Tag: kidnapped or abducted

The story of a rape trial

Oh Women what sin have you committed that you were born in India,’ exclaimed Ishwara Chandra Vidysagar on the plight of women. Have things changed in the last 200 years or so? Every twenty minutes  a girl is raped in India, another is kidnapped or abducted every 44 minutes while a third is subjected to …

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September 7, 2016

Vast new reef discovered hiding behind Great Barrier Reef

Scientists have discovered a vast reef behind the familiar Great Barrier Reef, unveiling great fields of unusual donut-shaped circular mounds, each 200-300 metres across and up to 10 metres deep. Scientists from the University of Sydney and Queensland University of Technology worked with high-resolution seafloor data provided by LiDAR-equipped aircraft. "We’ve known about these geological …

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August 28, 2016

Philippine police confirm 1,779 deaths in drug wars

At least 1,779 persons have been killed in the Philippine’s war on illicit drugs since July 1 this year, authorities said on Monday.  A total of 712 were killed in ongoing police operations while 1,067 died in "vigilante-type" killings, Xinhua news agency quoted police as saying.  The police’s "stand against extrajudicial killings is uncompromising", a …

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August 22, 2016