MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).

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 More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...

AN OHIO MAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER HE ACCIDENTALLY SENT HIS BAG OF METHAMPHETAMINE TO A TELLER THROUGH HIS BANK'S AIR TUBES. (PHOTO).


 An Ohio man was arrested after he accidentally sent his bag of methamphetamine to a teller through his bank's air tubes. 


46-year-old Jason Smith made an unusual deposit at Woodsfield Bank in Monroe County, Ohio, on December 3rd.


The sheriff's department was alerted after staff noticed a baggie with a crystal like substance had been sent with Smith's banking transaction. 


Ohio Department of Natural Resources took Smith into custody after locating him in Wayne Township. During Smith's apprehension, deputies uncovered various other suspected drugs and drug related items in his truck.


Jason Smith was booked into the Monroe County Jail following his arrest.

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