Jan 13, 2013

U.S. soldiers punished in sex scandal

The U.S. military has punished three more servicemen for sleeping with prostitutes in a sex scandal in Colombia that overshadowed President Barack Obama’s summit there last year. The three U.S. Army sergeants were found guilty of violating the military’s code by having “relations” with ...

Jan 11, 2013

Delhi gang-rape confessions 'coerced'

A defense lawyer accused Indian police Thursday of beating confessions out of the five men charged with murdering and gang-raping a young student aboard a bus in New Delhi as they were due to appear in court again. Speaking before a hearing at which ...

Jan 10, 2013

Two to plead not guilty in Delhi rape

Two of the five men accused of gang-raping and murdering a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus in New Delhi last month will plead not guilty, their lawyer said. “They will plead not guilty to all charges,” M.L. Sharma, who said he represents Mukesh ...

Jan 12, 2012

Swede paid poor Filipinos to rape kids

A Swedish court jailed a Swede for eight years on Thursday for paying poor women in the Philippines to rape young kids as he watched on a videolink from his computer in Sweden, local media reported. The Haessleholm district court in southern Sweden found ...