One child in every class hurt in a road accident

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One child in every class is killed or injured in a road accident by the time they are 16, new figures show.
Children in poorer areas are more likely to be hurt in road accidents Photo: ALAMY
During their childhood one in every 27 children – fewer than the average class size – will be reported as killed or injured in a road accident, the report said.
Children in more deprived areas are up to five times more likely to be hurt in a road collision than those living in more affluent postcodes, researchers found.

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Of the ten areas with the highest rates of traffic incidents involving children, eight were located in the north west.
In Preston one in every 206 children was killed or injured in a road accident between 2004 and 2008, compared with the national average of one in 427.
Kensington and Chelsea in London had the lowest figures in the country, with just one in 1158 children living in the area hurt in a collision each year.
The report, carried out by Road Safety Analysis, a not-for-profit organisation, added that the under-reporting of road accidents could mean the figures across the country are significantly higher.
It said: "The Department for Transport acknowledges that [the under-reporting of casualties] could mean that up to five times more casualties occur on the roads than are reported to the police."
The risk of children being involved in a road collision increases every year as they grow older, the report found, while boys in every age group were more likely to be injured than girls.
May saw the highest number of recorded child casualties, while the risk of incidents decreased by 25 per cent in the winter months compared with the peak in the summer months.
The month with the lowest number of child pedestrian accidents was August, which the report said "could be due to fewer children being in the country at this time of year".
Dan Campsall, director of Road Safety Analysis, said: “The results of this study show a worrying discrepancy between different parts of the country. Children in some areas experience considerably higher risk from road traffic crashes than others who might be living just over the border."
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Two baby ligers - hybrids of a lion and a tigress - are seen at Taiwan's "World Snake King Education Farm" in Kuijen, Tainan county Photo: AFP/GETTY
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A private zoo in Taiwan could be fined after breeding 'ligers' – a cross between a lion and a tiger.
The zoo is the island's first to breed the hybrid of a lion and a tigress, but officials seized the cubs and said they may fine the owner.
The three liger cubs were born in Taiwan on Sunday at the World Snake King Education Farm in the south, but one of them died almost immediately.

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"The pregnancy of the tigress caught me totally unprepared," said Huang Kuo-nan, the farm's owner.
"The lion and the tigress have been kept in the same cage since they were cubs more than six years ago, and nothing happened."
But the Tainan county government later in the day seized the two baby ligers, relocating them to a home for wild animals in another southern county.
"What else can I do? I respect the decision, but I hope the two cubs can be taken good care of," Mr Kuo-nan said.
He faces a fine of up to 50,000 Taiwan dollars (£1,000) for breeding wildlife without authorities' prior approval, said the Council of Agriculture.
According to the Taipei-based Apple Daily, there are only around 10 surviving ligers in the world, with adult ligers capable of growing much larger than average lions.
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Petraeus: Progress in Afghanistan will take time

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WASHINGTON – Progress in Afghanistan only began this spring and needs time to take root, Army Gen. David Petraeus said in comments broadcast Sunday that were aimed at shoring up American support for the war.
Petraeus, who's been credited with a successful war strategy in Iraq and who took charge of U.S. and NATO military operations in Afghanistan in July, described an "up and down process" of seizing Taliban-controlled territory and creating "small pockets of progress" that he hoped will expand.
The goal, he told NBC's "Meet the Press," is to keep al-Qaida and other extremist groups at bay while the Afghan government has a chance to take control and earn the trust of the local population.
"We're here so that Afghanistan does not once again become a sanctuary for transnational extremists the way it was when al-Qaida planned the 9/11 attacks in the Kandahar area," Petraeus said in an interview taped in Kabul, the Afghan capital.
Petraeus' comments come as U.S. support for the 9-year war is slipping and the death toll is climbing. July was the deadliest month for U.S. forces, when 66 troops were killed.
Petraeus and other military officials have warned of more combat casualties as additional U.S. troops are sent to the fight. Last fall, President Barack Obama authorized 100,000 troops in Afghanistan — triple the level from 2008.
Obama's Democratic supporters have reluctantly swung behind the plan, but lawmakers are beginning to question whether Afghanistan can be won.
As the fighting intensifies, the Pentagon and White House are hoping that political support for the war can hold at least through year's end to give Petraeus time to show progress. Petraeus is expected to give an updated assessment to Congress in December.
Petraeus said in the interview that the war only recently has been given the right "inputs," or resources: more U.S. and Afghan troops to take over Taliban territory and more civilians to restore services to the population.
"There is understandable concern and, (in) some cases, frustration," Petraeus said. "Therefore we have got to really put our shoulders to the wheel and show during the course of this year that progress can be achieved."
Petraeus described Afghanistan as a tough and enduring fight that would require its "character and its size being scaled down over the years." If the U.S. loses, there would likely be a bloody civil war followed by a takeover by extremists. If the U.S. succeeds and Afghanistan stabilizes, the country could become the region's new "Silk Road" with the potential to extract trillions of dollars worth of minerals, he said.
But the goal is not to turn Afghanistan into an industrialized democracy, he said. Even if the nation relies heavily on tribal councils for governance, the central government in Kabul could still run the nation effectively without influence from extremist groups such as al-Qaida.
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LOS ANGELES – An off-road vehicle plowed into a crowd moments after sailing off a jump at a race in Southern California Saturday night, killing eight people and leaving 12 wounded, authorities and witnesses said.
The accident happened shortly before 8 p.m. at the race called the California 200, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Bachman.
Bachman said 12 people were injured, several seriously. Most were airlifted from the area to Loma Linda University Medical Center or St. Mary's Medical Center.
The race is part of a series held in Soggy Dry Lake Bed near the city of Lucerne Valley in the Mojave Desert, 100 miles northeast of Los Angeles.
David Conklin, a photographer covering the event for several off-road magazines, said the vehicle was among the first 20 off the line in the race, and had just gone over a jump known as "the rockpile."
Conklin said he watched the vehicle sail through the air then turned to wait for the next one when he heard a commotion.
"I heard screaming and shouting," said Conklin, who ran toward the vehicle. "I saw one woman with a major head wound lying in a pool of blood. Someone else was crushed beneath the car."
The crashed car eventually came to a rest upside down with its oversized wheels pointing toward the sky. It wasn't immediately clear if the driver of the car was among the casualties.
Bachman said the California Highway Patrol is leading the investigation of the crash because it took place in an unincorporated area.
Tens of thousands of people attend the California 200, in which dune buggy-style vehicles take jumps and other obstacles on the off-road course. The crowd gathers next to the track with little-or-no barrier between them and the vehicles.
The crash was the latest in a series of race accidents that have proved deadly to spectators.
A car plowed into a crowd that had gathered to watch an illegal drag race on a suburban road in Accokeek, Maryland, in February 2008, killing eight people and injuring five. The two racers were charged with vehicular manslaughter. Darren Bullock, 22, was senteced to 15 years in prison; Tavon Taylor, 20, is awaiting trial.
In Chandler, Ariz., in February, a female spectator was killed by a tire that flew off a crashing dragster at Chandler's Firebird International Raceway for the NHRA Arizona Nationals.
In Selmer, Tennessee, a dragster went out of control and smashed into spectators during a fundraising festival in June 2007, killing six people and injuring 22. Driver Troy Critchley, 38, was convicted of misdemeanor reckless assault charges and sentenced to 18 months probation.
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