Teen stars of the most popular teen musical in American history urge Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi to immediately take steps to clear name of 19-year-old U.S. Army Pvt. Lavena Johnson and other rape victims falsely labeled as “suicides.”
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The U.S. military says it took a Marine into custody Friday who was being held by Japanese authorities on charges of raping a teenager on the southern island of Okinawa.
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Tuesday’s verdict in one of Sweden’s most observed rape trials has sparked a debate over judicial boundaries in similar cases.
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A United Nations report released February 1 shows rape is being used as a weapon in Kenya as the country is roiled in ethnic violence since the December elections.
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Police have defended their decision not to tell the public about a series of alleged rapes against women in Sydney taxis.
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Rape charges against outgoing Israeli President Moshe Katsav will be dropped by the country's authorities following a plea bargain to save him from imprisonment, the country's Haaretz newspaper said Thursday.
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Israeli police on Thursday questioned President Moshe Katsav on new allegations by one of the women involved in previous accusations of rape, sexual assault and fraud, police said. Katsav underwent more than two hours of questioning at his Jerusalem residence Thursday, Micky Rosenfeld said. He declined to give details on the interrogation.
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The United Nations and international observers have identified rape as a tool used by Arab Janjaweed militias to terrorize women and girls in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region. The African Union force charged with monitoring Darfur has tried to combat the threat of rape in the most unsettled areas.
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Rape was a common means of abuse during Liberia's brutal civil war and it remains rampant despite the enactment of one of West Africa's toughest rape laws. Activists are calling for a specialized court to deal with rape cases because they say an overburdened judicial system is hampering convictions and discouraging victims from coming forward.
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A parliamentary committee of the Israeli Knesset on Thursday approved a leave of absence for the country's president who could be indicted soon on charges of rape and abuse of power. VOA's Jim Teeple has details from our Jerusalem bureau.
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Israel's president, facing likely charges of rape and other sex crimes, has told the country's parliament that he is taking a temporary leave of absence.
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