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Posted Mar 19, 2012 11:02 am.

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Just as viral video Kony 2012 shines spotlight on the use of child soldiers in conflict…the International Criminal Court delivers first verdict convicting Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga of conscripting child soldiers…will this be a deterrent for future conflicts? GUEST: Dr. Shelly Whitman -Director of the Dalhousie-based Child Soldiers Initiative

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