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Japanese sumo wrestler Tosanoumi, center, is pushed by Japanese children before sumo tournment in Seoul, Saturday, Feb. 14, 2004. Japanese sumo wrestlers lumbered into Seoul on Thursday for the first tournament in South Korea since the country was released from Japanese colonial rule in 1945. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
AP - Feb 14 8:37 AM

Palestinian children play with snowballs by a concrete wall, part of the controversial Israeli security barrier which separates the West Bank village of Abu Dis from east Jerusalem, February 15, 2004. A rare snowstorm hit northern and central Israel and the West Bank on Saturday afternoon. REUTERS/Reinhard Krause
Reuters - Feb 15 8:44 AM

A Canadian soldier from International Security Assistance Force gives away some pens to Afghan children during a weapons redeployment ceremony in Jabul Saraj district, north of Kabul, February 15, 2004. The weapons redeployment includes tanks, surface-to-surface missiles and multiple rocket-launching systems. REUTERS/Ahmad Masood
Reuters - Feb 15 8:18 AM

Basanta : Bangladeshi children wear traditional saris and flower made ornaments as they take part in the Basanta Utsab, Spring Festival, in Dhaka. (AFP/Farjana Godhuly)
AFP - Feb 13 10:49 AM

Iruan Ergui Wu, 8, left, looks at the media from behind his new home's door next to his grandmother Rosa Leocadia da Silva Ergui, right, and his aunt Alice Ergui Tavares, top left, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, Friday, Feb. 13, 2004. The 8-year-old orphan arrived in Brazil Thursday after a lengthy international custody battle that made him one of Taiwan's most famous children and drew comparisons to the saga of Cuban castaway Elian Gonzalez. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
AP - Feb 13 9:57 AM

Children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak, points to young fan, Marcus Gabrielli, 3, as he signs autographs at an event where he was given a lifetime achievement award from Child Magazine, Thursday, Feb. 12, 2004, in New York. (AP Photo/Mike Appleton)
AP - Feb 12 9:15 PM

Gabriel Medina, 13, carries a piece of wood to help his family in the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday Feb. 11, 2004. According to a UNICEF report one of every four children under fourteen work in the streets of Paraguay. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
AP - Feb 12 4:38 PM

Daniel Solis, 11, shine shoes for $ 0.33 inside Justice's Ministry building in Asuncion, Paraguay, Feb. 11, 2004. According to a UNICEF report one of every four children under fourteen work in the streets of Paraguay. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
AP - Feb 12 4:33 PM

Ramon Garay, 8, right, and Andres Esquivel help load bricks in a factory in the outskirts of Asuncion, Paraguay, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004. According to a UNICEF report one of every four children under fourteen work in the streets of Paraguay. (AP Photo/Jorge Saenz)
AP - Feb 12 4:35 PM

Israeli children attend a lesson in the yard of a public school of the Israeli town of Ramat Gan in the outskirts of Tel Aviv Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2004, after a moderate earthquake measuring 5 on the Richter scale rattled Israel and other countries of the Middle East. The Education Ministry ordered schools to evacuate students to school yards until as a safety precaution. The quake caused no injuries and only very limited damage. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
AP - Feb 11 9:02 AM

Reuters - Feb 11 9:03 AM

A group of children and youths help prepare a huge salad as a show of support for the Israeli troops guarding in the Jewish settlement of Neve Dekalim in the central Gaza Strip , Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2004. More than 500 people took part in preparing the salad with vegetables produced in Gaza settlements. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said last week he would evacuate 17 of 21 Gaza Strip settlements aimed at reducing friction with the Palestinians, if peace efforts fail in the coming months. (AP Photo/ArielSchalit)
AP - Feb 10 2:09 PM

AP - Feb 10 2:32 PM

Children run on Lourido beach in Pontevedra, northwestern Spain, as temperatures soared above 20 degrees centigrade (68F) in unseasonably warm spells in many parts of the country, February 9, 2004. British birdwatchers have reportedly sighted swallows and house martins arriving at the southern coast, birds which normally arrive back after migrating from southern Spain in late March or April, leading ornithologists and conservationists to cite further evidence of climate change. REUTERS/Migel Vidal
Reuters - Feb 09 12:07 PM

North Korean children at a cooperative farm nursery in Suan county, North Hwanghae province. The United Nations World Food Programme says it is 'scraping the bottom of the barrel' for food supplies in the midst of harsh Korean winter.(AFP/Gerald Bourke)
AFP - Feb 09 3:25 AM

A group of Bosnian children take a ride on a horse sleigh, currently the only tourist attraction at Mt.Igman, a former Olympic venue near Sarajevo, Saturday, Feb. 7, 2004. During the XIV Winter Olympic Games , Mt.Igman was established as a ski jump venue, but was destroyed during Bosnia's 1992-1995 war during which Sarajevo suffered large scale devastation. The city is organizing a celebration to mark 20th anniversary of the Winter Olympic Games with the aim to internationally promote the city as a winter sport center again.(AP Photo/Amel Emric)
AP - Feb 08 2:07 PM

An Israeli security guard protects children of Jewish settlers walking in a march at the Jewish Gush Katif settlement in the Gaza Strip February 8, 2004, to protest against plans announced by Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to remove Jewish settlements from the Gaza Strip. REUTERS/Tsafrir Abayov
Reuters - Feb 08 9:05 AM