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UN / COOMARASWAMY (1.37) (07 July 2008) - Reporting on her recent trip to Afghanistan, UN envoy for children and armed conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy says the "Bacha-bazi" practice of boys being sexually abused by military commanders "has to be dealt with". UNTV

DR CONGO / SCHOOLING (3.42) (07 July 2008) - In war ravaged eastern DR Congo - going to school is perhaps the one thing that keeps the children connected to a normal life. But the ongoing violence has shut down many schools- and disrupted the education of almost all the children here. UNHCR

ROMANIA / SCHOOLS (2.43) (07 July 2008) - Ten years ago, students in rural Romanian schools were eight times more likely than their city peers to fail a compulsory science test. Fewer than a quarter of country kids went on to upper secondary education. A new World Bank program aims to keep rural kids in school and send them on to higher studies. WORLD BANK