Claims of Afghan soldiers raping boys prompts Canadian investigation

Barry Artiste Op/Ed After reading this, one can understand why some protestors wish Afghanistan and the Middle East should be left to their own devices, when apparently even our allies are as brutal as the Taliban...

Refs report finds only Donaghy committed crimes

David Stern and the NBA can finally have a huge sigh of relief as report shows Tim Donaghy as the only ref to be involved in illegal activities. I can't imagine the chaos if more refs were involved in this scandal...

Vicar jailed over child porn crimes

The Reverend Richard Hart, who became notorious in the UK after 56,000 images of child pornography were discovered on his computer, has today started his prison sentence. On the same day, a charity has used the opportunity to warn that child pornography is currently growing...

Reid Blocks Online Predator Bill to Help Obama

"This Congress hasn't accomplished all that much, so you'd think they'd be eager to pass a no-brainer such as bipartisan legislation to protect kids from online predators. You'd be wrong. Last December, the House passed the Securing Adolescents from Exploitation Online Act by...

Chinese rapist teacher executed

A rapist teacher in China has been hanged after he was found to have raped and sexually harassing 39 girls. " China executed a school headmaster in north-west Gansu province for raping and sexually harassing 39 girls in the last 18 years. The teacher Luo Yanlin, 48...

Behind the Iglesia Ni Cristo's King Maker Role: A Chain of Crimes and Mythica...

How do we define a king maker? What are its role? This article dig deeply into the power structure of a religious group which boasts of its bloc voting powers, peddling this power for politicians who are themselves...

Olmert Indicted as Deputy Accused of War Crimes

Israeli politics continues its descent into a state of complete farce as Ehud Ohlmert is indited for corruption.  Simultaneously the Attorney General is under increasing pressure to initiate an investigation...

Serb opposition leader resigns

Tomislav Nikolic, the head of the main opposition party in Serbia, has resigned after his senior colleagues would not back him in his efforts to join the European Union."Tomislav Nikolic had recently persuaded his...

Ex-FBI agent faces trial for 1982 slaying

"MIAMI, Florida (AP) -- John J. Connolly was hundreds of miles away in 1982 when gambling executive John Callahan's bullet-riddled body was discovered in the trunk of his Cadillac at Miami's airport. ...

Karadzic Refuses to Enter War Crimes Plea

Well, they let accused war crimes Serb leader Radovan Karadzic represent himself and take time to look over his case - and yet today he again refused to enter a plea. In lines with normal court proceedings, the Hague...

Prosecutor Expects Ratko Mladic's Arrest

An interview from the Associated Press cites Serbia's war crimes prosecutor saying that he expects the arrest of war crimes fugitive General Ratko Mladic in the near future. Officials do not expect that Mladic is...

Caught on Tape: Suge Knight Busted In Las Vegas on Domestic Assault, Drug Cha...

"Here's actual video footage of Suge Knight being arrested by metro Police in Las Vegas for allegedly beating his girlfriend. The founder of Death Row Records, Knight, 43, was charged with assault with a deadly...

Afghan president 'pardoned rapists'

Under developmentWhen the politics of America (or your part of the world) start getting on your nerves, just remember this story.Warning, Parts of this story are graphic." The Afghan president, Hamid Karzai, has pardoned three men who had been found guilty of gang raping a...

ISLAM: Aspects of Islamic Laws for a Conservative Western Society

Opinion Barry Artiste, Now Public Contributor Saudi Arabia strict interpretation of Islam, can be brutal by some, people convicted of murder, drug trafficking, rape and armed robbery can be put to the sword,...

Pravda: The Sheer Hypocrisy of Bush and Rice

Below is an editorial from Pravda on the antics of Bush and Rice during the crisis in Georgia  and South Ossetia.  It is a measure of how completely unbelievable and irredeemable this duo and the entire US...

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