Teachers in Weifang City, Shandong province, pulled the children away as the man died, the spokesman said.

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West Midlands Police said two men pulled the children's mother from the car in the Erdington area of the city at around 17:45 GMT on Wednesday.

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With 47 task forces and working groups, the FBI says more than 2, 200 children have been pulled off the streets along with more than 1, 000 convictions of people exploiting kids.

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He also hit the headlines when he resigned as vice-president of The Children's Society after the charity pulled out of its projects in Wales.

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"If the family can't educate its children, the girls would be pulled out before the boys, " said Cawasji, adding that girls are considered more valuable at home.

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One activist said more than a dozen children were pulled from the wreckage.

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Rural households are feeling the pinch too, with children pulled out of school to work on family land.

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Mr Stringer, who is MP for Blackley and Broughton, said those at the meeting complained that children were being bullied at school because they were from the area and people had pulled out of buying houses there as a result.

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Children who are pulled out often end up at the state schools no one else wanted, because the others are full.

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Children from the school were among the dead, but several students were pulled out alive from under a collapsed wall and other heaps of mangled debris.

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