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A farmer attacked kindergarten students with a hammer, injuring five, before burning himself to death Friday in China's third such assault in as many days and prompting the government to demand stricter school security nationwide....

The suspect, identified as a 41-year-old doctor with personal and professional problems, is in custody in Fujian province. At least eight children were slain by a man brandishing a knife outside an elementary school in the southeastern Chinese province of Fujian, authorities said Tuesday.

Japan's Princess Aiko, granddaughter of the emperor, has missed several days of classes because of bullying by boys at her elementary school, the royal family said.

More than half of the world's chronically undernourished children under the age of 5 live in South Asia, the U.N. Children's Fund reports.

The lead pollution from an unlicensed manganese smelter is the second incident of mass lead poisoning in the past month.

Villagers in northern China clashed with police outside a lead smelter blamed in the poisoning of more than 600 children, reports said Monday.

Shanghai is urging eligible couples to have two children as worries about the looming liability of an aging population outweighs concerns about over-stretched resources, a city official said on Friday.

The shanty home of another Slumdog Millionaire child star was torn down by Mumbai authorities Wednesday as they demolished part ...

It is hard to imagine Christine* in combat. But the diminutive 14-year-old with a cheeky smile and dancing eyes knows how to handle a Kalashnikov and detonate grenades.