News: child soldiers

03/19/2010 | Reuters
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka is hoping its love of cricket, the country's most popular game, will help rehabilitate children caught up in the island's bloody civil war with Tamil Tiger separatists.
03/08/2010 | BBC
BBC podcasts from March 8, 9, 10 and 11 all relate to Sri Lanka. Link opens an MP3 to the first podcast. Others can be downloaded from http://www.bbc.co.uk/podcasts/series/report#playepisode1 If you have problems and are interested in hearing, please e-mail contact@lankasolidarity.org and we will try to help.
12/11/2009 | AP, Associated Press
Sri Lankan children continue to be recruited for combat despite the end of the country's civil war seven months ago, a U.N. envoy said Friday.
12/11/2009 | BBC
A senior United Nations envoy has asked the Sri Lankan government to release all detained Tamil Tiger child soldiers and reunite them with their families.