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Rape probe against WikiLeaks founder reopened (AP)

September 1st, 2010

FILE- In this Tuesday, July 27, 2010 file picture founder and editor of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, faces the media during a debate event, held in London, England. The lawyer for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange says his client has been questioned by Swedish police regarding allegations of molestation.Leif Silbersky says Assange was questioned by police in Stockholm for about an hour late Monday and was formally informed of the suspicions against him.(AP Photo/Max Nash)AP - A senior Swedish prosecutor reopened a rape investigation against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Wednesday, the latest twist to a puzzling case in which prosecutors of different ranks…

Sweden seeks Wikileaks founder arrest in rape case (AP)

August 21st, 2010

FILE - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange gives a seminar at the Swedish Trade Union Confederation headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, in this Aug. 14, 2010 file photo. A spokeswoman for the Swedish prosecutors office says WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is wanted on suspicion of rape and he should contact police for questioning. Spokeswoman Karin Rosander tells The Associated Press that a prosecutor in Stockholm issued an arrest warrant for Assange late Friday Aug. 20, 2010 and that authorities have not yet heard from him.(AP Photo / Bertil Ericson / SCANPIX, File) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suspected of rape in Sweden, where authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest, officials said Saturday.


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Prosecutors: WikiLeaks founder suspected of rape (AP)

August 21st, 2010

AP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is suspected of rape in Sweden, where authorities have issued a warrant for his arrest, officials said Saturday.

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Report: rape investigation of WikiLeaks founder (AP)

August 21st, 2010

AP - A Swedish tabloid reported Saturday that an arrest warrant has been issued for WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on suspicion of rape, and officials said they could confirm “media…

Vatican mulls how to protect impaired adults (AP)

July 7th, 2010

Bishops conference spokesman Eric De Beukelaer attends a news conference in Brussels July 7, 2010. Police questioned Cardinal Godfried Danneels, the former head of Belgium's Catholic Church, on Tuesday as a witness in an investigation into allegations of sexual abuse by priests. REUTERS/Yves Herman (BELGIUM - Tags: CRIME LAW RELIGION)AP - As the Vatican grapples with how to sanction priests who rape children, it has also mulled how to punish priests who sexually abuse mentally impaired adults, The Associated…

Uruguayan ex-priest avoids justice on rape charges (AP)

April 9th, 2010

AP - A Catholic priest who fled home to Uruguay and was defrocked after a nun accused him of raping three children in Bolivia has been living with his family…

Women, girls rape victims in Haiti quake aftermath (AP)

March 16th, 2010

In this photo taken March 14, 2010, women wait to receive medical attention for them and their children outside the women's clinic run by the Jenkins-Penn Haiti Relief Operation, at the makeshift camp for earthquake survivors in the Petionville Golf Club in Port-au-Prince. Women, girls and children as young as 2 years old, already traumatized by the loss of homes and loved ones in Haiti's earthquake, now are falling victim to rapists in sprawling and unmanageable tent cities that have become home to hundreds of thousands of people. (AP Photo/Andres Leighton)AP - When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.


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