S'pore rocked by spate of sex scandals in 2012

SINGAPORE: 2012 has been a year of sex scandals in Singapore.In April, 44 men were charged with having sex with the same underage girl.The number of men implicated in the online vice ring case swelled to 51 after some time.The lack of details in the charges drew barbs."How is anybody going to know what he is charged for when you don't know who the girl is, you do not know what her age...

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Ban condoles death of gang-rape victim, urges reforms to deter violence against women

NEW DELHI: United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon expresses "deep sorrow" over the death of the 23-year-old Delhi gang-rape victim on Sunday. According to a statement issued on Saturday night by Ban's spokesperson, "He offers his sincerest condolences to her parents, family and friends, and utterly condemns this brutal crime." The 23-year old physiotherapy student had been gang-raped by six...

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Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running.Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum a short walk from the maternity hospital, which is affiliated...

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Hillary Clinton Hospitalized With Blood Clot

(MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images)By DANA HUGHES and DEAN SCHABNERSecretary Hillary Clinton was hospitalized today after a doctors doing a follow-up exam discovered a blood clot had formed, stemming from the concussion she sustained several weeks ago.She is being treated with anti-coagulants and is at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital so that they can monitor the medication over the next 48 hours, Deputy...

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Body of India rape victim arrives home in New Delhi

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The body of a woman whose gang rape provoked protests and rare national debate about violence against women in India arrived back in New Delhi early on Sunday and was quickly cremated at a private ceremony. The unidentified 23-year-old medical student died from her injuries on Saturday, prompting promises of action from a government that has struggled to respond...

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Japan tunnel closed again after crash

TOKYO: A five-car crash closed a highway tunnel in Japan on Sunday, just one day after it was re-opened following a ceiling cave-in which killed nine people four weeks ago, police said.One person was injured in the crash in the congested Sasago Tunnel, some 80 kilometres (50 miles) west of Tokyo.Nine people died on December 2 when concrete panels suspended from the roof of the tunnel crashed...

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Karnataka CM favours death sentence for rapists

BANGALORE: Karnataka chief minister Jagadish Shettar said on Sunday he was in favour of death sentence for rapists and enacting a law in this regard. "I am in favour of death sentence for rapists and enacting a law in this regard," he told reporters on the sidelines of the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of Karnataka Journalists' Cooperative Society Limited (KJCS) here. The BJP-ruled government in...

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Kenya hospital imprisons new mothers with no money

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The director of the Pumwani Maternity Hospital, located in a hardscrabble neighborhood of downtown Nairobi, freely acknowledges what he's accused of: detaining mothers who can't pay their bills. Lazarus Omondi says it's the only way he can keep his medical center running.Two mothers who live in a mud-wall and tin-roof slum a short walk from the maternity hospital, which is affiliated...

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Woman Charged With Murder in NYC Subway Push

A woman who allegedly told New York City police she pushed a man onto the subway tracks because she hated Hindus and Muslims has been charged with murder as a hate crime.Erica Menendez, 31, allegedly told police that she "pushed a Muslim off the train tracks because I hate Hindus and Muslims ever since 2001 when they put down the twin towers I've been beating them up."Menendez...

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Indian gang rape victim dies; New Delhi braces for protests

NEW DELHI/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A woman whose gang rape sparked protests and a national debate about violence against women in India died of her injuries on Saturday, prompting a security lockdown in New Delhi and an acknowledgement from India's prime minister that social change is needed. Bracing for a new wave of protests, Indian authorities deployed thousands of policemen, closed 10...

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