Dominican rape victims keep mum, fear husbands will leave themOctober 6th, 2009 SANTIAGO - Over two dozen victims of a serial rapist arrested in this northern Dominican city are refusing to file complaints against him as they are afraid their husbands will leave them if they learn they were raped, police said. Police turned over to the courts a man arrested Sunday in connection with 34 rapes in Santiago between June and September.
Australians appalled by their own Fritzl caseSeptember 16th, 2009 SYDNEY - An Australian kept his daughter as a sex slave for 30 years and fathered her four children in the Melbourne house he shared with his wife, the Herald Sun newspaper reported Thursday. The case has clear parallels with Austrian Josef Fritzl, who was jailed for life earlier this year for keeping his daughter prisoner in a cellar and fathering her seven children over 24 years of sexual abuse.
As westerners flee, Chinese workers land in droves in turbulent PakistanSeptember 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Amid the exodus of foreign officials from Pakistan due to security fears, China has rather increased its involvement in the strife torn country. According to an estimate the number of Chinese engineers has shot up dramatically to 10,000 in 2009 from 3000 in 2008.
Gang of car thieves led by woman bustedSeptember 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Police have busted a gang of car thieves headed by a woman, who would lure men travelling alone at night by asking for a lift after which her accomplices would rob the victim of his vehicle and valuables, officials said Friday. Police started investigations following a spurt in the number of cases where cars would be stolen through a similar modus operandi.
General Kapoor confirms Chinese intrusion in Ladakh, but says same as last yearAugust 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Army Chief General Deepak Kapoor on Monday admitted that there has been Chinese incursion in Ladakh in Jammu and Kashmir. "There has been one intrusion of the Chinese helicopter some time back," General Deepak Kapoor said.
Man who raped ex to 'teach her to keep doors locked' gets 7-year jail termAugust 15th, 2009 MELBOURNE - A man has been sentenced to seven years in jail after he raped his former girlfriend with a sex toy to scare her into properly locking her doors. According to AdelaideNow, while sentencing the man, Supreme Court Justice Trish Kelly said she was 'outraged' that the 45-year-old man had used the couple's previous sex life as an excuse for his crimes.
Chinese robber flees straight into the arms of cops!August 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Chinese robber, who snatched money from a man, is said to have been captured easily after he ran straight toward a police station after committing the crime. Zhang, 19, a migrant worker in the city, ran straight to the police station in Xi'an, Shaanxi province, reports the China Daily.
Delhi police busts fake passport racketJuly 26th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi Police busted an international fake passport and visa racket and arrested ten people, including eight Bangladeshi nationals on Sunday. The racket was involved in providing fake documents, which would enable Bangladeshis to travel as Indian citizens to Greece and other European via Turkey.
China a victim of terrorism like India: DiplomatJuly 24th, 2009 DHAKA - China is a victim of terrorism like Bangladesh and India and wants to join the UN-led campaign against terror, a Chinese diplomat has said. Chinese special envoy Zhou Gang met the Bangladeshi leadership Thursday to brief them of the developments in China's Xinjiang province that recently witnessed protests by the Uighur community.
US Kids spending more time online: StudyJuly 7th, 2009 SAN FRANCISCO - Time spent online by children aged between two and 11 in the US has surged by 63 percent in the last five years, according to a new study. The average time spent online per month by children in the US has increased from nearly seven hours in May 2004 to more than 11 hours in May 2009, marketing information company Nielsen said in its report released Monday.
Auto-lifters' gang busted in Delhi, 12 stolen vehicles seizedJuly 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An auto lifters' gang operating in the south Delhi area was busted here Sunday with the arrest of six people, police said. The leader of the gang, Manoj Kumar alias Thakur, 22, and his accomplices Manoj alias Jagga, 22, Shashank, 19, Dipanker, 24 - all residents of south Delhi - as well as Ajeet Kumar, 21, and Sanjay Kumar, 22, residents of Ghaziabad and Baraut in Uttar Pradesh were arrested Sunday.
American man arrested for allegedly arranging wife's rape on CraigslistJune 4th, 2009 LONDON - A 25-year-old American man, who allegedly used the online advertising service Craigslist to arrange his own wife's rape, has been arrested. The man, from Kannapolis in North Carolina, allegedly enlisted another man to rape his wife in the couple's home.
Malay girl, 14, films boyfriend raping her friendMay 30th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - A schoolgirl, aged 14, filmed her boyfriend raping her friend via a camera phone. In fact, the Form Two student was a partner in the crime, as she encouraged her boyfriend and even "directed" him, according to Harian Metro.
Chinese man arrested for posting nude photos of ex-girlfriend onlineMay 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A man in Shanghai has been arrested for allegedly posting on the Internet nude pictures of his ex-lover. "Zhu Hui (the accused) has been in detention since May 14," Zeng Qi, the attorney of the girl, whose identity is being withheld.
Human traffickers' gang busted, two arrestedApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi police Tuesday claimed to have busted a gang of human traffickers with the arrest of two persons while a hunt for the woman said to be the gang leader is on. Gurcharan Singh and Bal Bahadur Karki were arrested on the basis of complaint of Desh Raj, who is a native of Himachal Pradesh, the police said, adding five passports and incriminating documents were recovered from the accused.