From the BBC:
"Hours pass in Russia school siege"

"Families are facing an agonising wait for news
Hundreds of troops are surrounding a school in south Russia where an armed gang seized at least 200 people, many of them children, on Wednesday morning.
Officials contacted the hostage-takers who refused to allow food and water to be brought in, Russian media reports."

"The group is said to be calling for Russian troops to leave Chechnya."
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"Tamils warned over child soldiers"

"The United Nations children's agency in Sri Lanka says Tamil Tiger rebels have stepped up recruitment of child soldiers in recent weeks.
The rebels have repeatedly made commitments to end the practice."

"Unicef says it has received reports of 159 children being recruited since the beginning of April. "

"But it is common for the number of reported incidents to be a fraction of the real number because parents are too afraid to complain against the rebels."
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Once you involve children as hostages, soldiers or direct victims of your "cause" you are morally and ethically bankrupt and you should be rejected by civilization. You disgust me.