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 LONDON (AP) - More than 600 children die every day in war-ravaged Congo and even more are displaced, sexually abused or swept into the camps of combatant groups, a UNICEF report said Monday.
The report comes less than a week before the country's first democratic elections in more than 40 years, which UNICEF ambassador Martin Bell said could offer some hope to the country's child victims.
"These elections may be the opportunity of their lifetime," said Bell, a former war correspondent who wrote "Child Alert: Democratic Republic of Congo."
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