PRINTABLE PAGE Bitter Memories By Tina Susman, Staff WriterOriginally published in Newsday, March 3, 2002 The molestations began at age 8, and by 9, as her body began showing the first curves of maturity, Melody Gedeon was being eyed as…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Rape, a Weapon of War Originally published at News24.com, October 3, 2002 Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo — Every kick from the child in her belly is a dull reminder to Agnes of the night armed men…
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PRINTABLE PAGE South Africa Unable to Deal With Child Abuse Originally published by Reuters, April 23, 2002 JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (Reuters) — South Africa’s criminal justice system is unable to deal with escalating child sex abuse and compounds the trauma…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Snakehead Lawyer, Wife Plead Guilty By Robert Gearty, Daily News Staff WriterOriginally published in the New York Daily News, February 12, 2002 A Chinatown lawyer and his pregnant wife pleaded guilty yesterday to helping notorious smugglers known as…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Safe Haven Opens for Women in Kenya By Matthew J. Rosenberg, Associated Press WriterOriginally published by The Associated Press, April 9, 2002 In the heart of Kenya, Mary Solio found refuge from a forced marriage but not from…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Binge Drinking Causes Almost Immediate Neuron Death Originally published by Reuters Health, April 17, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — A few days of binge drinking can lead to brain cell destruction, according to a report published in…
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PRINTABLE PAGE The Correnti Files Cops: Teacher’s computers recorded relations with girls By Michael Luo, Staff WriterOriginally published in Newsday, April 10, 2001 Armed with a search warrant, detectives knocked on the front door of Anthony Correnti’s West Islip home…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Lawyers Told to Act Against Central America’s Child Sex Trade By Daniel Nelson, OneWorld UKOriginally published by OneWorld.net, November 1, 2001 More than 2,500 lawyers from all over the world have this week been asked to help stop…
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PRINTABLE PAGE More U.S. Kids Taking Meds for Behavior, Depression Originally published by Reuters Health, March 28, 2002 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) — Prescriptions for drugs to treat attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and depression in children and teens grew steadily during…
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PRINTABLE PAGE Parents of Youngster Killed in Priest Crash Pleased at Arrest (The Associated Press) Originally published by The Associated Press, May 9, 2002 HAVERHILL, Mass. (AP) — The parents of a young boy killed in a New Hampshire traffic…