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Sri Lanka army dismisses U.N. child soldier claim

Sri Lanka’s army has dismissed a U.N. envoy’s charge that elements within the security forces are helping renegade rebels to abduct children as soldiers to fight the Tamil Tigers, voicing deep revulsion. Allan Rock, Special Adviser to the U.N. Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka, said on Monday his mission had found credible evidence that troops were involved in child abductions. Full Story