September, 2014
Parents who do the unthinkable — kill their children
September 12, 2014 ·
Marisol Bello and Meghan Hoyer, USA TODAY 3:40 p.m. EDT September 11, 2014 I In South Carolina, a 32-year-old father faces murder charges after he led police to the bodies of his five children, ages 1 to 8, who were dumped on the side of an Alabama road. In Georgia, a 33-year-old […]
Read More...28 children accidentally drink bleach at N.J. day care
September 12, 2014 ·
Dustin Racioppi , USA TODAY 3:49 p.m. EDT September 11, 2014 NEPTUNE, N.J. — Twenty-eight children and two adults accidentally drank bleach at a day care center in Jersey City on Thursday, according to officials. The children, aged 3 and […]
Read More...Rotherham child sex abuse files 'missing from archive'
September 11, 2014 ·
Deputy leader Paul Lakin announced the council cabinet would be dissolved Key reports detailing child sexual exploitation have disappeared from the archives, the outgoing chief executive of Rotherham Council has told MPs. Martin Kimber said he had not seen a full copy of a […]
Read More...Seven arrested by police in drug trafficking raids
September 11, 2014 ·
10 September 2014 Last updated at 14:23 Searches were carried out in Lewisham, Haringey, Croydon, Canterbury, Folkestone, Kent and Portsmouth Seven people have been arrested following police raids involving 250 officers across south-east England. Police believe young children from south-east London are being used by gangs to transport Class A drugs to Hampshire and Kent. Searches were […]
Read More...Syria – choosing the lesser evil
September 11, 2014 ·
September 7, 2013 10:47 pm The attention of the international news media is focused on what the United States will do to prevent the Assad regime from using abhorrent chemical weapons again. The US Senate has given the go-signal to President Obama. The alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity that Assad and his followers […]
Read More...5 missing S.C. children found dead; father confesses
September 10, 2014 ·
Therese Apel, Jackson (Miss.) Clarion Ledger 11:06 p.m. EDT September 9, 2014 JACKSON, Miss. — The father of five South Carolina children whose bodies were found in Alabama Tuesday confessed to killing them while in custody in Mississippi, then led authorities to their bodies, according to Smith County Sheriff Charlie Crumpton. […]
Read More...Rights advocates dismayed over poor police investigation of the murder of Romy Capalla
September 9, 2014 ·
Press Release Rights advocates dismayed over poor police investigation of the murder of Romy Capalla ILOILO CITY-It is no wonder that the charges filed by the police against a suspect in the killing of Romeo Capalla was dismissed by the prosecutor’s office. Human rights groups believe the dismissal last week of the case filed against […]
Read More...Burying Ukraine's fallen angels
September 9, 2014 ·
But it was one of those occasions in the reporting of war where the witness feels personally shamed by the cruelty of conflict, as if all humanity was diminished by the injustice inflicted on one family.
At the graveside there was at first only the sound of wind blowing across the fields of harvest stubble, the quiet shuffle of neighbours feet as they gathered to bury the two children.
Read More...One in 10 girls sexually abused, says UN report
September 9, 2014 ·
About 120 million girls around the world – slightly more than one in 10 – have been raped or sexually assaulted by the age of 20, a UN report says.
Read More...134 children arrested for alleged sex offences
September 5, 2014 ·
More than 100 children aged between 12 and 15 have been arrested for alleged sex offences in Northern Ireland in the past five years, it has been revealed. Det Ch Supt George Clarke said: “The decision to arrest anybody, and in particular a young person, is not a decision that is taken lightly.” He told […]
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