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'Save this generation of children'

Students stand inside their damaged school in the rebel-held Douma neighbourhood of Damascus, Syria, March 30, 2016. PHOTO: REUTERS

The world must give urgent attention to children caught up in conflict, disasters or exploitation, Nobel Peace Laureate Kailash Satyarthi said early this week, and leave no child behind.

Children make up about half of the rising numbers of people affected by war and natural disasters, and there are many more caught up in forced labour or slavery, Satyarthi told Reuters.

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