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China sees increasing number of children died of playing with fire (People's Daily)
Increasing deaths of children playing with fire ring an alarm on safety education in China's schools, according to a national meeting on fire control in schools on Sunday.

National Science Foundation Grant to The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Bridges Academic Research and Child Safety (The Auto Channel)
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 25, 2005 -- Auto safety researchers at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) are working to make automobiles safer for children and young drivers by quickly turning new discoveries into new and safer products.

Man said he caged children for safety (Dallas Morning News)
CLEVELAND The father suspected of keeping some of 11 special-needs adopted children in cages says he confined them only to keep them safe.

NSF Grant to Children's Hospital Bridges Research, Child Safety (Newswise)
Auto safety researchers at The Children's Hospital and the University of Pennsylvania have received a five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to establish The Center for Child Injury Prevention Studies. Its goal is to translate research into tangible safety innovations.

First Lady Conte Introduces Internet Safety Campaign (The Chattanoogan)
First Lady Andrea Conte joined with the national Internet Keep Safe Coalition on Tuesday to launch a campaign to protect Tennessee s children from online predators. The campaign encourages children to follow three key rules of Internet safety: KEEP. DON T MEET. TELL.

Fire-Safety Training Goes High Tech (Newswise)
The 12-year-olds have heard it all before: "Don't play with matches." "Stop, drop and roll." "Get out and stay out." So how can firefighters get them to tune in to a safety talk? Use virtual reality to put the children in a computer-generated fire, says an Iowa State University researcher.

Children take back seat to PR (St. Petersburg Times)
Neither parent beat the children, nor raped or tortured them. Rather, the children, ages 2 and 4, wandered into a neighbor's yard. They were unsupervised for five hours while Lane was asleep and Beecher was at work.

Midstate datebook: Educational campaign focuses on Internet safety for children (Ashland City Times)
What: An Internet safety educational campaign for Tennessee children. Who: A news conference with Tennessee first lady Andrea Conte, Iris Beckwith of the national Internet Keep Safe Coalition, and Lana Seivers, commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Education.

OSHP marks School Bus Safety Week (The Ironton Tribune)
SOUTH POINT - As part of National School Bus Safety Week, the Ohio State Highway Patrol's Ironton Post reminds children and motorists Flashing Red Means Stop Ahead.

State effort to protect children targets Internet sex predators (The Des Moines Register)
An Iowa law enforcement campaign aimed at protecting children from Internet predators was touted Monday by Lt. Gov. Sally Pederson and state public safety officials.

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