AP - Paddlings, swats, licks.
A quarter of a million schoolchildren got them last year and blacks, American Indians and kids with disabilities got a disproportionate share of the punishment, according to a study by a human rights group.
AP: Exams prove abuse, torture in Iraq, Gitmo (AP)
AP - Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found...
Uganda rebels kidnap 350 people: Amnesty (Reuters)
Reuters - Congo, Sudan and Central African Republic must join forces to free more than 350 people kidnapped in recent weeks by Ugandan rebels, an...
81 killed in Mugadishu violence since Sat: activist (Reuters)
Reuters - Clashes between insurgents and allied Somali-Ethiopian troops have killed 81 people in Mogadishu since Saturday, a prominent local human...
Probe sought of whether Israel targeted media crew (Reuters)
Reuters - A leading human rights group called on Friday for an independent investigation into the death of a Reuters cameraman and other civilians in...
Disgraced pastor returns, as Christian businessman (AP)
AP - Earlier this month, a guest took the pulpit at Open Bible Fellowship in Morrison, Ill., a 350-member church surrounded by cornfields. The...
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