New Port Richey, FL – Calvin Kemp was arrested Saturday night for losing his cool and taking matters into his own hands after being repeatedly ding-dong-ditched by a couple of neighborhood kids. The kids apparently hit Kemp’s house several times that evening, and Kemp apparently got pissed. According to police, Kemp stood outside his house and waited for the kids to return. And the kids, obviously too stupid to know that you don’t hit the same damn house twice in one night, didn’t let him down.

The Department of Internal Affairs has marked a dubious milestone in blocking half a million attempts by internet users in New Zealand to access child sex websites.—Since February, the department has prevented access to 500 sites featuring images of child sex abuse for about 500,000 internet users. The ministry says it’s not known how many of these attempts were made by one person, or a group of people, or individuals.

A commission looking into allegations of child witchcraft in the Nigerian state of Akwa Ibom has commenced today in the city of Uyo in the country’s southeast.The commission was set up last month by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Traffic in Persons and Other related Matters. As part of the commission’s regular proceedings, concerned members of the public are invited to make their own submissions.

TAMPA, FLORIDA – Two Hillsborough County men were arrested in separate New Year’s Day incidents, accused of attacking children in their care. Just after noon, Frank Joseph Iasevoli, 38, of 2513 Orange Tree Loop in Tampa, grabbed his stepson , threw him to the ground and started yanking out tufts of his hair “in a fit of rage” after the boy refused to take out the garbage, according to an arrest report.

South Florida has seen a rise in child-abuse cases and officials are calling for more awareness after a year in which the state’s social service agency has investigated some gruesome ones. In Broward County, cases rose to 15,748 in 2010, compared with 14,876 the year before, according to the state Department of Children & Families. In Palm Beach County, cases rose to 12,183 — up from 11,947 the previous year. “You’ll see a lot of domestic violence,” DCF spokesman Mark Riordan said. “That’s where the cycle is perpetuated. It’s a learned response.”

A 2-month-old boy died of starvation and dehydration just before Christmas, police said, despite periodic visits from a social worker and while living in a West Philadelphia homeless shelter stocked with food. The boy, Quasir Alexander, had five siblings, including a twin brother, all now in foster care, sources close to the investigation said. Medics found Quasir when they were called to the Travelers Aid family shelter at 111 N. 49th St. about 6 a.m. Dec. 23, police said. It was not clear who called them. The baby, who appeared undernourished, was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, where he was pronounced dead, police said. An autopsy found he died of starvation and dehydration, and his death was ruled a homicide, said Lt. Raymond Evers, a police spokesman.

TEMPLE TERRACE — After setting off fireworks with relatives, a Tampa man took his 6-year-old son aside at an apartment complex Friday night and stabbed him more than 20 times, authorities said. He then threw the bloody child over a 6-foot fence into a wooded area, leaving him for dead, and returned to the party as if nothing had happened, Hillsborough County sheriff’s detective Mark Greer reported. The father, Xavier Dequan Thomas Sr., 23, was arrested at 1:06 a.m. Saturday on a charge of attempted murder, jail records show. Family members say he is mentally ill.

We have now become dedicated to devoting this site not only to these two children but to the children out there whose voices are not heard. There are still many children that live in dangerous and abusive homes in which none of them have asked to be. We appreciate the public support already shown. It’s now our turn to help give back and help those in need. On this site can be found links to other agencies or persons that may be useful in such cases. Also available now is the chat room which is open for victims and survivors of abuse.

“There are 400,000 registered sex offenders in the United States, and an estimated 80 to 100,000 of them are missing. They’re supposed to be registered, but we don’t know where they are and we don’t know where they’re living. – Ernie Allen, President of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Childrento co-anchor Hannah Storm on The Early Show

The year 2010 saw a sharp increase in child abduction cases throughout the country as Karachi alone reported 2,582 cases of missing children in the year. A statement issued by the Child Rights Legal Centre (CRLC) says that the cases of abduction and murder of children have been reported from all parts of the country. The CRLC has been monitoring child rights violations as reported in the newspapers for the year 2010. The statement says that besides the cases of corporal punishments, child sexual abuse, murders and rape and sodomy, child abductions stood out as one of the new trends in child rights violations in Pakistan. It mentions that Pakistan is among the top five most dangerous countries in the world for kidnap and ransom with incidents in the mid to high hundred each year according to the estimate from Global Security Firm Red 24.

Raleigh, N.C. — A Moore County man has been charged with sexually abusing a Raleigh child over the course of nine months, according to an arrest warrant. Victor Almanza, 20, of 108 Holly Place in West End, faces charges of first-degree rape of a child and indecent liberties with a child. The victim was younger than 13 years old, according to the warrant.

A PET python that strangled a two-year-old girl to death in Florida 18 months ago had not been fed in about a month—Newly released documents also revealed that Gypsy, the eight-foot-six-inch (260cm) albino Burmese python, had escaped its tank 10 times since its last meal. The snake killed Shaianna Hare in her crib on July 1, 2009. A review of investigative reports showed that the child’s mother and her boyfriend had kept the snake in violation of wildlife rules and apparently could not afford to feed it.

Raleigh, N.C. — A Raleigh man has been accused of assaulting and seriously injuring his 3-year-old son on Thursday, according to an arrest warrant. Joseph G. Sinclair, 26, of 1616 Extine Lane, was charged Friday with one count of intentional child abuse inflicting serious physical injury. The warrant states that Sinclair’s son had swollen and bruised eye and lips and bruises resembling fingerprints on his neck and shoulder. The boy required emergency medical care and had to be hospitalized.

STOCKTON – A 19-year-old Stockton woman was in custody Friday on suspicion of murder after her 11-month-old daughter died on Christmas, police said. Police said the baby, Raziah Bates, was brought to a hospital on Christmas Eve, said Officer Pete Smith, a Stockton police spokesman. Medical workers called police when they suspected child abuse, Smith said, and Raziah died within 24 hours. Her mother, Bianca Armstead, was first arrested and booked into San Joaquin County jail on suspicion of child abuse, Smith said, but the murder charge was added after an autopsy.