and heavily drugged by Child Protective Services

The parents of a 4-year-old girl are outraged after their daughter was placed under the care of Child Protective Services and then heavily medicated with psychotropic drugs.

image from http://www.ugolokdurova.ru 18.05.2012 22:02 11 comments

‘Not a place for such kids’ – Moscow theater denies autistic group access

Moscow’s Animal Theater has denied a visit to a group of autistic children, saying “kids like these” are not welcome there. This comes after Moscow’s Oceanarium was slammed for also being not friendly to people with autism.

 
Artyom Savelyev (RIA Novosti / Vitaliy Belousov) 18.05.2012 20:57

US woman forced to support abandoned Russian boy

A US court has ordered the former foster mother of abandoned orphan Artyom Saveliev to pay thousands of dollars in child support and legal fees.

RIA Novosti / Dmitry Korobeinikov 18.05.2012 16:31 6 comments

Citing female divorcees, Russia wants tit-for-tat in foreign legal spats

Pointing to rulings against female Russian divorcees in foreign custody cases, a high-ranking judge has said home courts must be able to take measures against decisions in foreign legal cases that affect Russian citizens.

 
Reuters / Fabrizio Bensch 17.05.2012 16:11 194 comments

Minority report: White births no longer majority in the US

For the first time in US history, racial and ethnic minorities outnumber its white majority – white births make up fewer than half the children born in the country, according to the US Census Bureau.

Village school (RIA Novosti / Vitaly Ankov) 16.05.2012 21:48

Famed adventurer takes school supplies to remote villages

Having traveled around the world exploring far-flung corners, video blogger Vlad Minnin is setting off on a new journey aimed at helping the children of Russia. RT caught up with the adventurer.

 
Reuters/Amr Dalsh 16.05.2012 14:11 47 comments

Egypt to revive female genital mutilation in the name of Islam?

Egyptian human rights groups and female activists are alarmed at renewed parliamentary calls to revive the practice of female circumcision. They appeal to the authorities to stop advocating what was officially banned in 2007.

Doctor Fatah Rami Ayubo in the Baksi camp: the girl has not been maimed by Assad’s shells, she has just a scratch. 14.05.2012 08:00 16 comments

Turkey's top treatment for Syrian rebels, eyeing homecoming (PHOTOS)

There are officially no Syrian refugees in Turkey – only “visitors from Syria.” Well-accommodated and enjoying Turkey’s hospitality, they return home, contradicting the “evil Assad regime scares its own people away” narrative sold by Western media.

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A toddler fell from a moving car (image by CCTV) 11.05.2012 19:04 7 comments

Toddler survives fall onto busy road from moving car (VIDEO)

A four-year-old girl has miraculously survived after falling out of a moving car right before the wheels of another one.