Child marriages rampant in Odisha, says survey
August 17th, 2012 - 9:15 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, Aug 17 (IANS) About six per cent of rural women in Odisha get married below the legal age of 18, according to a latest government survey released here Friday.The ... Read more...
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Seven held in China for prostituting underage girls
July 19th, 2012 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, July 19 (IANS) Seven people, including a 21-year-old woman, have been arrested in China for forcing underage girls to have sex with clients, police said Thursday.The woman surnamed Lin ... Read more...
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1,000 girls sexually exploited in Peru mining camps
September 20th, 2011 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Lima, Sep 20 (IANS/EFE) More than 1,100 teenaged girls have been sexually exploited at illegal mining camps in the jungles of southeastern Peru, a daily newspaper said Monday, citing information ... Read more...
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10 Britons arrested for grooming underage girls for sex
June 14th, 2011 - 7:06 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 14 (IANS) Ten men have been arrested in Britain on charges of running a racket that trained underage girls for "sex parties", Sky News reported.Following a three-month investigation, ... Read more...
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Berlusconi won’t run for re-election in 2013
April 14th, 2011 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, April 14 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said he will not be running for re-election in 2013, ending almost 20 years as one of Italy's most colourful ... Read more...
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Teacher in Britain films sex with students, faces jail
April 5th, 2011 - 7:24 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 5 (IANS) A 29-year-old schoolteacher in Britain, who filmed himself having sex with three underage girls, will face imprisonment, a media report said.Christopher Drake, a physical education teacher, ... Read more...
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Raunchy pics of Berlusconi’s ‘bunga bunga’ parties discovered
March 23rd, 2011 - 11:50 am ICT by ANI
London, March 23 (ANI): A series of provocative pictures reveal what goes on behind closed doors at Silvio Berlusconi's infamous 'bunga bunga' parties.The images were found on laptops and cameras seized ... Read more...
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Marriages of 3 minor girls prevented
March 11th, 2011 - 10:04 pm ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, March 11 (IANS) Timely action by officials in Haryana's Sirsa district has prevented three minor girls from being married off by their families, a spokesman said here Friday.Sirsa district ... Read more...
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Prince Andrew ‘made regular phone calls to paedophile Jeffrey Epstein’
March 4th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by ANI
London, Mar 4 (ANI): Prince Andrew has landed in further trouble over his friendship with a child sex offender after a witness described how the two were in contact every week.The Duke ... Read more...
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Underage ‘Skins’ cast’s lingerie photo shoot for Elle raises ‘concerns’
February 18th, 2011 - 6:00 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Feb 18 (ANI): A racy new photo spread in Elle mag has indicated that MTV's 'Skins' isn't backing away from showing its young stars in provocative situations.In the fashion magazine's ... Read more...
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Berlusconi’s rep says cash for girls was merely an act of charity
January 20th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Jan 20 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi's representative has dismissed claims that the Italian Prime Minister paid money to have sex with the underage girls.Giuseppe Spinelli, who is suspected of handling money for ... Read more...
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PM Berlusconi ‘never touched me’
January 20th, 2011 - 11:57 am ICT by ANI
London, Jan 20 (ANI): Despite telling a friend they had sex, the teenage belly dancer at the centre of an underage prostitution scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has now insisted ... Read more...
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More Asian sex predators held in Britain
January 12th, 2011 - 5:41 pm ICT by IANS
London, Jan 12 (IANS) In a massive crackdown launched across Britain amid reports about Pakistani-origin men preying on white girls, police have busted another gang of nine men, including eight Asians, for ... Read more...
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UK cops couldn’t comment on Asian sex gangs for fear of appearing racist
January 12th, 2011 - 3:59 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 12 (ANI): Police in Britain have revealed that they could not speak out about the Asian sex gangs working in UK because they were afraid of appearing "institutionally racist".Mick Gradwell, ... Read more...
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Primetime TV ’sexualises, fetishizes’ underage girls: US study
December 17th, 2010 - 3:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 17 (ANI): A study conducted by the Parents Television Council (PTC) has found that Hollywood is obsessed with sexualising teen girls to the point where their participation in sexual situations ... Read more...
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Malaysian cabbie to serve 14-year jail term after raping underage girls
November 23rd, 2010 - 6:30 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, Nov 23 (ANI): A Malaysian taxi driver, who identifies himself as 'Uncle', was jailed for 14 years and ordered to be whipped five times for raping, attempting to rape and ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Modern Turkey founder Ataturk’s yacht seized over vice ring allegations
September 30th, 2010 - 2:52 pm ICT by ANI
London, Sept.30 (ANI): The Turkish Government has seized a state yacht that was once used by Kemal Ataturk, the founder of modern Turkey, following media reports that a vice ring had used ... Read more...
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Virginity for sale: Sex gang busted in Britain
September 14th, 2010 - 1:50 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 14 (IANS) A gang that offered to sell the virginity of girls to the wealthy has been busted in Britain by the Scotland Yard. An undercover officer was told that ... Read more...
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Australian found guilty of sex crimes on underage girls
September 3rd, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by IANS
Melbourne, Sep 3 (IANS) A man in Melbourne who admitted coercing underage girls he met on the internet to have sex with him was found guilty Friday of committing at least 26 ... Read more...
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Ex-army officer hangs himself in Russian jail
July 23rd, 2010 - 4:35 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, July 23 (IANS) A former Russian army colonel hanged himself in a police station after he was arrested on charges of raping two underage girls.
The unnamed former army officer, now a ... Read more...
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John Stamos Emerges Clean In Extortion Case
July 17th, 2010 - 7:53 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 17, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Actor John Stamos has won the extortion case against Allison Coss. The actor who had been accused of consuming cocaine in the presence of underage girls ... Read more...
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Girls as young as 12 selling themselves for sex in ‘young red light area’ in NZ
June 12th, 2010 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
New Zealand, June 12 (ANI): Girls as young as 12 are selling themselves for sex in downtown Auckland, indicating a surge in underage prostitution in the area.Senior Constable Mark Riddell of the ... Read more...
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Berlusconi, wife divorce battle gets nastier
June 6th, 2010 - 12:23 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 6 (ANI): The divorce battle between Silvio Berlusconi and his former actress wife Veronica Lario is set to get nastier - the Italian Premier's better half can now reportedly call ... Read more...
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Indonesian island men elope with Malaysian girls to prove masculinity!
May 29th, 2010 - 5:20 pm ICT by ANI
Kuala Lumpur, May 29 (ANI): Men on the Indonesian island of Lombok run away with girls to prove their manliness, according to Indonesian Novian Arif.Arif told Harian Metro that men follow a ... Read more...
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Is Our Next Republican Pres Candidate A Vampire From Florida?
March 16th, 2010 - 3:07 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 15 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Jonathan 'The Impaler' Sharkey has announced that he will run for president,the first Vampire President of the United States. It could cause one to wonder if our choices ... Read more...
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Israeli ‘harem’ leader, 60, charged with rape, incest
February 15th, 2010 - 1:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 15 (ANI): An Israeli 'harem' leader has been slapped with rape and incest charges after being accused of enticing several women to worship him and siring at least 49 children ... Read more...
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Designer Anand Jon pleads not guilty to new rape charges
January 30th, 2010 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 30 (IANS) Indian-born celebrity fashion designer Anand Jon has pleaded not guilty in a New York court to dozens of new charges that he sexually assaulted nine women ... Read more...
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The British town where one in 62 underage girls is pregnant
January 3rd, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 3 (ANI): Lewisham district in south London has gained infamy after new Government data revealed that one in 62 girls under 16 fall pregnant in the area.According to the latest ... Read more...
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Texas polygamist women tagged ‘pimps’ amid underage marriage claims
October 25th, 2009 - 5:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 25 (ANI): A former polygamist has expressed her surprise at the lack of trial of female members of a Texas polygamist sect, calling them "pimps".Flora Jessop escaped from the Fundamentalist ... Read more...
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Mock marriage held for good husbands in Orissa
October 3rd, 2009 - 11:01 pm ICT by ANI
Shampur (Orissa), Oct 3(ANI): A mock marriage ceremony meant for seeking good matrimonial alliance was held here on Saturday on the occasion of 'Kumari Poornima', an ancient custom of Orissa.Two underage girls ... Read more...
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California opens investigation into ACORN
October 2nd, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by BNO News
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) – California Attorney General Jerry Brown on Thursday announced that his office has opened an investigation into ACORN after undercover videos showed ACORN employees giving advise on ... Read more...
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ACORN “disappointed” by U.S. Senate vote
September 15th, 2009 - 12:58 pm ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- ACORN on Monday said it is "disappointed" after the U.S. Senate voted to add an amendment to the 2010 Transportation Appropriations Bill that will end taxpayer funding ... Read more...
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Prosecutors go after ACORN movie makers, not ACORN employees
September 12th, 2009 - 1:26 pm ICT by BNO News
BALTIMORE, Maryland (BNO NEWS) -- The State's Attorney for Baltimore City, Patricia Jessamy, released a statement on Friday in which she says prosecutors may go after the undercover makers of a movie ... Read more...
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India hub of child trafficking in South Asia
August 19th, 2009 - 4:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 19 (IANS) Nearly 150,000 women and children are trafficked from South Asia every year, "most of them from, via and to India", says a new report that also underlines ... Read more...
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Now, nude lesbians sexcapades at Berlusconi’s party revealed
July 19th, 2009 - 12:35 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 19 (ANI): Silvio Berlusconi's "scandals-filled" nightmare refuses to end. A former actress from Naples has given out details of a New Year's Eve party which was apparently held at ... Read more...
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