Tag: crime/conflict
South Africa trying to decrease instances of homophobia
In South Africa, crimes motivated by people's sexual orientation are extremely common, despite having laws that should make it one of the progressive countries in the world, when it comes to LGBT issues. The harassment even goes as far as local authorities....
Syracuse basketball assistant fired over allegations of molestation
A third person has stepped forward to accuse long-time Syracuse basketball assistant Bernie Fine, center, of sexual assault, leading the school to fire him. Also on Sunday, ESPN released audio of his wife seeming to acknowledge she knew of her husband molesting young boys....
VIDEO: 3 American students released as American journalist describes beating at hands of Egyptian authorities
Mona Eltahawy and Jehane Noujaim, American journalists in Egypt, have been detained by -- and Elthawy says she was badly beaten by -- Egyptian military police. While State Department officials are still trying to gain the release of Noujaim, three American students detained on Monday are set to be released....
UC-Davis Chancellor insists she ordered not to use force on peaceful protesters (with video)
University of California Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi said she ordered the campus police force not to use force against students demonstrating on campus. Instead, last Friday's confrontation ended up with police pepper spraying a crowd of students. Now, come threats of lawsuits, firings and several investigations....
VIDEO: Three American college students arrested in Egypt
Gregory Porter, Luke Gates and Derrik Sweeney, college students studying at American University in Cairo, are accused of throwing Molotov cocktails at security forces from the roof of a university building. They're being held but thus far are not believed to have been charged....
VIDEO: UC-Davis police officers placed on administrative leave following pepper spray incident
Two University of California Davis protesters are on administrative leave, Chancellor Linda Katehi is under fire and many are outraged after an incident where a row of peaceful protesters, inspired by Occupy Wall Street, were doused with pepper spray on the university's campus....
VIDEO: New uprising takes hold in Cairo's Tahrir Square in Egypt
In Cairo, Egypt, protests against the military government have entered their third, bloody day as many of the same protesters who pushed former President Hosni Mubarak from power seek to rid themselves of military rule as well....
VIDEO: 'Lone-wolf terrorist' arrested in plot to bomb New York City
Ray Kelly, pictured, announced that Jose Pimentel, 27, was arrested Saturday and charged with conspiring to build a bomb and detonate it in the New York area. The arrest came together quickly after it became clear Pimentel was hours away from having an operational bomb....
Israeli settlers conducting attacks on fellow Israelis, as well as Palestinians
The so-called "price tag" attacks are reprisals against Palestinians and Israelis they view as collaborating with the Palestinians by tearing down settlements that Israeli government considers to be illegal....
Pennsylvania legislator Louise Bishop, 78, admits to being raped as a child
Louise Williams Bishop stood before a crowd of her fellow legislators recently and, in the wake of the sexual assault scandal at Penn State, admitted she, too had been sexually assaulted as a child. She said she was raped by her stepfather, but never reported it....
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