One in three teenage girls have been 'sexually assaulted by their boyfriends'

The rising sexual influence on television is being blamed for the alarming increase in assault cases   A third of teenage girls have been victims of sexual violence by a boyfriend, campaigners said last night. Experts fear that some do not even realise they are victims of a crime and others are too terrified or embarrassed to speak out. They blame the problem on the sexualisation of teenagers as TV, films and the internet bombard them with...

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Utah inmate asks to die by firing squad.

(CNN) -- A Utah death row inmate, convicted of beating a man with a tire jack and puncturing his liver with an inserted tire iron, has requested that he be allowed to die by firing squad, officials said Thursday. Fourth District Judge Donald Eyre on Wednesday signed such a death warrant for Michael A. Archuleta, 49. But the April 5 execution is not likely to happen, considering Archuleta still make can federal appeals. The last convicted killer...

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Death of 10-year-old involved in school fight declared a homicide.

Fifth-grade student Joanna Ramos died last week after an altercation with a female classmate in Long Beach, California.  Los Angeles (CNN) -- Officials have ruled the death of a 10-year-old girl who got into a fight last week to be a homicide, authorities said Monday. Joanna Ramos, a fifth-grade student at Willard Elementary School, died of blunt force trauma to the head six hours after an altercation with a female classmate that lasted...

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Malaysia deports Saudi blogger behind Prophet Mohammad tweets.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia deported a Saudi Arabian blogger on Sunday, police said, despite fears voiced by human rights groups that he could face execution in his home country over Twitter comments he made that were deemed insulting to the Prophet Mohammad. Hamza Kashgari, a 23-year-old columnist, sparked outrage in the oil-rich kingdom with comments posted on the Prophet's birthday a week ago that led some Islamic clerics to call for him...

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Illegal Sex, Brother and sister in lift sex.

A TWISTED brother and sister are facing jail after they were spotted having sex in a train station lift. Richard Finlayson, 21, and sibling Kirsty, 18, romped in the elevator as they were filmed by CCTV cameras. The shocking 15-minute clip showed them exiting the lift — only to return a short time later to have sex AGAIN. And as they left for a second time Richard gave Kirsty a £20 note. The depraved pair were later arrested by police after a...

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Riot inciter jailed – despite no evidence his message led to disorder.

Sam Lowe jailed for 39 months for sending BlackBerry message telling 160 contacts to 'kick off' in Nottingham Riots in Birmingham in August. Sam Lowe has been jailed for sending messages inciting riots in Nottingham. Photograph: David Jones/PA A man has been jailed for 39 months for sending messages from his BlackBerry telling people to join in last August's riots in Nottingham. Sam Lowe, 21, from Nottingham, had admitted a charge of encouraging...

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Q&A: Islamic group spreading terror in Nigeria

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- An Islamic militant group responsible for a wave of suicide attacks, car bombs, assassinations and assaults across northeastern Nigeria threatens the stability of the country. This past weekend, the group known as "Boko Haram" was behind an audacious three-hour assault that killed more than 100 people in the town of Damaturu as well as a suicide car bomb attack outside the Nigerian military headquarters in Maiduguri. Who...

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Lebanon's women prisoners find freedom behind bars

Women inmates of Baabda Prison, Beirut, Lebanon, talk about their life experiences in a drama therapy session. (CNN) -- In an otherwise smart suburb of Beirut is a small prison housing some of the women Lebanese society would rather forget. Some of the 70 inmates of Baabda Prison are accused or convicted of murdering their husbands, others of drug trafficking. Lebanese actress, comedienne and drama therapist Zeina Daccache working with inmates...

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CORPSE ABUSE A "WAR CRIME".

FOUR US marines filmed urinating on corpses in Afghanistan are likely to face a court martial after a commander said such actions were a ''grave breach'' of the laws of war. The Naval Criminal Investigative Service has interviewed two of the soldiers in the video, which shows them laughing and making snide remarks as they urinate on the bloodied bodies of three Afghan men. In an attempt to defuse a diplomatic storm, the commanders of US forces...

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