31.   A plague of abandoned children.

32.   Abandoned children must return home.

33.   Abandoned children far exceed the number of orphans, and most of them are girls or handicapped children, her report said.

34.   Ahmed had been an abandoned child who rose to become a world traveler and something of an electronics magnate in Somalia.

35.   After his overthrow, the world was shocked to see images of abandoned children, many of them living in abysmal conditions in state orphanages.

36.   Ahmed distributed small boxes and shoe polish to hundreds of abandoned children to help them find a way to earn a living.

37.   Before the Sunshine Project, abandoned children had very little chance of surviving in Upper Egypt.

38.   But Sgt. Alex Aalberg said there is not a significant problem with abandoned children.

39.   Hundreds of abandoned children were infected with the HIV virus when they were given blood transfusions to boost their weight.

40.   In a rusty cot in the area reserved for abandoned children, an emaciated three-week-old boy lies with his head hanging limply through the bars.