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NEWS ABOUT: punishment

punishment stories: 10 news summaries

Female Saudi Journalist Gets 60 Lashes for Sex Show

During episode, man boasted of conquests

Oct 24, 09 4:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - A female Saudi journalist has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show that featured a man detailing his sexual conquests. The court also banned Rosanna Al-Yami from leaving the country for two years, sources tell CNN. She is believed to be the first Saudi journalist... More »

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Saudi Arabia • punishment • women's issues • female journalists

Poland OKs Chemical Castration for Pedophiles

Controversial new law also covers incest

Sep 26, 09 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new law in Poland will require convicted pedophiles or those who rape family members to undergo chemical castration when their prison term is up. Human rights groups immediately raised objections, but Poland's prime minister isn't budging—he says the criminals in these cases don't qualify as "human,"... More »

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human rights • crime • Poland • pedophile • sex offenders • punishment • incest • castration

Mass. Principal Under Fire for Touting Her Racy Novel

She talked book up to schoolteacher, administrators

Apr 29, 09 1:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Boston-area grade school principal is on indefinite leave following complaints that she peddled her steamy romance novel on school grounds and reassigned a teacher who criticized her self-promoting ways, the Globe reports. Beth Gannon's self-published book, which follows an engaged woman who reconnects with a past lover, is "... More »

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Boston • punishment • romance • elementary school • novel • principal

If CIA Gets Pass on Torture, Why Not Lynndie?

Abu Ghraib convict's team cries foul over double standard

Apr 21, 09 8:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Among those infuriated at President Obama's decision to "turn the page" rather than prosecute officials who sanctioned torture at CIA prisons, and agents who conducted it, are supporters of Lynndie England, the jailed “face of the Abu Ghraib scandal.” They agree that her abuse of prisoners was... More »

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CIA • torture • Abu Ghraib • punishment • Lynndie England • Obama administration • torture memo • President Obama • discharge

UN Split Over Response to
N. Korea Rocket

Russia, China resist
as US, Japan call
for punishment

Apr 6, 09 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US and Japan have hit international resistance as they push for a firm response to yesterday’s North Korean rocket launch over Japan, the Guardian reports. As the second day of emergency UN talks begins today, China and Russia aren’t backing a proposed statement condemning the move from... More »

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China • Russia • North Korea • United Nations • Japan • sanctions • United States • punishment • rocket • UN Security Council

OPINION

 Let's Stop Piracy  
 the Old-Fashioned Way 

Hard-line attitude nearly wiped out epidemic

Nov 25, 08 9:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Rampant piracy this year has led to attacks on more than 90 ships, with two sailors killed, billions of dollars in cargo taken, and millions paid in ransom. The attacks keep coming, and “legal exquisiteness” prevents any “robust” action against them, writes Bret Stephens in the Wall Street ... More »

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piracy • punishment • hanging • pirates

Michigan Rep. Floats New Plan to Seat Delegates

Count would be based partly on Jan. primary, partly on national popular vote

Mar 31, 08 3:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - A new plan from a Michigan congressman would apportion about half the state's Democratic delegates based on its outlaw January primary and the other half according to national popular-vote tallies, the AP reports. “The last thing we want to do as Democrats," Bart Stupak wrote to Democratic Party... More »

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Michigan • punishment • Bart Stupak • Michigan primary • Florida primary • barred delegates

Misbehaving Thai Cops Say ‘Hello Kitty’

Rule-breakers
punished with
cute accessories

Aug 6, 07 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Police officers in Thailand caught breaking minor rules will be subjected to hot pink shame—“Hello Kitty” armbands. Attempting to stem more serious abuses of power, police brass intend to punish littering and tardiness with the cute accessories, the AP reports. The rule-breakers will not, however, be made to... More »

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Thailand • police • Bangkok • punishment • Hello Kitty

Judge Tries Shame on Shoplifters

Wal-Mart thieves get ‘Scarlet Letter’ treatment

Jul 25, 07 3:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - A local Alabama judge has teamed with Wal-Mart to punish shoplifters with shame, making them don sandwich-boards reading “I am a thief; I stole from Wal-Mart” and parade in public, BusinessWeek reports. More than 20 culprits have received the sentence in recent months; the world’s largest retailer sees... More »

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Alabama • punishment • shoplifting • Wal-Mart

Brits Embrace Facebook, Pay the Price

Photos in 'private' online profiles land Oxford students in hot water

Jul 18, 07 12:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - Miss New Jersey may never be mistaken for a Rhodes Scholar, but unlike some British university students, she knows how to make sure her Facebook profile is private. The social-networking site that nearly brought down the beauty queen is wreaking havoc across the Atlantic, with Oxford students facing disciplinary action... More »

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social networking • Internet • England • Facebook • punishment • disciplinary hearings • discipline • Oxford University • photograph • privacy settings

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