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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: abuse

abuse stories: 66 news summaries

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Australia Bans Alcohol, Porn in Aboriginal Areas

Beefed-up measures target rampant sex abuse of children

Jun 21, 07 9:59 AM CDT
(Newser) - Australia will ban alcohol and pornography in some Aboriginal areas in an attempt to tackle widespread child sex abuse. A report last week blamed booze and poverty for the high levels of abuse in Aboriginal communities throughout the Northern Territory. "Exceptional measures are required to deal with an exceptionally... More »

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Australia • alcohol • pornography • child abuse • Aborigines • alcohol abuse • abuse • poverty • Northern Territory • John Howard

(Newser) - Shortly after the mistreatment of prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq became public Major General Antonio M. Taguba was tasked by the Army with investigating and reporting on the situation. He found "Numerous incidents of sadistic, blatant, and wanton criminal abuses were inflicted on several detainees . . . systemic and... More »

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Abu Ghraib • investigation • Antonio Taguba • abuse • prisoners • US Army • international law • Geneva Convention

Doping Scandal Takes a Turn
for the Tabloid

Witness LeMond
describes intimidation
by Landis' manager

May 18, 07 8:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Floyd Landis' doping hearing vaulted from procedural to lurid yesterday with an allegation of harassment and acknowledgment of sexual abuse by a fellow American Tour de France winner. In an attempt to keep Greg LeMond from taking the stand, Landis' manager phoned him on Wednesday and impersonated the uncle who... More »

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steroids • drugs • Greg LeMond • Floyd Landis • cycling • drug use • abuse • harassment

Suicide Rises Among Young Chinese Women

At risk: young wives in rural areas bypassed
by modernization

May 15, 07 8:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - Young, rural women in China are killing themselves at startling rates. In a country whose overall suicide rate is double the American, suicides are shooting up among young wives caught between the promise of modernizing cities and the traditional subservience of women that persists in the countryside. "Whenever their... More »

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China • suicide • women • women's rights • abuse • modernization • suicide rate

Immigrants Allege Border Drugging

Say they were forced to take psychotropic drugs during
deportation proceedings

May 9, 07 12:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two illegal immigrants say they were drugged against their will by U.S. officials trying to deport them, their ACLU lawyer said yesterday. The two men, one Indonesian and one Senegalese, claim to have been injected with pyschotropic drugs during deportation proceedings; neither had been diagnosed with a mental illness... More »

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immigration • illegal immigrant • abuse • deportation • drugging

Gates Pushed
to Close Guantanamo

New defense secretary butted heads with Cheney, Gonzales

Mar 23, 07 8:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - Newly appointed Defense Secretary Robert Gates pushed hard for shutting down the controversial detention center at Guantanamo Bay, but  was blocked by Cheney and Gonzales, until Bush pulled the plug on the argument.  Gates at least succeeded in halting a $100 million expansion of the prison he felt had... More »

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Bush administration • War on Terror • Dick Cheney • Alberto Gonzales • politics • prison • Robert Gates • Guantanamo Bay • abuse • defense secretary • George W. Bush

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