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Rapes Shatter Congo Women
Rapes Shatter Congo Women
Oct 7, 2007 1:20 PM CDT

Rapes Shatter Congo Women

27,000 attacks in a single province intended to 'destroy women'

(Newser) - A record number of brutal rapes has devastated the women of war-ravaged Congo. A single province reported 27,000 last year, with some assaults so brutal that victims' reproductive systems will never recover, the New York Times reports. "We don’t know why these rapes are happening, but one...

Issue of Stars' Safety Delays Kite Runner

Producers fear film may inflame Afghanistan's ethnic tensions

(Newser) - Paramount Vantage is pushing back the release of "The Kite Runner" to allow its child stars to leave Afghanistan, the New York Times reports. The studio, worried that a “Danish-cartoons situation” could erupt over an ethnically charged rape scene, has moved the film's release date to Dec. 14....

Cleared of Rape, Populist in Line to be Prez in South Africa

Jacob Zuma, ANC veep, mounts campaign

(Newser) - Jacob Zuma, a champion of the poor who conjures apartheid-era freedom songs to excite crowds, is in line to become South Africa’s next president, the London Times reports. Recently cleared in a high-profile rape case, Zuma is the country’s most charismatic and populist—and some would add dangerous,...

Jury Finds Polygamist Sect Leader Guilty

Jeffs convicted on 2 felony counts of rape as accomplice

(Newser) - Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs was convicted today on two counts of rape as an accomplice for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin. The jury reached a verdict just hours after one member was replaced for undisclosed reasons, the Salt Lake Tribune reports. Jeffs faces 5 years...

Father Upset by Rape Scene in Kite Runner

Dad of Afghan actor afraid film will ignite anger against his family

(Newser) - The father of an actor in a film adaptation of The Kite Runner is worried about a pivotal rape scene and wants it nixed, the BBC reports. The production features Afghans in many roles, and the boy actor's father, Ahmad Jaan, is concerned that the movie could unleash sectarian anger...

Duke Prosecutor Will Do One Day Behind Bars

Nifong sentenced to 24 hours for lying about evidence

(Newser) - Mike Nifong, the disgraced district attorney in the Duke rape case, will spend a night in jail for contempt of court, a Durham, NC, judge ruled yesterday. The judge concluded that Nifong, who has already been disbarred, "willfully" withheld DNA evidence that exonerated three lacrosse players accused of raping...

Seven-Year-Old Rape Charges Yield Arrest

DNA evidence unmasks suspect known only as 'John Doe No. 5'

(Newser) - An Illinois man appeared in court yesterday to face rape charges filed against him seven years ago—when prosecutors didn't know his name, but knew his DNA. In 2000, Milwaukee prosecutor Norm Gahn was among the first in the country to file charges based solely on a DNA profile—in...

Sales Rocket for Morning-After Pill
Sales Rocket for Morning-After Pill
Aug 23, 2007 3:54 AM CDT

Sales Rocket for Morning-After Pill

Plan B still under fire from conservative critics

(Newser) - Sales of the morning-after pill have zoomed since it became available over the counter last year, but conservative activists are still lobbying to block it from pharmacy shelves. The federal Food and Drug Administration ruled in 2006 that the pill, marketed under the name Plan B, be made available without...

Soldier Draws 110 Years for Rape, Murder

Coconspirators handed tough sentences for young girl's death

(Newser) - A military court handed Jesse Spielman a dishonorable discharge and a 110-year prison sentence for raping and murdering an Iraqi girl last year. Spielman and four comrades planned the 2006 assault on a family near Baghdad over a drunken game of cards; they then gang-raped and murdered the girl, her...

Parole Chief: Right Decision Made on Killers

Had no info that burglar was 'cold, calculating predator'

(Newser) - A Connecticut parole chief is under fire for releasing a burglar who’s now suspected of kidnapping and raping two sisters before murdering them, along with their mother. But Robert Farr is standing by his decision, claiming the board was missing facts at the time of the parole—and its...

College Prez Fired Over Rape, Murder Cover-Up

Parents, public were misled for 10 weeks

(Newser) - The president of Eastern Michigan University has been fired for his role in covering up the rape and murder of a 22-year-old old student in a campus dorm last year, ABC News reports. The school's vice president and public safety director were also ousted. The parents of the slain student,...

Police Bust Huge Global Pedophile Ring

31 children, babies rescued; chatroom showed live video of sexual abuse

(Newser) - Detectives in 36 countries have busted a global pedophile ring, rescuing 31 young children and babies who were sexually abused live on the Internet, and identifying 700 suspects. "You could go and if you were in the club, arrange a time and a place when online you could view...

Duke Settles With Lacrosse Players
Duke Settles With Lacrosse Players
Jun 18, 2007 3:50 PM CDT

Duke Settles With Lacrosse Players

University hopes to 'eliminate possibility' of future lawsuits

(Newser) - Duke University has reached a settlement with the three lacrosse players falsely accused of rape last year. Reade Seligmann, Collin Finnerty, and Dave Evans, who were suspended last year, will receive an undisclosed amount from the university, which admitted with surprising directness that the deal is intended to close the...

Nifong Disbarred
Nifong Disbarred
Jun 17, 2007 6:41 AM CDT

Nifong Disbarred

(Newser) - North Carolina's Disciplinary Hearing Commission found that Durham County prosecutor Mike Nifong intentionally and repeatedly lied in prosecuting three Duke University lacrosse players for rape.  Nifong gave up his law license minutes later.  Nifong now likley faces civil law suits by the men he wrongly prosecuted. 

Duke Prosecutor to Resign
Duke Prosecutor to Resign
Jun 16, 2007 9:57 AM CDT

Duke Prosecutor to Resign

Durham District Attorney Mike Nifong breaks down at his own ethics trial

(Newser) - Mike Nifong broke down in tears on the stand at his ethics trial yesterday as he announced his intention to resign as Durham DA. Admitting that he got "carried away" in the case against the three "innocent" Duke University lacrosse players he prosecuted for rape, Nifong apologized to...

Duke DA Faces Ethics Charges
Duke DA Faces Ethics Charges
Jun 12, 2007 9:04 PM CDT

Duke DA Faces Ethics Charges

Nifong withheld evidence that could have exonerated three lacrosse players

(Newser) - North Carolina DA Mike Nifong, who spearheaded the rape and kidnapping case against three Duke lacrosse players, now faces his own set of charges for withholding evidence, making inappropriate public comments about the case, and lying to a judge and state bar investigators. His trial in front of a disciplinary...

Mexico City Legalizes Abortion
Mexico City Legalizes Abortion
Apr 25, 2007 7:48 AM CDT

Mexico City Legalizes Abortion

City leaders defy bitter opposition from government and church

(Newser) - Mexico City has passed a law legalizing first-trimester abortions and offering them virtually free. The move by the city's predominantly leftist leadership was bitterly opposed by the Catholic Church and Mexico's conservative government, CNN reports.

Fashion Designer Charged With Rape
Fashion Designer Charged
With Rape
Mar 20, 2007 2:14 PM CDT

Fashion Designer Charged With Rape

Who will dress Paris Hilton now?

(Newser) - Celeb clothier Anand Jon swapped a Smashbox Studios fashion show for a Beverly Hills jail this week, as police filed an additional 15 felony sexual assault charges against the designer. Jon, who had been slated to star in his own VH1 reality series, was arrested last week on charges that...

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