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BBC News
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Seventy people have been arrested in Australia in a nationwide operation to crack down on the use of images of child sex abuse posted on the internet.
The arrests, which include a policeman and several teachers, followed a six month investigation by po..
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MSNBC
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What remains to be seen is whether Benedict will continue to talk about the sexual abuse crisis. He is widely expected to broach the subject on Saturday when he says Mass for priests, deacons and members of religious orders at St. Patrick's Cathedral in M..
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BBC News
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Aboriginal elders are threatening to ban tourists from one of Australia's landmarks over a plan to curb child sex abuse in Aboriginal communities.
The threat to close Uluru, or Ayers Rock, comes amid growing alarm.
Some 50 community, church and indi..
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BBC News
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Police have begun arriving in Australia's Northern Territory to carry out a controversial programme to combat child abuse in Aboriginal communities.
Prime Minister John Howard has also announced the police will receive military support to implement the..
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BBC News
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Australia is to ban alcohol and pornography in Aboriginal areas in the Northern Territory in a bid to curb child sex abuse.
All Aboriginal children in the territory will be medically examined.
The new proposals follow a report last week which found..
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BBC News
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Police have smashed a global child abuse network which was co-ordinated through a UK-based internet site.
The ring was run by Timothy Cox, 27, who admitted nine offences and has been handed a sentence which could keep him in jail until he dies.
Agen..
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BBC News
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Thousands of girls in Guinea are facing abuse as domestic workers, a new report has concluded.
The report by Human Rights Watch says many girls are forced to work up to 18 hours a day for no pay and are physically abused by employers.
The girls ofte..
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CNN
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Pro-junta thugs in Myanmar clashed Sunday with hundreds of supporters of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, hurling abuse and preventing them from marching to a prayer vigil for the detained Nobel laureate, witnesses said.
Holding photos of the 61-..
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Independent
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For the first time, women in India have legal protection against abuse in their own homes under a law which came into force yesterday. It is the first time Indian law has recognised marital rape, sexual, emotional or verbal abuse of a woman by her husband..
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