Asia

April 21, 2005

Pak panchayat weds two-year-old girl to 40-year-old man

In a bizarre incident, a two year old girl has been promised in marriage to a 40 year old man, in Pakistan.

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Posted by Julia at 06:01 PM

April 15, 2005

Cult leader rapes little girls under Christian cloak

"He didn't just touch them, he repeatedly raped several of the little elementary school girls. I've heard that there were cases when there would be several little girls sleeping in his office at the same time and he would grab one of them and rape her without waking any of the others. The other girls would be awake, but pretend to be asleep," Chiemi Saga, lawyer for a group of alleged rape victims, tells Shukan Josei (4/26).

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Posted by Julia at 11:33 AM

April 14, 2005

Indians Charged for Burying Children Alive

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian police have charged 80 people for burying children alive in an ancient Hindu ceremony known as "the festival of pits."

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Posted by Julia at 04:20 PM