Sentences with phrase «children than soldiers»

Not exact matches

Others would say, no, the way one interacts with enemy soldiers firing bullets at you, trying to kill you, and trying to kill fellow Americans, it makes sense to interact with them differently than how you interact with children seeking ice cream.

Child soldier rescue, fighting sex trafficking — some justice issues sound more «exciting» than others, but what about the unsung work?

The century ended with about 21 million refugees around the globe, including about 6 million internally displaced people and more than 300,000 child soldiers (under the age of 18), girls as well as boys, engaged in armed conflicts.

More children are killed by war lords in Afghansitan and gangs in Somalia than are filled by US soldiers.

First let's take a look at the definition of the word Realpolitik: Politics based on practical and material factors rather than on theoretical or ethical objectives Under that definition there are two possible reasons: Avoiding a situation where European soldiers / border guards shoot unarmed men, women and children Helping prevent further destabilization...

No fewer than 144 ex-Maoist child soldiers have been arrested by Nepal police following protests at the headquarters of their former party on Tuesday, a spokesman for Kathmandu police office, disclosed.

Children under age two may be at heightened risk for abuse and neglect during the six months immediately following a parent's return from deployment in the U.S. Army, and the risk may rise among Army families with soldiers who are deployed more than once.

It's much less easy to ignore corporate greed, human evil, sex trafficking, child soldiers and blood diamonds than it used to be.

Yet it's the vulnerability and palpable panic O'Connell conveys in Hook that impresses most — for all his strength and resilience, the audience is never allowed to forget that he's little more than a child soldier.

Nothing could be more uncomfortable than «friendly» soldiers played by actors you already love, attempting to soothe traumatized children whose parents they've just killed.

Aside from ’07 and» 08, they haven't had more than two films per year to receive Oscar nominations in the top eight categories: 2004 (Vera Drake), 2005 (Good Night, and Good Luck, Brokeback Mountain), 2006 (The Queen, Children of Men), 2007 (Assassination of Jesse James, Michael Clayton, In the Valley of Elah, I'm Not There, Atonement), 2008 (The Hurt Locker, Rachel Getting Married, The Wrestler), 2009 (A Single Man), 2010 (Black Swan), 2011 (The Ides of March, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), 2012 (The Master), 2013 (Gravity, Philomena).

The Forbidden Room / Canada (Directors: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Screenwriters: Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Robert Kotyk)-- A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon, and a battalion of child soldiers all get more than they bargained for as they wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.

The Florida Project couldn't have started in a more euphoric key than Kool & the Gang's «Celebration», while the year's most misunderstood film, Ang Lee's bitingly satiric Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, deploys Destiny's Child's «Soldier» like a sensory attack on shell - shocked soldiers.

A submarine crew, a feared pack of forest bandits, a famous surgeon and a battalion of child soldier all get more than they bargained for as the wend their way toward progressive ideas on life and love.

She says the military is doing little more than «recruiting child soldiers.»

And since there are few better treats for a mom than the opportunity to read a few good books with their children, we've put together a list of our favorite new picture books that celebrate mothers of all kinds, from soldier moms to squirrel moms.

Perhaps this can give us hope for the countless children affected by wars today, including the estimated 300,000 child soldiers fighting in more than 85 countries (according to Amnesty International, 2006).

However, there is no more of a sense of justice or fairness in turning around and killing the dogs rescued from such circumstances than there would be in prosecuting and killing child soldiers rescued from a warlord's militia.

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It's only slightly less ridiculous than justifying or excusing everything he did on grounds that he was a «child soldier» at the time, and did not appreciate the consequences of his actions.

Although unmarried soldier and veteran parents are more likely than their civilian counterparts to have a formal child support and visitation order, they often face unique challenges caused by their military service that make it difficult for them to meet their parenting and child support obligations.