Old Israelis who had clearly come from Eastern Europe before World War II were playing with very young Palestinian children.

The only people left in the village were children and old people, some of whom also carried the disease.

How does one reconcile an isolated retrograde incident such as the disappearance of an elderly Chinese couple with the hopeful progress of the Chinese economic miracle that has so transformed this once seemingly desperate, backward land?

In Riyad camp in Western Darfur, for example, United Nations agencies and non governmental organizations have created a temporary shelter for children without caretakers, who are living with elderly relatives without any income or who have been subjected to abuse, including involvement in prostitution.