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International Child Pornography Crackdown Leads To 19 Arrests

The Age | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

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A MAJOR investigation into an international child pornography network has resulted in the arrest of 19 Australian men including a retired Victorian QC...

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Reading Between the Lines in The Reader: When is Abuse Not Abuse?

Thelma Adams | Posted 01.02.2009 | Entertainment

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Thelma Adams

The Reader? It's goodish. And Kate Winslet is, as ever, brilliant. And it has Nazis, which elevates it on the Oscar nom scale. But it doesn't fully address the fact that Michael is a victim of abuse.

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Ruinedscape: A New Form of Internet Based Child Abuse

Doug Bremner | Posted 12.01.2008 | Living

Read More: Internet, Child Abuse, Internet Games, Health, Living News
Doug Bremner

My son is locked out of an account where he built up his online status over two years and has to start over where he will be insulted by other online gamers as a "newbie."

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Making Girls Count

Tamara Kreinin | Posted 10.26.2008 | Politics

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Tamara Kreinin

Nearly six months after becoming an international celebrity for winning a divorce from a man three times her age, 10-year-old Nujood Ali returned to school this month.

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Internet Pedophilia "Kingpin," Whose Operation Spanned 33 Countries, Nabbed In British Sting

The Daily Mail | Posted 09.18.2008 | Home

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The Daily Mail reports today that 15 British children were saved from an internet pedophile ring following the arrest of Philip Thompson, the network'...

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Female Gymnastics Is Always About Child Abuse

Diane Francis | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Politics, U.S. Gymnastics, Gymnastics, Child Abuse, Chinese Gymnastics, Olympics, Underage Chinese Gymnasts, China Gymnasts Age, Underage Gymnasts, Politics News
Diane Francis

The 16-year age rule is irrelevant. All females who eventually become world-class gymnasts have been exploited while they are children -- because, for them, developing Gold Medal skills is a race against puberty.

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Saudi-Funded Islamic School In Virginia Faces Scrutiny After Failure To Report Sexual Abuse

AP | MATTHEW BARAKAT | Posted 08.07.2008 | Home

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McLEAN, Va. — The director of a Saudi-funded Islamic school in northern Virginia accused of promoting religious intolerance has been convicted o...

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Teenager Bounces Baby Off Pillow, Is Arrested (VIDEO)

Huffington Post | Posted 07.10.2008 | Home

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A Georgia 16-year old, the star of a hard-to-watch YouTube video in which he catapults an 8-month-old baby off of a pillow, has been arrested for crue...

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Media Whitewashes Dobson, Hides 'Beat-Your-Child' Dogma

Jeffrey Feldman | Posted 07.03.2008 | Media

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Jeffrey Feldman

The media has ignored that Dobson is best-selling author famous for advising parents to whip their children with sticks. Why should he have a prominent place in American politics at all?

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Peacekeepers Abusing Children In Post-Conflict Areas

Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home

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A leading UK charity, Save The Children, has issued a report saying that peacekeepers are abusing children in post-conflict areas such as the Sudan an...

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Psychiatry Makes War on "Bipolar Children"

Dr. Peter Breggin | Posted 07.26.2008 | Living

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Dr. Peter Breggin

Children trying to come off multiple psychiatric medications almost certainly face severe withdrawal problems. But if they are kept on drugs indefinitely, their condition will deteriorate.

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