PARIS, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Children born to a surrogate mother or conceived through donated sperm or a donated egg do just as well psychologically as counterparts who are naturally conceived, a study unveiled on Sunday said.

PARIS, July 5, 2008 (AFP) - Children born to a surrogate mother or conceived through donated sperm or a donated egg do just as well psychologically as counterparts who are naturally conceived, a study unveiled on Sunday said.

WASHINGTON, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - European scientists have shed new light on the causes of the devastating, inexplicable syndrome known as sudden infant cot death, according to a study published Thursday.

KABUL, July 3, 2008 (AFP) - Children in Afghanistan suffer more than in any other country in the world from violence, war and poverty, and sometimes become suicide bombers, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said Thursday.

WASHINGTON, July 2, 2008 (AFP) - The raid by Texas authorities on a reclusive polygamous sect in April and their seizure of 400 children amid allegations of abuse has had an unexpected consequence -- the launch of a new clothing line.

BERLIN, July 1, 2008 (AFP) - An 11-year old boy has been found hanged in eastern Germany, with all the signs suggesting he committed suicide, police said on Tuesday.

The boy, who has not been named, was found hanged in his parents' flat in the town of Jena between Leipzig and Erfurt, a police spokesman said.

MOSCOW, July 1, 2008 (AFP) - Developers on Tuesday closed Russia's most famous toy store, the landmark Detsky Mir building in central Moscow, marking the end of a long-running battle with preservationists.

KIEL, June 27, 2008 (AFP) - A German mother went on trial here Friday for killing her five sons aged three to nine, but the prosecution told the court she is mentally ill and not responsible for her actions.

MADRID, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - A Spanish human rights body on Monday reported substandard conditions at two emergency centres housing around 200 immigrant children in the Canary Islands, and cases of ill-treatment at one of them.

NAIROBI, June 9, 2008 (AFP) - The Kenyan Red Cross Society on Monday sought help to locate parents for hundreds of children separated from their families in post-election violence.

The organisation has reunited 454 children with their families following widespread violence after disputed presidential polls in December that killed at least 1,500 people and displaced around 300,000.