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Female Nobel laureates launch campaign against rape as a weapon of war
Now sex attacks — pouring melted rubber into women's vaginas, raping children in front of their parents — have become a core military strategy, not only in the Congo, but in conflicts around the world, from Sudan to Burma to Colombia.
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:17P
Affinity Gaming drops Herbst name in 'fresh start'
KGAN-TV files and maintains quarterly Children's Television Reports and DTV Consumer Education Activity Reports in its Public File. The Public File is available to the public at 600 Old Marion Road NE, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52402 weekdays from 8am to 5
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:17P
Herbst name dropped by Affinity Gaming in 'fresh start' after bankruptcy
AP LAS VEGAS — Affinity Gaming LLC is shedding the Herbst Gaming name following bankruptcy reorganization and the departure of Herbst family members. Company chief David Ross said in a statement that the Monday move reflects a "fresh start" with a new
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:16P
Mets Owner Makes History by Throwing Entire Team Under the Bus
What is the best way to handle owning a major league baseball team that sucks and you face a lawsuit that stems from your association with the Madoff Ponzi scheme? Let the New Yorker write a feature on you in which you essentially say your entire team
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:16P
Attorney General Eric Holder helps dedicate a dazzling new building for the
The William H. Neukom Building will provide space for the kind of public-service law services lauded by the attorney general. The Mills Legal Clinic, for example, involves students in environmental issues, immigration, international human rights and a
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:16P
Old Trafford wing wizard Ryan Giggs named in Commons as gagging order footballer
Addressing the media at the Royal Courts of Justice in central London on Friday, Lord Chief Justice Lord Judge said: "It is, of course, wonderful for you if a Member of Parliament stands up in Parliament and says something which, in effect,
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:16P
2G spectrum: Delhi HC rejects bail pleas of 5 corporate executives
Those whose bail pleas were dismissed by Justice Ajit Bharihoke are Unitech group mananging director Sanjay Chandra, managing director of Reliance ADA Group Gautam Doshi, DB Realty promoter Vinod Goenka and Reliance officials Hari Nair and Surendra
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:15P
2G spectrum: Delhi HC rejects bail pleas of 5 corporate executives
Those whose bail pleas were dismissed by Justice Ajit Bharihoke are Unitech group mananging director Sanjay Chandra, managing director of Reliance ADA Group Gautam Doshi, DB Realty promoter Vinod Goenka and Reliance officials Hari Nair and Surendra
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:15P
Disciplining auto workshops
These have constricted road space, caused traffic congestion added to environmental pollution and, above all, brought suffering to people including pedestrians. Only on March 2 new rules came into force by virtue of a gazette notification on an
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:15P
Summary Box: DOJ tries to stop H&R Block deal
By AP , 05.23.11, 02:01 PM EDT GOVERNMENT INTERVENES: The Department of Justice is trying to prevent H&R Block Inc. from acquiring the creator of TaxACT Software. The government on Monday filed an antitrust lawsuit, arguing the deal would leave just
Updated: 05/23/2011 02:15P